7 Weather 11pm Update, Wednesday, October 5
7 Weather 11pm Update, Wednesday, October 5
7 Weather 11pm Update, Wednesday, October 5
Asda declared a £2.1 billion dividend to its owners after being bought by the billionaire Issa brothers, accounts published today show, as the pair seek to juggle debts around their sprawling retail and petrol forecourt empire. The supermarket declared the dividend to its parent company in September last year, despite a more-than 80% drop in pre-tax profits to £197.8 million in 2022. The dividend has helped the Issa brothers manage their steep debt burdens, made worse by rising central bank interest rates.
Russia appears to have avoided a full ban from next year's Paralympics in Paris after the International Paralympic Committee's members voted Friday against suspending the country's membership. The IPC wrote on X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter, that members voted 74-65 against a motion to fully suspend Russia "for breaches of its constitutional membership obligations.” Another vote is scheduled later Friday on whether to “partially suspend” Russia.
Alder Hey Children’s Hospital’s emergency department “extremely busy” after school bus crash on M53 in Merseyside
Volkswagen plans to build its Trinity electric vehicles (EV) at its factory in Zwickau, the company said in a statement on Friday. "It was decided that there was no need to build an additional plant in Wolfsburg Warmenau," the German carmaker said after a supervisory board meeting during which the location for the prestige EV was discussed. The carmaker added that its iconic Golf model would be "led into the electric future" at its main Wolfsburg plant.
Eagle Produce LLC is recalling 6,456 cases of whole cantaloupe after a test was conducted in a distribution center by the FDA.
The blast happened near a mosque as people gathered to celebrate the birth of Prophet Muhammad.
Europe completed a foursomes clean sweep to race into 4-0 against America on Friday morning
Living near the ocean? Salt burn could be problematic to your plants
It was a bit of a superstar. A tree with attitude. It reared up from a dip in Hadrian’s Wall with a leafy flourish, creating such a dramatic silhouette that it was given something of a starring role alongside Kevin Costner in the 1991 film, Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves.
The dollar backed off 10-month highs on Friday, but was still headed for its biggest quarterly gain in a year, giving the yen some breathing room as intervention watch intensified. Elsewhere, the euro rose for a second day, up 0.4% at $1.0608, pulling further away from this week's multi-month low of $1.0488.
With the great return to offices stalling, rail unions have taken it upon themselves to threaten rolling strikes into Christmas. Ahead of the Conservative Party Conference, Oliver Dowden has told the Evening Standard that unions should not take “Londoners and commuters for fools” as they could be pushed into “permanently adapting away from using the railways on a routine basis”. The Deputy Prime Minister is right.
Businesses nearby GM plant continue to feel ripple effects of UAW strike
The retailer of low-priced goods has seen its stock get cut in half. Is that a buying opportunity or a falling knife?
The FTSE 100 is on track to outperform the stock markets in the US and Europe as surging oil prices lift its energy stocks.
The Hernando County Sheriff's Office is asking for help finding a man they say is a person of interest in a homicide. Authorities said the homicide happened at 10:16 p.m. on Thursday night at the entrance to the High Point Community in Brooksville, a 55 and over golf community. No other information on the homicide has been released.
Jihadist attacks have intensified across Niger since the military seized power in July.
The UK economy has performed better than France and Germany since the pandemic, revised official figures show, delivering a boost to Rishi Sunak.
Electronic Arts on Friday launched its first soccer game without the FIFA tag, betting its "FC 24" title will maintain the momentum in its best-selling franchise and provide a bulwark against an industry slowdown. A near three-decade partnership between EA and FIFA ended last year over what media reports said were demands that the videogame maker double its yearly payments of $150 million to the governing body of world soccer. That has left "FC 24" without the visibility and marketing heft the FIFA brand enjoyed.
Friday's Google Doodle celebrates Mihály Csíkszentmihályi, the Hungarian-American psychologist who studied the science of happiness, on his 89th Birthday.