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Morrisons has turned some of its supermarket freezers up by 3C.The grocery chain says the move is part of a trial to cut carbon emissions, but has insisted the measure will not impact food safety. It said the current industry standard of putting freezers at -18C was set almost 100 years ago and had not been updated since, despite improvements in refrigeration technology.Money latest – follow for updatesFreezers in 10 stores across the country have been changed, taking into account the weather and supply routes, with plans to roll out the temperature change to other outlets. According to the supermarket,…

The discovery of a half-a-billion-year-old slug with spines has shed light on the origins of animals like oysters and octopuses, researchers have said. The new fossil, called Shishania aculeata, reveals that the earliest molluscs (animals that do not have a backbone) were flat, shell-less slugs covered in a protective spiny armour. Underneath, the animal was made up of a muscular foot, like that of a slug, and would have used it to crawl across the seabed, experts suggest in a new study.The species was found in well-preserved fossils from eastern Yunnan Province in southern China and dates back to a geological…

An arrest warrant has been issued for the actor who played the green ranger in the Power Rangers film franchise over an alleged parking dispute, police say.A truck linked to a man, identified as Hector David Rivera, was parked in a spot for people with disabilities at a shopping centre in Nampa, Idaho, when a man confronted him, city police spokesperson Carmen Boeger said. The victim, a man in his 60s who uses a walking frame, took pictures of the licence plate of a pickup truck that was parked in the disabled spot.Video shows a man push the victim to…

Sir Paul Marshall, the hedge fund tycoon and GB News shareholder, is closing in on a deal to buy The Spectator, one of Britain’s most influential political media titles.Sky News has learnt that Sir Paul, the co-founder of Marshall Wace, has emerged as the leading contender to buy The Spectator, which is part of an auction process which also involves the Daily and Sunday Telegraph newspapers. Sources close to the process said the City financier’s Old Queen Street Ventures vehicle could strike a deal to buy the magazine as soon as this month.A transaction for The Spectator, which was first…

The firm at the centre of the global IT outage last month is being sued by some of its shareholders.Lawyers claim cyber security company CrowdStrike defrauded investors by concealing flaws with its software testing. It comes after a software update sent out by the firm caused more than eight million computers to crash on 19 July.The meltdown hit thousands of businesses worldwide, disrupting airports, banks, hospitals and broadcasters.CrowdStrike boss George Kurtz apologised to those affected and blamed a “software bug”, but admitted it would take “some time” to fully fix the problems. The lawsuit, which was filed in Austin, Texas,…

Wizz Air has been named the worst performing airline for customer service by a leading consumer group.Which? said the low-cost carrier ranked the lowest “by far” in a poll of around 1,000 adults. Those surveyed were quizzed on how well airlines performed across eight areas of customer service, including how easy it was to find a contact number, how long it took to get in touch with a person and how well issues were dealt with.Wizz Air received a net satisfaction score of +13. More than half of those surveyed said they had experienced at least one problem with the…

Microsoft’s cloud service has been hit by another outage, weeks after an IT failure in cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike’s services ground the world to a halt.In a post on X, Cambridge Water said some of its services were down this afternoon. “Due to worldwide issues with Microsoft Azure, a problem with our website is affecting several services including MyAccount and PayNow,” said the water company.Microsoft said it is investigating reports of user problems, saying: “We are investigating reports of issues connecting to Microsoft services globally.The company then announced it implemented a fix that seemed to be solving the problem, saying there…

Andrea Spendolini-Sirieix isn’t your average 19-year-old.The Team GB diver is going into her second Olympic Games having worked tirelessly to become one of the country’s most promising athletes. But she’s had to overcome unique challenges to get there – from making a name for herself beyond being the daughter of First Dates star Fred Sirieix to overcoming a fear of diving and becoming one of her country’s brightest talents.Here’s what you need to know about Spendolini-Sirieix ahead of her appearance in synchronised 10m platform diving this morning. Image: Pic: Jacob King/PA Family life and early career The diving sensation from…

The chancellor has said her predecessor Jeremy Hunt “lied” as she accused him of deliberately covering up the truth about the state of the UK’s finances.After announcing a series of spending cuts on Monday, Rachel Reeves said it was “unforgivable” the Conservatives left a £22bn funding black hole. Follow the latest updates from Westminster hereShe told Sky News: “Jeremy Hunt covered up from the House of Commons and from the country the true state of the public finances. He did that knowingly and deliberately.”He lied. And they lied during the election campaign about the state of the public finances.” Ms…

A vegan diet may reduce your biological age, according to a new study in the medical journal BMC. Scientists studied 21 sets of adult identical twins, with one of each pair eating a vegan diet for eight weeks. The vegan twin was found to have reduced methylation in their DNA, which is a marker of biological ageing. So what is the optimal diet for anti-ageing, according to science?There are different interpretations of ageing.”There’s lifespan, which is how long you live, and healthspan, which is how well you live – because who wants to live long and live poorly?” says Dr Linia…