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Voters across Greater Manchester will head to the polls on Thursday to elect a new mayor for the city region.It is a very important role – only the prime minister and the mayor of London have more power in English politics. After Andy Burnham was elected in the Makerfield by-election last month, paving his way to Downing Street, he automatically had to resign as Greater Manchester’s mayor.Labour’s candidate to replace him is the current leader of Manchester City Council, Bev Craig.She faces a tougher task in the other nine boroughs. While Labour has often won elections across the city region,…
An Apple logo is visible in a store in lower Manhattan on June 25, 2026 in New York City. Spencer Platt | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesThe U.S. stock market is in a two-month rut, bond yields are making new highs, and earnings from Alphabet and Tesla dropped the ball. Bulls need a hero. Enter Apple, the only stock among the ten biggest in the S&P 500 that’s near an all-time high. After going nowhere for seven months, Apple stock is up 20% since its late-June low and less than two dollars below a fresh all-time record made just over…
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Despite its age, continuous upgrades have kept the Lovell telescope at the cutting edge of astronomical research. It is the third largest steerable radio telescope in the world, and its science was supercharged when it was connected to six other telescopes across central England, to create the e-MERLIN network. Joined together these UK telescopes can zoom into objects in deep space and see them in incredible detail – with similar resolution to the Hubble space telescope.The e-Merlin network is being used for research into:How planets and their parent stars form.How galaxies evolve, and the role played by supermassive black holes.The…
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Investing.com — stock surged 3.0% in pre-open trading after the company reported second-quarter results Sunday evening that decisively topped analyst expectations, with adjusted earnings per share of $0.64 coming in $0.15 above the consensus estimate of $0.49, and revenue of $6.74 billion clearing the $6.51 billion forecast by a wide margin. The results were particularly striking given that pre-earnings sentiment had been cautious, with analysts bracing for year-over-year EPS declines of roughly 22% heading into the print. A standout driver within the quarter was the company’s Industrial & Energy Technology segment, which posted record orders that doubled year-over-year to reach…
A woman walks past war-themed graffiti and murals painted on walls along the capital Tehran’s streets and avenues as air defense systems are activated during the night while daily life continues in the shadow of rising military tensions between the US and Iran on July 22, 2026 in Tehran, Iran. Fatemeh Bahrami | Anadolu | Getty ImagesA temporary hiatus to hostilities between the U.S. and Iran appeared to hold on Monday, after negotiations over a lasting peace faced fresh hurdles over the weekend. The U.S. military brought a halt to two weeks of strikes on Friday as diplomats sought to give…
COTIGNAC, FRANCE – JULY 21: Bystanders watch the smoke and flames from a wildfire on July 21, 2026 in Cotignac, France. Over 1,000 firefighters were called in to control the fast-moving wildfire that has burned more than 2,500 hectares in southern France. (Photo by FBM Media/Getty Images)Fbm Media | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesWildfires are ravaging southern France and spreading into Spain, forcing more than 300,000 people to flee ahead of further expected heatwaves during the week. French President Emmanuel Macron is set to hold a crisis cabinet meeting on Monday, while Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez will visit…
German business morale rises above forecasts in July Source link
Andy Burnham has told the BBC “the NHS will collapse” if social care is not reformed but said he could not put a timeline on changes.In his first major interview since becoming prime minister, Burnham said he would not want to leave office without bringing in “substantial change” to the social care system.The prime minister also suggested making it harder to claim benefits, saying the country had to get serious about getting the welfare bill down.Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch has meanwhile written to the prime minister, saying he should rule out tax rises or increased borrowing to fund social care…