Waitrose employee sacked after stopping shoplifter from taking Easter eggs

Walker Smith, 54, who worked for retailer for 17 years, says he grabbed bag from thief before they escaped

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Is the UK falling out of love with social media?

Ofcom data points to more passive consumption amid changes to apps and fears about mental health and past posts

The Guardian

🔬 A massive arctic thaw is unleashing carbon frozen for thousands of years

A sweeping new study reveals that as Arctic permafrost thaws, it is dramatically reshaping rivers and releasing vast amounts of ancient carbon that had been locked away for thousands of years. By analyzing decades of high-resolution data across northern Alaska, scientists found t…

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🔬 Truckloads of food are being wasted because computers won’t approve them

Modern food systems may look stable on the surface, but they are increasingly dependent on digital systems that can quietly become a major point of failure. Today, food must be “recognized” by databases and automated platforms to be transported, sold, or even released, meaning th…

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📈 Saba’s final push sparks investment trust reckoning

Edinburgh Worldwide Investment Trust has caved to years of pressure from US activist investor, Saba. Its chair tells Ali Lyon why it is asking shareholders to vote to break up the fund, and what it says about the wider investment trust industry. To Jonathan Simpson-Dent, being la…

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📈 Check your change for rare 2p coin worth 'over £1,000'

A two-word error could make this coin very valuable

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📰 Judge blocks Trump bid to require colleges to prove race not considered in admissions

A federal judge in Massachusetts on Friday blocked the Trump administration’s effort to force public colleges and universities in 17 states to hand over detailed race-based admissions data. U.S. District Court Judge F. Dennis Saylor found that the Department of Education likely h…

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Popular UK furniture brand and 4 more plunge into administration - full list

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Brit tourist, 35, dies in horror Thailand car crash as inquest opens

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