Childcare is one of the biggest expenses for families – often surpassing what they pay for rent. In Washington DC, for example, the average annual cost of infant care tops $24,000, according to the Economic Policy Institute, more than a quarter of the median family income and more than three-quarters of a full-time minimum wage…
Donald Trump has spoken to Keir Starmer again after what appears to have been a spur-of-the-moment phone call from the US president that was not expected by the British prime minister and his team. News of the call, which took place on Thursday evening, emerged in a Downing Street statement about Starmer’s meeting with Mark…
As a street market trader at Portobello market, London, I thought the trader’s perspective might be of interest regarding your article (Barter, bid and bag a bargain! Vintage experts on 21 ways to buy secondhand treasures, 13 February). Your guide is spot-on with the tip that, if you are a buyer, being polite and friendly…
Network Rail has been fined £3.75m for health and safety breaches that led to the death of two track workers in south Wales in 2019. The workers were killed when struck by a train after starting an “unnecessary maintenance activity” on the south Wales mainline while it was still being used, with no lookouts posted…
Shares of Roku surged more than 10% Friday, at one point reaching a new 52-week high, on earnings that beat Wall Street expectations. In an interview on CNBC’s “Squawk Box,” CEO Anthony Wood said more than half of U.S. broadband households now watch TV with Roku. Wood said the company added more than four million…
The British semiconductor designer Arm is reportedly planning to launch its own chip this year, after landing Meta as one of its first customers. The move represents a major overhaul of the SoftBank-owned group’s business model of licensing its chip blueprints to the likes of Apple and Nvidia. Rene Haas, Arm’s chief executive, is set…
NatWest wants to increase its chief executive’s maximum pay by more than 40%, as the banking group prepares to return to full private ownership 17 years after it was bailed out by taxpayers during the 2008 financial crisis. The high street lender, previously known as Royal Bank of Scotland, paid its chief executive, Paul Thwaite,…
A lot of adjectives have been used to describe the middle-class favourite John Lewis but rock’n’roll is probably not one, until now. The department store chain is teaming up with the indie music retailer Rough Trade to sell records. In doing so it becomes the latest big high street name to bring back vinyl as…
Downing Street could become a notably less appealing place to work in the coming weeks, with cleaners and catering staff at No 10 scheduled to begin a month-long continuous strike over pay and conditions. The strike, scheduled to last from 24 February to 25 March in No 10 and the Cabinet Office, is an extension…
Thurning, Norfolk This rather special Georgian farmhouse was the home of the late Oscar-nominated actor Sir John Hurt, known for his roles in The Elephant Man, Midnight Express and Alien, and as Mr Ollivander in the Harry Potter movies. He spent his last years in the 623 sq m (6,700 sq ft) property and described…
