First rays

Brighter times lie ahead. The cloud will break, even if almost imperceptibly at first. The sun's rays will begin to shine through.

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New Jersey sues Amazon alleging poor pay and conditions for drivers​

New Jersey sued Amazon.com on ​Tuesday, accusing the online retailer of abusing its market power over ‌independent delivery drivers in the state.

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Half of employees want promotions without management responsibility, study finds

Workers increasingly see success as developing specialist expertise rather than managing people

peoplemanagement.co.uk

Former neo-Nazi activist selected as Tory candidate for Somerset council election

Joshua Bonehill-Paine, creator of satirical Crewkerne Gazette, has convictions including for harassing a Jewish MP

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Britain could face food shortages as drought continues, farmers warn

Farmers battle to salvage what they can of their crops as heatwave set to continue

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Young South Koreans look for jobs in Japan as they struggle to find work at home​

When Japanese entrepreneur ​Moe Kasugai was a student at Seoul's Yonsei University, she was struck by how some of the prestigious South Korean college's brightest graduates struggled to land a job.

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First rays

Brighter times lie ahead. The cloud will break, even if almost imperceptibly at first. The sun's rays will begin to shine through.

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Firefighters still battling 'dynamic' Suffolk wildfire as National Trust launches public appeal

Footage shows the once grassy Dunwich Heath reduced to a charred, barren landscape, which is still smouldering.

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Controversial Brick Lane data centre plans given go-ahead by ministers

Tower Hamlets Council and the Save Brick Lane campaign called the decision ‘deeply disappointing’

standard.co.uk

Hundreds of jobs to go at Jaguar Land Rover

The car giant says it expects fewer than 300 people will lose their jobs.

bbc.co.uk

Hundreds evacuated after ‘apocalyptic’ wildfire near Suffolk nuclear power station

Major incident declared, with Sizewell B power station monitoring blaze and RSPB nature reserve badly hit

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MJCarty Snapshots July 2026

Of chaotic citadels, fragrant roses and air force attire! A few personal highlights from July 2026, captured in tiny wee snapshots.

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BMW to cut ‘as many as 8,000 jobs’ under pressure from Chinese rivals

Layoffs will come in admin and development divisions in Germany, with production operations unaffected

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Worklessness rising across more than half of the UK

Most of country sees an increased proportion of households without anyone in a job

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Visa to lay off 7% of staff as efficiency push deepens

Visa plans to cut 7% of its workforce, ​or about 2,600 jobs, a company spokesperson said on Tuesday, as the payments processor seeks to become more efficient, ‌about six months after a similar move by...

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‘Race against time’: Japan earthquake death toll rises as rescue teams search for missing

Military mobilises thousands of personnel after quake on southern Kyushu island that registered a maximum 7 on the Japanese shindo intensity scale

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Spain and France brace for new heatwaves as wildfire closes in on Bordeaux

Temperatures are expected to soar past 40C in some regions as a heatwave builds, further hampering firefighting efforts.

bbc.co.uk

Industrial poultry farming leads to 100-fold increase in food-poisoning bacteria, study finds

Researchers tracked genetic changes in a bacteria that causes food-poisoning in bird populations, and found large-scale poultry farming is linked to antimicrobial resistance.

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MJCarty Snapshots July 2026

Of chaotic citadels, fragrant roses and air force attire! A few personal highlights from July 2026, captured in tiny wee snapshots.

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Will prediction market ‘catch fire’ in UK, replicating US boom?

World Cup and events like Clacton byelection is driving interest in sites such as Polymarket, with UK gamblers easily able to sidestep regulation

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