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The UK's companies sector has reported its first decline of the yr - however some client spending is up, in response to new figures.Closely-watched survey the S&P Global/CIPS UK Services PMI reported a rating of 49.5 in August - and any determine under 50 suggests an total discount in service sector output. The determine is down from 51.5 in July and the bottom since January.But whereas it contains some client spending - on transport, communication, finance, insurance coverage, actual property and enterprise companies - the info doesn't embrace retail gross sales.Experts blamed rising rates of interest for the obvious droop in demand. Tim Moore, economics director at S&P Global Market Intelligence, stated: "After a modest recovery over the past six months, service sec...

The Rolling Stones have introduced a brand new album, their first studio assortment of authentic materials in 18 years. Featuring the core trio of Mick Jagger, Ronnie Wood and Keith Richards, the band shared particulars in regards to the album, Hackney Diamonds, on social media - and are set to be interviewed by Jimmy Fallon on Wednesday in regards to the launch. It can even be their first assortment with out drummer Charlie Watts, who died in 2021. Twitter This content material is offered by Twitter, which can be utilizing cookies and different applied sciences. To present you this content material, we want your permission to make use of cookies. You can use the buttons beneath to amend y...

TOKYO (AP) — The suspect in a 2019 arson assault at an animation studio in Japan went on trial Tuesday, pleading responsible to the homicide of 36 individuals. The trial for the deadliest crime in a long time within the nation had been lengthy delayed to offer the defendant time to get well from severe burns sustained within the assault. ...

Tens of 1000's of partygoers stranded for days on the Burning Man pageant in Nevada due to flooding have began to depart the camp.Attendees on the pageant had been informed to preserve meals and water and discover shelter after round 1.5 inches of rain fell on Friday within the north Nevada desert, inflicting flooding and foot-deep mud. Police additionally mentioned the demise of a person in his 40s on the pageant was not weather-related however supplied no additional particulars. The sheriff of close by Pershing County mentioned he was investigating however has not recognized the person or a reason for demise. Organisers had began to let site visitors movement out of the makeshift metropolis on Monday afternoon, with delays of...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Steve Harwell, the longtime frontman of the Grammy-nominated pop rock band Smash Mouth has died. He was 56. The band’s supervisor...

Stars together with Nicole Kidman, Elton John and LL Cool J have paid tribute to singer and songwriter Jimmy Buffett, who has died aged 76.The performer - recognized for his laid-back lifestyle and credited with creating the tropical rock style - died at his dwelling in Sag Harbor, on Long Island, in America, in accordance with an announcement on his official web site. Best recognized for his Seventies hit Margaritaville - named after the favored cocktail - Buffett had final carried out throughout a shock look in Rhode Island, in early July.He had been preventing Merkel cell pores and skin most cancers - a uncommon and aggressive most cancers which tends to first develop on the face, head or neck earlier than spreading to different elements of the...

The French actor and director Mathieu Kassovitz is in a "worrying" situation after a bike crash on Sunday. The 56-year-old was "seriously injured" within the accident on a bike coaching course in larger Paris, in response to native media. He was getting ready for a job in an upcoming movie when he crashed, struggling a fractured pelvis and head trauma, Le Parisien reported.One of his daughters was behind him on a bike when the incident occurred, the newspaper additionally stated. She was not harm.Mr Kassovitz was taken to Kremlin-Bicêtre hospital, BFMTV reported. Spreaker This content material is offered by Spreaker, which can be utilizing cookies and different applied sciences. To present you th...

RENO, Nev. — Authorities in Nevada have been investigating a loss of life on the website of the Burning Man competition the place hundreds of attendees remained stranded Saturday evening as flooding from storms swept by way of the Nevada desert. ...

The third installment within the Denzel Washington-led “Equalizer” franchise topped the home field workplace this weekend with $34.5 million in keeping with studio estimates Sunday. By the tip of the Monday vacation, Sony expects that complete will rise to $42 million. ...

Former WWE star Hulk Hogan has misplaced 18kg, revealing that giving up alcohol eight months in the past "changed everything".Hogan, 70, mentioned he final drank alcohol on New Year's Eve and had supposed to take a small break from the booze, however has not had a sip since. He advised TMZ: "I wasn't eating late at night - I wasn't eating junk food anymore. I dropped like 40 pounds right away."Hogan, some of the recognisable wrestlers of all time, mentioned his common ingesting of alcohol started throughout his pro-career."We'd have beers before the matches. Beers after the matches. And we'd go to the hotel and all meet down at the bar. It was kinda like part of the whole wrestling genre," he advised the US outlet. Read extra:The Iron Sheik: WWE star and Hulk Hogan rival dies...