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How to stop your cat from ruining your furniture
Scientists say they have pinpointed strategies to save cushions, carpets, and sofas from pet cats. Providing cats with safe hiding places and plenty of opportunities to play can help to reduce their stress, and save frustrated owners’ furniture from being scratched, new research suggests. While scratching is a normal felineContinue Reading
Keywords Studios agrees £2.1bn takeover in further blow to London market
Video games developer Keywords Studios has backed a £2.1 billion takeover offer in a move that will see yet another London-listed firm being taken private. Dublin-based Keywords, which is listed on London’s junior Aim market, has backed a cash bid worth £24.50 a share from Swedish private equity firm EQT.Continue Reading
Northvolt may scale back expansion plans following setbacks
Northvolt, Europe’s leading battery maker, is contemplating scaling back its ambitious expansion plans following significant setbacks at its gigafactory in Sweden. The company has launched a strategic review which may delay new factory projects in Canada, Germany, and Sweden. The Swedish company, which aims to reduce European dependency on ChineseContinue Reading
UK special effects firm DNEG valued at $2bn after landmark fundraiser
London-based DNEG, renowned for its work on films like Dune: Part Two and Oppenheimer, has achieved a valuation exceeding $2 billion following a significant fundraising round backed by a leading Abu Dhabi investor. The DNEG Group secured a $200 million investment from United Al Saqer Group, an Abu Dhabi-based conglomerateContinue Reading
Man Utd hatch £34m plan after losing patience with Luke Shaw
Luke Shaw’s future at Manchester United appears up in the air after the club reportedly agreed a deal to bring Girona left back Miguel Gutierrez to the club this summer. The player is set to be the subject of a bizarre transfer triangle before ending up at Old Trafford. HeContinue Reading
House of the Dragon Easter egg: Director confirms huge Game of Thrones link in episode 3
For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails *Warning – Spoilers ahead for House of the Dragon, season two, episode three* The House of the Dragon director has confirmed a majorContinue Reading
Scientists pinpoint strategies to stop cats from scratching your furniture
Providing cats with safe hiding places and plenty of opportunities to play can help to reduce their stress, and save frustrated owners’ furniture from being scratched, new research suggests. Scientists say they have pinpointed strategies that could save cushions, carpets, and sofas from pet cats. While scratching is a normalContinue Reading
General election: Where is your polling station, opening times, taking dogs, children and everything else to know for July 4
Voters in the UK will visit polling stations up and down the country on July 4 to have their say in which political party they want to represent their area and country. Prime minister Rishi Sunak announced the snap general election at the end of May, sparking six frantic weeksContinue Reading
What is a ‘supermajority’ – and could Labour win one at the general election?
Rishi Sunak has warned voters against enabling a Labour ‘supermajority’ at the general election on Thursday as his party continues to lag behind in the polls. The prime minister tested out the new line on the campaign trail in the run-up to polling day in a decidedly defensive move againstContinue Reading
Turkey goalkeeper Mert Gunok pulls off ‘Gordon Banks save’ at Euro 2024
Turkey goalkeeper Mert Gunok pulled off a superb Gordon Banks-esque save to deny Austria a late equaliser in their Euro 2024 last-16 clash. The Besiktas shot-stopper had already made one sensational stop before he denied Christoph Baumgartner with the best save of the tournament so far. Austria piled the pressureContinue Reading