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Lithium prices plummet, impacting Australia’s mining industry Once dubbed “white gold” for its crucial role in rechargeable batteries, lithium, the ultra-light metal that can float on water, has seen its value plunge dramatically over the past year. The drop in prices is largely due to falling global sales of electric vehicles and an oversupply of lithium ore. Since June 2023, the cost of lithium’s primary compound has tumbled by more than 75%. This price crash has hit Australia particularly hard, as the country is the largest producer of lithium ore, responsible for 52% of global output in 2022. Australia also…

Banks must refund fraud cases up to £850000 In a world first, Banks must refund fraud cases up to £85000 within 5 working days. These refunds will become mandatory from 7 October, the Payment Systems Regulator (PSR) has announced. Which means the banks can no longer fob you off when you have been scammed by fraudsters. What the PSR has done is they have held both banks responsible, Refunds will be split 50-50 between sending and receiving firms in the past only your bank would provide a discretionary compensation. The scammers bank got away scot-free. Banking Apps like Revolut and…

Keir Starmer UN Speech – LIVE: PM tells Israel ‘no more excuses’ and calls on Hamas to ‘let the hostages go’ Union members stage protest ahead of Labour winter fuel allowance debate at the party conference in Liverpool Sir Keir Starmer has delivered his first speech as prime minister to world leaders at the United Nations in the US after leaving the Labour Party conference. He used his address to the UN Security Council to promise that his government will deliver “global leadership” as the Middle East teeters on the brink of all-out conflict and the bloody war in Ukraine…

Post Office hero Sir Alan Bates awarded knighthood at Windsor Castle Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the worldSign up to our free Morning Headlines emailSign up to our free Morning Headlines emailThe subpostmaster who exposed the Post Office Horizon IT scandal received a knighthood at Windsor Castle on Wednesday.Sir Alan Bates, 70, led a decades-long campaign to expose the national scandal, which saw more than 700 subpostmasters prosecuted by the Post Office and given criminal convictions between 1999 and 2015.Sir Alan was the figurehead in the drive to clear his colleagues’ names and…

Mother-of-five dies after suspected cosmetic procedure as two arrested Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the worldSign up to our free Morning Headlines emailSign up to our free Morning Headlines emailTwo people have been arrested on suspicion of manslaughter after a mother-of-five died following a suspected cosmetic procedure.Alice Webb, 33, died at Gloucestershire Royal Hospital in the early hours of Tuesday morning after she fell unwell and was taken there the previous day.Gloucestershire Police said an investigation is ongoing after officers were called to the hospital by the ambulance service at 11.35am on Monday.The…

Shein is being probed for greenwashing Shein is being probed for Greenwashing by the Antitrust agency. Which accuses Shein’s website of trying “to convey an image of production and commercial sustainability of its garments through misleading environmental claims,” the antitrust agency said in a statement. The probe is the latest in a string of investigations by regulators across Europe into potentially misleading environmental claims by companies. Shein’s website appeared to emphasize a commitment to decarbonization which seems to be contradicted by the increase in greenhouse gas emissions shown in Shein’s sustainability reports. Greenwashing is being used by companies to show…

Janey Godley shares health update with Twitter users from outside Glasgow cafe Godley has openly documented her health journey since being diagnosed with stage three ovarian cancer last year. Sitting outside Eusebi’s Deli with her dog, the comedian addresses her Twitter followers directly while sipping a coffee in her latest update. She said: “I have to be incredibly grateful that I got a clear scan the last time I got scanned. “But, I’m also very very aware that the type of cancer that I had has a 70 to 90 per cent chance of returning and that is quite a blow cause…

Unions suspend strikes that were due to shut Scots schools and nurseries next week after huge pay deal offer The local authority group COSLA has been thrashing out a new deal today which will mean a bigger pay rise than the 5% that has already been rejected. It means the lowest paid are getting a flat rate offer of £2,000  – an pay rise  worth around 10-11 per cent. Union leaders say COSLA found more money to top up the pay pot to £600m to fund the new deal. The three main unions in dispute, public services union UNISON Scotland, GMB Scotland and Unite have now…

Shetland actor Douglas Henshall apologises for ‘dumb’ tweet after Celtic v Rangers game After Celtic beat Rangers 4-0 on Saturday, the 56-year-old actor later posted about it on his Twitter page. He wrote: “It’s always a good day when the H*ns get humped. Lol.”  Since attracting controversy for the choice of the word, with one fan calling the tweet “really disappointing”, Douglas has removed the post and issued an apology to his followers. This morning, he wrote: “I’ve taken down a tweet I sent over the weekend. It was dumb and inflammatory and completely misjudged. My apologies to anyone offended by it.”  …

New £1bn paper complex creating 220 jobs in Flintshire will help 'renaissance of North Wales' The huge complex is being billed as a major step in the UK’s transition to net zero https://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/new-1bn-paper-complex-creating-30007469