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Sir Jim Ratcliffe loses moral high ground by living in tax exile – Labour Party Chair
Posted onThe Labour Party chair has said Sir Jim Ratcliffe loses “the moral high ground” by making statements about the UK while living in tax exile. Speaking to Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg, Bridget Phillipson said she would take the billionaire businessman’s comments that the UK was “on the slide” with a “pinch of salt”. Sir Jim,…
The Manchester community shop selling groceries at huge discounts
Posted onKelly Foranand Jonny Humphries,North West Kelly Foran/BBC Andy Hawthorne said the idea, formed to help ease food insecurity, had “gone a bit nuts” A charity boss who founded a community shop selling groceries at a fraction of the price of supermarkets said the concept was so successful “it had gone a bit nuts”. Andy Hawthorne…
Who owns TikTok now and how could it change for US users?
Posted onLiv McMahonTechnology reporter Getty Images TikTok has announced a deal allowing it to continue operating in the US. But with the platform’s future in the country seemingly secured, its 200 million American users are expected to see some changes. What is the US TikTok deal? A majority-American board now owns and operates a separate entity…
1975: Could you do your food shop just once a year?
Posted onIt’s a chore we all have to do regularly but in 1975 Nationwide went grocery shopping with a couple who bought all their supplies yearly rather than weekly. By borrowing a van and enlisting the help of supermarket staff to push their multiple bulging trollies outside to the carpark, the pair reckoned their £122 annual…
