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Laser beam able to destroy targets at speed of light is tested from British army vehicle for first time

The UK has for the first time test-fired a laser beam from...

Zero-hours contracts: Workers react to the ban

Getty ImagesTamara Beattie has been on a zero-hours contract for more than two years since having her daughter.She works for a healthcare agency and...

I’m a mum and people think me and my son, 19, are the same age – I look young because I work out twice...

A mum has revealed she looks so young, she often gets mistaken for being her teenage son's friend.Sarah Reid, 43, from Kingswood, south Gloucestershire,...

Belfast woman awarded over £300k in largest equal pay claim in NI history

Shona Boyle, an employee of Caterpillar NI, has been awarded £305,000 after she launched a claim in July 2018, when she realised there were...

Hammerson sells £1.5bn stake in Bicester Village owner to private equity firm

The property firm Hammerson has sold its stake in the group that controls Bicester Village, the cut-price designer goods shopping centre in Oxfordshire, to...

Microsoft outage: More misery as GPs warn to expect another WEEK of disruption and hit out at NHS bosses for pushing ‘digital first’ model...

Patients could struggle to get appointments, prescriptions and test results this week due to the ongoing fallout from Microsoft's global outage on Friday.NHS bosses, medics and pharmacists...

West Midlands Carpetright shops to shut, jobs axed after chain sold to Tapi in rescue deal

Carpetright has been bought in a rescue deal by rival Tapi Carpets, but more than 200 stores are to shut and 1,018 jobs have...

Microsoft blames EU rules for allowing world’s biggest IT outage to happen

Microsoft said on Saturday that the CrowdStrike update had affected 8.5m Windows...

Cadillac Sollei concept previews drop-top Rolls-Royce Spectre rival | Autocar

Cadillac has revealed a drop-top version of the Celestiq, its hand-built rival to the Rolls-Royce Spectre. Named the Sollei – 'sun' and 'leisure' – the...

Former Tory chancellor Nadhim Zahawi ‘seeks backers for £600m Telegraph bid’

The former chancellor Nadhim Zahawi has approached a number of billionaire backers about financing a potential £600m bid for the Telegraph newspapers and Spectator...

UK secures £6.5 billion complex weapons deal with MBDA

The Ministry of Defence (MOD) has announced a substantial £6.5 billion investment to enhance the rapid delivery of advanced complex weapons, such as the...

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