A major container shipping company has announced it will no longer use the Port of Felixstowe from next year. Maersk said its operations at the Suffolk-based port would cease from February following a review of its network. The firm said it had concluded that the London Gateway port on the Thames estuary in Essex was … Read more
BBC Clare Harland says her experience on Northern has been ‘absolutely rubbish’ Northern Rail has vowed to improve performance as customers hit out at its “rubbish” service. The rail firm, which was nationalised in 2020, cancelled more than 1,000 trains during the recent half term. A senior manager said the firm was “sorry” for its … Read more
LONDON — Inflation in the U.K. rose sharply to a six-month high in October and back above the rate targeted by rate-setters at the Bank of England, official figures showed Wednesday, an increase that is set to cement market expectations that there will be no further cuts in borrowing rates this year. The Office for … Read more
Alamy Men are buying more from Lidl’s middle aisle, its UK boss has said as the supermarket returned to profit after a loss-making year. Ryan McDonnell said the middle of Lidl, known for its unusual stock which ranges from power tools to inflatables, had a “big male following”. “We often get partners at odds with … Read more
BAKU, Azerbaijan — Maxim Timchenko, CEO of DTEK, the largest private energy company in Ukraine, pulls out a piece of paper with bar charts showing how much new electricity his company has brought online this year in the country versus how much Russian bombs have destroyed. Total electricity goes up, then down, then up, then … Read more
UK inflation jumped last month in part due to rising energy prices, official figures show. The inflation rate, which measures price changes over time, hit 2.3% in the year to October, an increase from 1.7% in September. Annual gas and electricity bills rose by about £149 last month, but prices are rising much more slowly … Read more
Fresh Brothers, the Southern California pizza chain, will expand into a national brand after being acquired this week by a Chicago-based company. Founded in 2008, the popular pizza chain currently has 25 locations from Los Angeles to San Diego including shops in Manhattan Beach, Brentwood and Hollywood. The operation was appealing to Craveworthy Brands, which … Read more
Clint Eastwood’s legal drama “Juror #2” is set to debut on Warner Bros. Discovery’s streaming service Max on Dec. 20, adding to the controversy over the limited theatrical run for what could be the storied star and filmmaker’s final movie. The Warner Bros. Pictures film, which was directed by Eastwood and stars Nicholas Hoult as … Read more
BELEM, Brazil — For the last few years, climate scientists, environmentalists and Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva have been talking up the first U.N. climate conference to be held in the Amazon. The largest tropical forest in the world stores huge amounts of planet-warming greenhouse gases, making it crucial in the world’s fight … Read more
BAKU, Azerbaijan — With time running down, negotiators at the United Nations annual climate talks on Wednesday returned to the puzzle of finding an agreement to bring far more money for vulnerable nations to adapt than wealthier countries have shown they’re willing to pay. Pressure was building to drive a deal by the time COP29, … Read more