The annual Masham sheep fair was started 30 years ago to celebrate the North Yorkshire town’s rich heritage. It is held in one of the largest market squares in England, where in the past more than 70,000 sheep a year were traded Continue reading…
In search of ‘Lithium Valley’: why energy companies see riches in the California desert
Firms say what’s underneath the Salton Sea could fuel a green-energy boom. But struggling residents have heard such claims beforeStanding atop a pockmarked red mesa, Rod Colwell looks out at an expanse of water that resembles a thin blue strip on the h…
レストラン経営者の悩みは、新入社員が姿を消す「ゴースティング」
アメリカの雇用主が厳しい労働市場の中で人材確保に奔走する中、社会的な失踪「ゴースティング」が大きな問題になっています。
2,444 cars a day: McDonald’s plan sparks climate row in Herefordshire
Ross-on-Wye residents say council would break climate commitments by approving drive-throughThey were promised a life of peace and quiet in a new-build “garden village” on the edge of a pretty Herefordshire town with cycle routes, allotments and wildli…
Scam ‘epidemic’: Big tech firms must join fight, says Nationwide chief
Building society launches pre-payment hotline after bank-transfer scams rise sharply during pandemicTechnology, telecoms and social media companies should take more responsibility for stopping scams as the problem reaches “epidemic proportions”, the UK…
Patisserie Valerie auditors fined £2.3m over ‘serious lack of competence’
FRC says Grant Thornton ‘missed red flags’ and failed to question information from managementThe auditor of Patisserie Valerie has been fined £2.3m and accused of a “serious lack of competence” over its role in the accounting scandal that led to the co…
Tell us: how have UK fuel shortages affected you?
If the shortage of fuel has had an impact on you going to work, or any other essential journeys, we would like to hear from youOn Monday, Boris Johnson is considering mobilising hundreds of soldiers to help deliver fuel under an emergency plan to deal …
Bleak Christmas: turkeys, trees and toys under threat from labour shortage, suppliers say
Government steps to remedy lack of food processors and drivers are ‘thimble of water on a bonfire’, industry experts sayThe UK could face a “national shortage” of turkeys in the lead-up to Christmas brought on by a lack of labour following Brexit, the …
Aldi to create 2,000 jobs in £1.3bn UK expansion plan
Discount supermarket chain to open further 100 stores as it reports 10% rise in UK and Ireland salesAldi will create 2,000 jobs and open another 100 stores across the UK as part of a £1.3bn plan to take a larger share of the British grocery market.Aldi…
More Than’s refusal of our flooding insurance claim doesn’t hold water
Our home was damaged after torrential rain in July but the company says we are not coveredOne Sunday at the end of July our home, along with most of our neighbours’, was flooded after torrential rain. There was a foot of water in our kitchen. We were a…