It sounds dramatic to imagine one half of Earth slowly losing its internal warmth faster than the other, but that is the general direction many researchers are now exploring. When geophysicists looked at long-term heat flow inside the planet, they noticed that the hemisphere covered mostly by the Pacific Ocean appears to be shedding heat…
Next week’s strike by resident doctors in England may be averted after ministers offered the British Medical Association a fresh deal. The doctors’ union has agreed to put the offer to members over the coming days – if they support it, the five-day walkout starting on Wednesday 17 December could be called off. The offer…
Reuters US Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell The US Federal Reserve has lowered interest rates for the third time this year, even as internal divisions create uncertainty about additional cuts in the coming months. The central bank said on Wednesday it was lowering the target for its key lending rate by 0.25 percentage points, putting…
The price of silver has hit a record high ahead of an expected US Federal Reserve interest rate cut and demand from the technology industry for the precious metal remains high. On Tuesday, the spot market, where the precious metal is bought and sold for immediate delivery, saw the price of silver cross $60 (£45.10)…
Leon has announced it will close several of its restaurants and cut jobs as part of a major restructure of the High Street food chain. The company has appointed Quantuma as administrators after Leon’s original co-founder, John Vincent, reacquired the company last month from Asda. The move places the future of the worst-performing of its…
Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson has held WWE Championships, ruled the Hollywood box office, and even wowed critics with his gritty performance as MMA icon Mark Kerr in The Smashing Machine. But what truly motivates him to go to the gym when it is early and cold, and no one would notice him taking a little…
Chancellor Rachel Reeves has said there were too many unauthorised leaks ahead of her budget last month. The amount of media stories about what might be in her statement led to criticism from Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle, who labelled it the “hokey-cokey Budget”, telling MPs, “One minute it’s in, the next minute it’s out.” The…
