The parasite outbreak, which contaminated the local water supply, led to hospitalisations and more than 100 reported cases of illness, including symptoms such as diarrhoea. Pennon said about 800 staff and supply chain partners worked intensively over eight weeks to restore safe drinking water to the affected communities. In addition to the outbreak costs, the...
The University of Plymouth has announced that about 200 jobs may be affected as part of budget cuts. In a statement, the organisation said it was operating in “a very financially-challenging environment.” With a 10% drop in income, the university said it must act in order to cut budgets. It added: “As things stand, the...
Ex-Labour MP Mike Amesbury has blamed “big political mistakes” over benefit cuts by the government on a disastrous set of election results. Labour lost 187 council seats as well as a by-election in his former seat of Runcorn and Helsby, where Reform overturned a 14,700 majority to win by just six votes. The by-election was...
Olga Ivshina BBC News Russian Special Reporter EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock Russian conscripts train for combat in the first year of the full-scale war Last year was the deadliest for Russian forces since the start of the full-scale war in Ukraine: at least 45,287 people were killed. This is almost three times more than in the first year...
Wall Street has clawed back losses incurred after President Donald Trump imposed global tariffs a month ago, capping the longest winning streak in two decades for US stocks. Shares saw gains for the ninth day in a row for the first time since 2004 after a better-than-expected jobs report and rising hope of US-China trade...
Exeter have cut their pre-tax loses by more than £2.5m according to the Premiership club’s latest accounts. Figures submitted to Companies House show in the year to 30 June 2024 the Sandy Park club lost £458,744, having lost £2,982,503 in the previous 12-month period. As well as cutting £1.2m off their wage bill, the accounts...
Everton have reported losses of £53m for last season. Although the figure is less than the £89m deficit from 2022-23, it is the club’s seventh successive year of losses – totalling £570m. Last season Everton were deducted eight points for two separate breaches of Premier League profit and sustainability rules (PSR) for the rolling three-year...