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There is a new series of Industry coming up, which, as its name does not suggest, is a BBC series about goings-on in the City — or rather in a fictional investment bank, Pierrepoint. This paper billed it as Squid Game without the subtitles: bankers profiting from Covid, badly behaved…

Exclusive: Rishi Sunak’s team helped fast-track deal with firm founded by Charles Huang, who says contracts generated $2bn profit

A Guardian report has revealed the huge areas of outdoor space owned by UK private schools. It’s time for this inequality to end, says journalist Robert Verkaik

Data shows would-be drivers waiting an average of 17.8 weeks from booking, up from six weeks before Covid

While mortality from Covid-19 was 0.6 per cent, Robert Redfield says bird flu mortality likely to be ‘somewhere between 25 and 50 per cent’

Alton Towers and Legoland owner alters tactics after period of VAT cuts and people spending cash saved during lockdowns

Fourteen years of Conservative party rule in the UK have seen Brexit, Covid, economic turmoil and political scandals, leaving many Britons worse off and disenchanted.

Welcome to TOI health news morning briefing. Today’s highlights include the rise of the new COVID-19 variant, KP.3, now responsible for over 25% of cases in the US, surpassing the JN.1 variant. Meanwhile, a recent WHO report reveals India faced 1.41 million new cancer cases in 2022, leading to over…

Anthony Fauci has a new book plan and detailed one conversation with trump where the president said he “loved” him, but also expressed anger with the doctor.

'We're in a different world now. Life isn't all about work.'

The arts and cultural sector is facing a multitude of challenges. With COVID and cost of living crisis following hot on the heels of a decade of funding cuts, many organisations have had to strip back their programmes. Some have closed altogether.