The UK high street lender told staff on Wednesday that they would receive grants of 170 Barclays shares in its first such equity handout, Sky News learns. City editor @MarkKleinmanSky [http://twitter.com/@MarkKleinmanSky] Wednesday 12 February 2025 13:39, UK Barclays is handing shares in the company tens of thousands of staff for the first time as it…
The London borough had more than 400 outlets for every 100,000 people living there last year, double its 2017 total, and is one of five London local authority areas in the top 10. Wednesday 12 February 2025 10:12, UK Camden in north London has the most fast food outlets by population in England, replacing Bury…
Macho Keir is part of the Labour fightback in response to the Sky News/YouGov poll that put Reform ahead of Labour for the first time. Chief political correspondent @joncraig [http://twitter.com/@joncraig] Wednesday 12 February 2025 15:43, UK Has Sir Keir Starmer raised his game at Prime Minister’s Questions? Suddenly, he’s less wooden, robotic and lawyerly and…
After a legal case to force the council to let him search the site was thrown out by a judge, James Howells is toying with offering to purchase it instead and says he is discussing the idea with his business partners. Monday 10 February 2025 20:14, UK A man who believes he accidentally lost a…
A flawed protagonist with a penchant for big knickers, Bridget Jones may be unlucky in love, but she’s been stealing the hearts of fans for nearly three decades. Why, like Mark Darcy, do we love her just the way she is? Arts and entertainment reporter @BethanyMinelle [http://twitter.com/@BethanyMinelle] Saturday 8 February 2025 13:13, UK A perennial…
A 12-week project to establish the “design and implementation of agreed rules on data” that will make sharing between conveyancers, lenders and others has been announced by the government. Sunday 9 February 2025 14:43, UK Digitising more of the house-buying process is being explored by the government as a way to speed up transactions. Reforming…
Housing minister Matthew Pennycook tells Sunday Morning With Trevor Phillips the prime minister’s response shows he is willing to act decisively. Sunday 9 February 2025 09:05, UK Labour will punish any other MP or minister caught up in the Andrew Gwynne WhatsApp group scandal, a senior official has told Sky News. The health minister was…
Sky’s Ed Conway says it’s hard to be confident that growth seen in December will become locked in given the many potential hurdles facing the economy both at home and abroad. Economics and data editor @EdConwaySky [http://twitter.com/@EdConwaySky] Thursday 13 February 2025 08:16, UK Yes there are all sorts of provisos. The UK economy [https://news.sky.com/topic/uk-economy-5794] is…
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Scientists at the University of Southern California monitored 48 people with alcohol use disorder, which can leave people with the inability to control their drinking despite negative consequences. Wednesday 12 February 2025 16:00, UK Ozempic and other semaglutide drugs help people reduce their drinking, a new study has found. The drugs, best known for their…
