Chile’s salmon farms hope for calmer waters
Chilean salmon producers are being criticised for operating in some of the country’s national parks....
Month : May 2025
Mars phases out controversial colour additive in Skittles in US
Confectionery giant Mars said it had stopped using titanium dioxide in its Skittles portfolio in the US....
Why is Thames Water in so much trouble?
Thames Water faces a record fine, mounting debts, and crumbling infrastructure. How did it get to this point?...
Heathrow chief asleep as airport closed – report
Findings from a review commissioned by Heathrow management into March’s power cut are published....
We would scrap two-child benefit cap to make it easier to have children, says Farage
Reform leader backs lifting the two-child benefit cap and introducing more generous tax breaks for married people....
Hundreds of lawyers call for UK sanctions on Israel over Gaza war
Their letter warns of genocide in Gaza, and calls on the UK to take concrete actions to meet its international legal obligations....
Environmental rules reviewed for small housebuilders
Ministers are considering how costs can be reduced for small firms to help them build more homes....
Kemi Badenoch’s missteps are a ‘total disaster’ for Conservatives, say insiders
The party is at a ‘hugely important crossroads’. But is Badenoch helping or, as some suggest, adding to the challenge – and what does it...
Musk ‘disappointed’ by Trump’s tax and spending bill
As the former Doge chief, Musk had worked to reduce government spending which he says this bill contradicts....
The people who think AI might become conscious
With a leap in the evolution of large language models, some leading thinkers are questioning whether AI might become sentient...