Payment of 2% at employee-owned partnership follows sales increase to £13.4bn The owner of John Lewis and Waitrose has paid an annual bonus to workers for the first time in four years after underlying ...

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Steph Catley and Hayley Raso ruled out of clash with North Korea Coach Joe Montemurro jokes he may have to play Kerr at left-back The Matildas’ hopes of Asian Cup glory have been dealt a major blow ...

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Health justice charity Medact says data-sharing potential could be used for UK version of US immigration raids Palantir’s NHS contract opens the door to the Big Brother-style data-sharing that Reform ...

Marking the 30th anniversary of the school atrocity, those who pushed to get the weapons outlawed tell their stories. Plus: Spring Clean – Keep, Chuck Or Cash In? Here’s what to watch this evening 9pm ...

Middle East crisis live: Iran steps up campaign to disrupt energy markets as oil price hits $100 a barrel Iran has set ablaze two tankers in Iraqi waters as it increased attacks on oil and transport ...

Over the past 21 years, Village Ways has been leading low-impact tours of remote communities in the foothills of the Himalayas, supporting traditional ways of life and offering a rare glimpse of prist ...

Countries across the continent have spent more than $2bn on Chinese tracking technology that is not ‘necessary or proportionate’, new report finds The rapid expansion of AI-powered mass-surveillance ...

Cheeky and rebellious, the Netherlands’ own brand of ‘ludiek’ zaniness thrived in the 1960s protest era. Now, the New Dutch Naivety movement is bringing it back with songs about chocolate, good transp ...

Virginia Bell warned parliamentary inquiry of legislative gap just days before resignation of former spy chief Dennis Richardson ...

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