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A British mountaineer who was once told he would never walk again unaided has been greeted by his family as he arrived back in the country following a record-breaking climb of Mount Everest. Kenton Cool, 48, from Gloucestershire, arrived at Heathrow Airport on Friday evening a few days after after having reached the peak for a 16th time – more than any other non-Sherpa. Mr Cool made the 8,849-metre summit […]

Tesla revealed a refreshed version of the Model X SUV last year, but buyers are facing massive delays as the American firm struggles to ramp up production. aking to Twitter, various users have complained that their delivery estimates have been pushed back, with the worst-affected looking at April 2023. For some, this would mean a wait of more than two years from the time they placed their order. Although deliveries […]

Sam Ryder’s Eurovision single Space Man has gone to number two in the charts after his surprise success at the contest last week. The singer, 32, was narrowly beaten to the top spot by Harry Styles’ As It Was, which secured its seventh week at number one. Space Man becomes the highest UK Eurovision entry since Gina G’s chart-topping Ooh Aah… Just a Little Bit in 1996 and also outperforms […]

The 2022 Sunday Times Rich List has revealed that billionaire brothers Sri and Gopi Hinduja are the wealthiest people in the UK. The annual list showed that the pair, who run the Mumbai-based conglomerate Hinduja Group, saw their fortune jump by more than £11 billion. There were a record 177 billionaires in the UK, according to the figures. The list featured a number of recognisable figures including Dyson vacuum entrepreneur […]

Rishi Sunak and Akshata Murty have made the Sunday Times Rich List for the first time with their joint £730 million fortune as Russian billionaires tumbled down this year’s rankings. It comes after the Chancellor and his wife’s finances have come under intense scrutiny in recent months. Last month, it was revealed that Ms Murty had non-dom status, which typically applies to someone who was born overseas and spends much […]

Four out of five employers have been impacted by the increase in national insurance contributions, a new study suggests. A survey of more than 1,100 employers by the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) found the rise in employer contributions to national insurance (NI) from 13.8% to 15.05% had increased staffing costs for many, forced some to put up their prices, and meant others would be limiting their investment. The BCC […]

Airline easyJet hopes to be back to carrying nearly as many customers at the end of this financial year as it did before the pandemic. The budget flight provider also revealed on Thursday that it had reduced losses over the six months to the end of March. It said that pre-tax loss hit £557 million over the half-year period, down from £645 million a year earlier. “EasyJet has reduced its […]

Royal Mail has said it will need to hike prices and slash costs to offset soaring inflation amid an “uncertain” outlook for the economy as it posted a rise in annual earnings. The group cautioned over “significant headwinds” as it faces higher wage demands, surging energy and fuel costs. It is cutting costs by more than £350 million to help mitigate the hit, but said it would also have to […]

Police investigating an alleged on-pitch attack on Sheffield United’s Billy Sharp have charged a 30-year-old man with assault. Robert Biggs, of Derbyshire, has been charged with assault occasioning actual bodily harm and going on to the playing area at a football match, Nottinghamshire Police said. Sharp was knocked to the ground near the touchline at the City Ground at the end of the Championship play-off semi-final against Nottingham Forest on […]