Jaguar Land Rover to axe 500 UK management jobs as Trump tariffs fallout dents sales
Posted on Thursday July 17, 2025

British carmaker to offer voluntary redundancy after 15.1% sales drop in three months to JuneUK unemployment rises as jobs market ‘weakens’Jaguar Land Rover has said it will axe up to 500 management jobs in the UK after reporting a plunge in sales linked to Donald Trump’s tariffs.The British luxury carmaker said about 1.5% of its staff in the UK would be affected by the cuts as part of a voluntary redundancy round for managers. JLR, which is owned by India’s Tata Motors, employs 33,000 people in the UK. Continue reading...

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HS2 subcontractor’s role on £100m ‘bat tunnel’ terminated after claims of inflated pay rates
Posted on Thursday July 17, 2025

Contractor BAM ends Danny Sullivan Group’s involvement following investigation into ‘compliance issues’An HS2 subcontractor has been terminated from its role supplying labour to build a £100m “bat tunnel” following an investigation into allegations of overinflating rates for staff.BAM Nuttall (BAM), part of a consortium that is the main works contractor for the much-delayed £80bn-plus high-speed rail line between London and Birmingham, said it had ended the involvement of Danny Sullivan Group (DSG) on projects where “compliance issues have been identified”. Continue reading...

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‘Worse than Covid’: hospitality bosses blame Reeves’ budget for UK downturn
Posted on Thursday July 17, 2025

With data suggesting the sector has been hit hardest, some employers can’t afford to recruit summer workersUnemployment rises and wage growth slowsAnalysis: UK jobs market is cooling but not collapsing“From a financial point of view, last year’s budget was worse for hospitality than Covid,” says Philip Thorley, who owns 18 pubs across Kent and employs about 400 people.Usually he is looking to recruit staff to help out in the summer months but this year will be different, he says, as the £25bn increase in employers’ national insurance contributions (NICs) that came into force in April has been “catastrophic for our company and industry”. Continue reading...

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Risk of undersea cable attacks backed by Russia and China likely to rise, report warns
Posted on Thursday July 17, 2025

Spate of incidents in Baltic Sea and around Taiwan are harbinger for further disruptive activity, cybersecurity firm saysThe risk of Russia- and China-backed attacks on undersea cables carrying international internet traffic is likely to rise amid a spate of incidents in the Baltic Sea and around Taiwan, according to a report.Submarine cables account for 99% of the world’s intercontinental data traffic and have been affected by incidents with suspected state support over the past 18 months. Continue reading...

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Inside Elon Musk’s plan to rain SpaceX’s rocket debris over Hawaii’s pristine waters
Posted on Thursday July 17, 2025

Texas has long been under threat from the launches and explosions of SpaceX rockets. Now Hawaii is emerging as another possible victimThe north-west Hawaiian island of Mokumanamana is said to be touched by the gods. Bisected by the Tropic of Cancer latitude line, it is deep in the Pacific Ocean, about 400 miles from Honolulu. The island’s steep rocky cliffs give way to indigo blue waters dotted with monk seals and stony coral. No humans have lived on Mokumanamana, but it has the world’s highest density of ancient Hawaiian religious sites.“It sits as a boundary between what Native Hawaiians refer to as ‘pō’, the darkness, and ‘au’, the light,” said William Aila, the former chair of Hawaii’s department of land and natural resources. “When a Hawaiian passes, their soul makes its way from wherever it is in the main Hawaiian Islands, up to the North-western Hawaiian Islands. And at that juncture, at pō, they’re met by their ancestors.” As Aila tells it, if a person has been good, they can pass into pō and be with their ancestors, who inhabit the Pacific waters west of Mokumanamana. Continue reading...

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The Open 2025: first round updates as Fitzpatrick shares lead at Royal Portrush – live
Posted on Thursday July 17, 2025

Latest updates from the opening day of the 153rd OpenLive official leaderboard | And you can email DavidPadraig Harrington bogeys the par-three 3rd as well. Two putts from 42 feet far from a gimme … and he doesn’t make them. His place at the top is taken by Jacob Skov Olesen: the 26-year-old Dane, making his professional debut at the Open – he finished in a tie for 60th at Troon as an amateur – tramlines a 40-foot putt on 1. Had that not hit the cup, it was halfway to Giant’s Causeway. A sizzling Danish start to the Open.-1: Højgaard (3), Olesen (1) E: Harrington (3), Migliozzi (2) Continue reading...

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Sweden v England: Women’s Euro 2025 quarter-final – live
Posted on Thursday July 17, 2025

Euro 2025 quarter-final updates, 8pm BST kick-offSchedule | Top scorers | Player guide | Email SarahHere are some England stars to keep an eye on this evening:The team news is in. For Sweden have made two changes to their starting XI with Hanna Lundkvist and Julia Zigiotti Olme coming in for Hanna Bennison and Smilla Holmberg. Continue reading...

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