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AI-enabled security pushes down breach costs for UK organisations
British organisations that have incorporated artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled solutions into their cyber security stack appear to be reaping the rewards of automation from a cost perspective at least, as data breach costs drop by hundreds of...
US, UK In Secret Talks With Ukrainian Officials To 'Replace Zelensky': Russian Intelligence Claims
Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) has claimed in a new statement published by TASS state news agency that US and British officials recently met with senior Ukrainian figures in an undisclosed Alpine resort in Europe to discuss the...

What was it really like reporting on Trump's working holiday in Scotland?
“That’s him away”. Its a line from the end of the great film Local Hero, which Andrea Brymer quoted to me standing on the 18th green of the New Course on the Menie Estate. Marine One, the US President’s helicopter, whisked Trump away from an...

BC Court of Appeal Upholds Arbitration and Foreign Law Clauses in Employee Incentive Plan
In Aspen Technology, Inc. v. Wiederhold, 2025 BCCA 261 (Wiederhold), the British Columbia Court of Appeal enforced an arbitration/forum selection clause in an employee incentive plan, overturning a lower court decision and staying the employee's...

Jeffrey Epstein ‘stole’ Virginia Giuffre, other employees from Mar-a-Lago spa: Trump
President Donald Trump reveals what led to him kicking Jeffrey Epstein out of his Florida estate while speaking to reporters during a meeting with Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer at the Trump Turnberry golf course in Turnberry, Scotland....

10 most jaw-dropping moments in Sandie Peggie employment tribunal vs NHS Fif
Ms Peggie is suing her employer and Dr Beth Upton after she complained at having to share a changing room with the transgender medic at Victoria Hospital in Kirkcaldy on Christmas Eve 2023. She was placed on special leave after Dr Upton made an...

Aldi introducing €15 rule to UK supermarkets as update issued over Irish stores
Aldi is poised to become the first UK supermarket to pay shop assistants a minimum of £13 (€15) per hour. The discount retailer, which competes with Lidl, Morrisons, Tesco, Sainsbury's, Asda in the UK and others, also remains the sole supermarket...
Bradford University strike: Campus staff resist job cuts and course closures under “Transformational Change” plan
A five-day strike by University and College Union (UCU) members at the University of Bradford, in West Yorkshire, ended July 25. The stoppage was part of escalating opposition to the university’s targeting hundreds of jobs and entire academic...

Eve Jobs Marries Olympic Equestrian Harry Charles in Lavish Cotswolds Wedding
GREAT TEW, England — The wedding of Eve Jobs, the heir to the Apple fortune, and Harry Charles, a British Olympic equestrian, took place Saturday afternoon amid a backdrop of gray clouds that eventually gave way to sunshine. The couple exchanged...

Trump was absolutely right to trash UK’s energy policy – here’s how your bills will FALL if Miliband listens
I CAN only imagine that Ed Miliband has been locked in a cupboard for the past four days, lest he spoil Sir Keir Starmer’s somewhat forced friendship with Donald Trump. How else to explain his remarkable silence in the face of the US President...

Motive Exhibitions Earns Made in Britain Recognition
The recognition is awarded to companies that uphold high standards in employment, sustainability, and business ethics. A Rare Honour in UK Manufacturing Out of 115,655 UK limited companies in the manufacturing sector, just 2,155 have been granted...

Huge Brit pop star, 40, who won The X Factor to release first album in 11 years
FOLLOWING her win on The X Factor and the release of her chart-topping single Bleeding Love, Leona Lewis put out five albums between 2007 to 2015. But after an extended break from the studio, I’m chuffed to reveal that the British star is working...

Norfolk Southern, Union Pacific merger may cost railroad jobs: Here's how
Norfolk Southern and Union Pacific would span the U.S. The $85 million deal was announced Tuesday. ATLANTA — A new merger could shake up a railroad giant headquartered in Atlanta. Norfolk Southern is set to merge with Nebraska-based Union Pacific,...

Former Sun editor announced as UK government’s new communications chief
Former Sun editor David Dinsmore has been announced as the government’s new communications chief, despite concerns about his long service at the top of Rupert Murdoch’s News UK. Having worked as a tabloid journalist, editor and news executive...

Fred Vasseur praises Ferrari employees’ hardwork for recent progress with SF-25
Ferrari Team Principal Fred Vasseur has praised the efforts of the team's employees at Maranello for the introduction of the new upgrades that featured on the cars of Lewis Hamilton and Charles Leclerc at the Belgian Grand Prix. The Frenchman also...

Eve Jobs and Harry Charles Honeymoon on the Dreamy Island of Milos
After a fairytale wedding in the heart of the English countryside, Eve Jobs and Harry Charles have touched down in Greece to begin their life together—choosing none other than the enchanting island of Milos, in Greece, for their honeymoon escape....

HL UK Pensions Law Digest 29 July 2025
A bite-sized summary of recent UK pension news Welcome to our latest update, in which we cover: Inheritance tax and pensions: revised policy Please see our briefing for details of HMRC’s recent change in policy; Pensions Commission and State...
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The Valley Reunion: Jax Taylor Reveals He Wants a Vasectomy, Claims Ex Brittany Cartwright Wanted to 'Hook Up One More Time' By Brianne Tracy
NEED TO KNOW Exes Jax Taylor and Brittany Cartwright were at odds during most of part 1 of The Valley reunion that aired July 29, except they both agreed he should have a vasectomy After Cartwright called him "disgusting," Taylor claimed that she...

Secret Service launch probe after agent tried to smuggle wife on board plane headed to Scotland for Trump’s visit
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...

Galldris completes move to employee ownership trust
Civil engineering firm Galldris has completed its transition to an employee ownership trust structure as part of its long-term growth strategy. The company said the shift would promote sustainable growth by aligning employee interests with the...