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‘We’re always the afterthought’: The changes people want to see in the budget

In the upstairs bar of a slick new brewery, the cheese-lovers of Halifax are paying “homage to fromage”. It is one of the first...

Sports

Stars’ Rantanen gets automatic one-game ban

Open Extended Reactions The suspension will bench Rantanen for Tuesday night’s matchup in Edmonton against the Oilers, a rematch of last year’s Western Conference...

Sports

Isles’ Romanov has surgery, to miss 5-6 months

ESPN News Services Nov 23, 2025, 05:05 PM ET Open Extended Reactions NEW YORK — Rantanen received a five-minute boarding penalty and game misconduct,...

Business

Above inflation £550 boost for pensioners expected in budget

Rachel Reeves is expected to announce a higher-than-inflation rise for 13 million pensioners in her upcoming budget. People on the full rate of the...

Politics

This week’s budget will be big – and Starmer has some serious convincing to do as he fights for survival

Wednesday’s budget is going to big. It will be big in terms of tax rises, big in terms of setting the course of the...

Technology

CNBC Daily Open: Some hope after last week’s U.S. market rout

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on Nov. 21, 2025 in New York City. Spencer Platt | Getty...

World

US hails ‘tremendous progress’ on Ukraine peace plan – but says negotiators ‘need more time’

The US secretary of state has hailed a “tremendous amount of progress” on peace talks after the US and Ukraine delegations met in Geneva...

Sports

MLB offseason grades: Judging the Nimmo-for-Semien swap for Mets, Rangers

Bradford Doolittle Close Bradford Doolittle ESPN Staff Writer MLB writer and analyst for ESPN.com Former NBA writer and analyst for ESPN.com Been with ESPN...

Sports

Sources: Rangers, Mets to swap Semien, Nimmo

Open Extended Reactions The New York Mets and Texas Rangers have agreed to a trade that would send second baseman Marcus Semien to the...

Sports

Rangers’ Garcia highlights non-tendered players

Jesse RogersNov 21, 2025, 06:45 PM ET Close Jesse joined ESPN Chicago in September 2009 and covers MLB for ESPN.com. Open Extended Reactions Texas...

Technology

Meta halted internal research suggesting social media harm, court filing alleges

Meta halted internal research that purportedly showed that people who stopped using Facebook became less depressed and anxious, according to a legal filing that...

David Cameron reveals he has been treated for prostate cancer

Former prime minister Lord Cameron has revealed he has been treated for prostate cancer. The former Tory leader, who was PM from 2010 until...

Eight men arrested after attempted murder of couple in their 60s in Newcastle

Eight men have been arrested in connection with the attempted murder of a couple in Newcastle, police have said. A man and a woman...

Technology

Google’s new AI model puts OpenAI, the great conundrum of this market, on shakier ground

Almost every night, for almost a decade, I got a phone call between 7:00 and 7:01 p.m. ET. I didn’t have to look at...

Sports

Sizing up the postseason picture, including every bowl matchup, with one week to go

Kyle Bonagura Close Kyle Bonagura ESPN Staff Writer Covers college football. Joined ESPN in 2014. Attended Washington State University. Mark Schlabach Close Mark Schlabach...

Politics

‘I like Angie a lot’: Sir Keir Starmer ‘absolutely’ wants Angela Rayner back in cabinet

Sir Keir Starmer has said he “absolutely” wants Angela Rayner back in his cabinet after she resigned for failing to pay the correct amount...

‘A real moral failing’: Manchester synagogue members still don’t feel safe weeks after attack

Sitting on the benches inside the synagogue, just metres from where last month’s attack in Manchester began to unfold, chairman Alan Levy remembers it...