UK cheeses miss out on international prize after getting stuck in customs

At the World Cheese Awards in Portugal, British entries were conspicuous by their absence after failing to clear import controls. On Friday, 240 experts from 40 countries descended on Viseu in ...

World - The Guardian - 5 hours ago

Robinhood rolls out high-risk margin trading in the UK after getting regulator nod

Robinhood said Monday that it's rolling out margin investing — or the ability for investors to borrow cash to augment their trades — in the U.K.

Business - CNBC - October 21

Man arrested after £300,000 cheese theft

Fraudsters stole 22 tonnes of high-value cheddar worth more than £300,000 earlier in October.

Wisconsin pizzeria apologizes after customers get high from pizzas accidentally contaminated with THC

The pizzeria explained that the dough was mistakenly made with THC oil.

Politics - The Hill - October 26

‘Grate Cheese Robbery’ Scams Company Out of 22 Tons of Cheddar

Neal’s Yard, a leading cheese retailer in London, said that a shipment of 22 metric tons of rare Cheddar had disappeared in the con.

World - The New York Times - October 29

Woman reaching for phone gets stuck upside down in boulders

The woman spent seven hours upside down between the boulders, with only her feet visible to rescuers.

An Australian Woman Trying to Rescue Her Phone Gets Stuck Between Boulders

And she was upside down.

World - The New York Times - October 23

Referee needs help from players when yellow card gets stuck

Watch as the referee struggles to produce his yellow card when trying to book a player in the Japanese J-League match between Shonan Bellmare and Consadole Sapporo.

After losing Ersson early, Flyers get shut out by Bruins

The Flyers lost Samuel Ersson and their mini winning streak Saturday afternoon in a 3-0 loss to the Bruins at the Wells Fargo Center.

Sports - Yahoo Sports - November 2

Girl dies on M5 after getting out of police vehicle

The 17-year-old was being transported to custody when she left the vehicle and was hit by a car.

Volkswagen fined £5.4m for mistreating customers; UK interest rates ‘to fall to 2.75%’ next year – business live

Volkswagen Finance has agreed to pay over £21.5m in redress to around 110,000 customers who may have suffered harm because of its failings.. Volkswagen Financial Services has apologised for the ...

World - The Guardian - October 21

VW fined by UK regulator for treatment of customers in financial trouble

Carmaker’s lending arm hit with £5.4mn penalty and agrees to pay £21.5mn to 110,000 borrowers

Business - Financial Times - October 21

Philadelphia Union fire Jim Curtin after missing out on MLS Cup Playoffs, ending 10-year spell at club

Curtin is the longest serving coach in the Union's history

Sports - CBS Sports - November 7

College Football Playoff rankings: Georgia drops out of the provisional field after loss to Ole Miss

The Bulldogs are the first team out of the 12-team playoff after Week 11.

Sports - Yahoo Sports - 3 days ago

Retirement isn’t what it used to be — how to find your purpose and avoid getting stuck.

‘Stop looking back at the good old days and look forward to life with a sense of excitement’

Business - MarketWatch - October 26

How custom evals get consistent results from LLM applications

Public benchmarks are designed to evaluate general LLM capabilities. Custom evals measure LLM performance on specific tasks.

Tech - VentureBeat - 2 days ago

Dodgers championship parade: Shohei Ohtani and dog Decoy show out; buses stuck in traffic among highlights

The Dodgers celebrated their World Series title in Los Angeles on Friday afternoon

Sports - CBS Sports - November 1

What happens to customer data as 23andMe goes out of business?

Millions of people have sent their DNA to be analyzed by 23andMe in order to learn their genealogy and risk for certain health issues. But with the company falling on hard times, and not bound by ...

Artisan cheese seller in a pickle after thieves made off with massive cheddar haul

Thieves with a nose for fine cheese have pulled off a massive cheddar ripoff in London

World - ABC News - October 26

'Grate cheese robbery': Man arrested for stealing 24 tons of cheddar totaling $390,000

In the end it may have just been too much cheddar to make a clean getaway.

France and Germany attack UK plan to levy VAT on international school fees

Proposal to impose value added tax in the Budget risks damaging diplomatic ties, ambassadors say

Business - Financial Times - October 27

Lions hangover: Titans trying to end inexplicable streak of teams getting blown out after facing Detroit

No team has won a game this season after going up against Dan Campbell's group

Sports - CBS Sports - November 1

Scotty Pippen Jr. is making a name for himself: Grizzlies guard breaking out after Lakers let him get away

Son of Hall of Famer Scottie Pippen, Scotty Pippen Jr. has started to thrive for Memphis

Sports - CBS Sports - 3 days ago

4 killed, 17 injured after semitruck crashes into vehicles stuck in traffic in Michigan

WEBBERVILLE, Mich. — A section of Interstate 96 in southeast Michigan remained closed Sunday after a semitruck crashed into more than a dozen vehicles overnight, killing 4 people and injuring 17 ...

How much prize money do the New York City marathon winners get?

New York City marathon top winners will each earn six figures for outpacing their competitors in the race Sunday.

Quarter Pounders are off the menu at 20% of McDonald's in US as E. coli cases are investigated

McDonald’s is working to reassure U.S. customers that its restaurants are safe even as federal investigators try to pinpoint the cause of a deadly E

Health - ABC News - October 23

McDonald's investing $100 million to lure customers after E.coli outbreak

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has said slivered onions on the McDonald's Quarter Pounders were the likely source of the E. coli.

Higher UK air taxes will not deter private jet customers, industry bosses say

Passenger duty will increase 50 per cent for the largest private jets in 2026

World - Financial Times - November 1

Embiid to miss first week; George out for opener

The 76ers announced that Joel Embiid and Paul George will both miss Wednesday's season opener and that Embiid would be out at least two more games.

Sports - ESPN - October 22

The UK gets it wrong again on fiscal rules

You’re a little much for me, public sector net financial liabilities

World - Financial Times - November 5

College Football QB Power Rankings: Penn State's Drew Allar makes return after getting squeezed out last week

Despite coming off a bye, Allar's impressive body of work was too good to ignore this week

Sports - CBS Sports - October 23

NFL Week 10 highlights, five things you may have missed: Last international game, wild finishes, and more

A roundup of some big moments from across the league

Sports - CBS Sports - 5 days ago

UK will not pay out over slavery, says Reeves

The chancellor says she understands why countries are making demands but the UK will not pay out.

Chippy owner calls out customer over his online review of 'hot delivery girl'

Robinson's Traditional Fish & Chips says it has to set boundaries so its staff can feel safe.

‘It’s created an internal shitstorm’: turmoil at UK law firm accused of ‘whitewashing’ Saudi World Cup report

Sources say key people at Clifford Chance were not consulted, as it emerges another company refused job due to reputational concerns. When the Saudi crown prince locked nearly 400 of his country’s ...

World - The Guardian - November 2

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