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October 04, 2021

Sunak To Announce Jobs Plan Extension As Truss Signals More Aukus-Style Cooperation

Rishi Sunak will announce a £500m extension to his “plan for jobs” today as the government tries to avoid a surge in unemployment a fter the furlough scheme comes to an end.

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Fashion Yellow Is In Style As The Simpsons Storm Paris

It was the standout coup of Paris fashion week. Balenciaga secured a catwalk debut from Homer and Marge Simpson, accompanied by Bart, Lisa, and Maggie. Kim Kardashian, Kanye West, and Justin Bieber joined Anna Wintour to applaud from the front row.

1 min

Food Banks Say HGV Crisis Means Smaller Parcels As Benefit Cut Hits

Food banks have warned they will be forced to shrink the size of the parcels they give to struggling families owing to declining stock levels caused by the HGV crisis and a collapse in public donations.

3 mins

‘We Tried To Tell You' For The Rest Of Europe, Undoubted Culprit Is Brexit

Government ministers may insist it is wrong to blame Brexit for Britain’s fuel, food, and labor shortages, but for the rest of Europe – and beyond – there is only one reason why the UK’s crisis is so much worse than anywhere else’s.

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First Sicilian Coffee Crop Shows How Tropics Are Moving North

For more than 30 years the Morettino family had been trying to produce their own coffee on a small piece of land in Sicily. And for 30 years they had failed. But last spring 66 seedlings produced about 30kg of coffee, in a development that could turn the Italian island into the northernmost coffee plantation in the world.

2 mins

Himalayan rail line Privatisation brings fears of eviction for shops and residents

Darjeeling ko san o rail, hirna lai abo tyari cha / Guard le shuna bhai siti bajayo” (Darjeeling’s dainty train is all set to chug off/ Oh, listen to the guard blowing the whistle): generations of children in Darjeeling have grown up hearing these lines from a Nepali nursery rhyme.

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Protect assets and staff, MPs tell Morrisons' new owners

Opposition parties have urged Morrisons’ incoming private equity owners to protect workers and ensure that the supermarket is not heaped with debt and stripped of assets as a result of the company’s pending takeover.

2 mins

Nuclear Power China's Ambitions For A British Showcase May Collide With Political Reality – And The Price

Among the subjects preoccupying delegates at the Conservative party conference in Manchester today, energy will be near the top of the list.

3 mins

Slade helps Chiefs get back to old ways

Sale 15 Exeter 25

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Schlupp turns tables on his old comrades as Palace roar back

Crystal Palace 2 Olise 61, Schlupp 72 Leicester City 2 Iheanacho 31, Vardy 37

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