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‘We’re an antidote’: Boss of Legoland owner on the thrill of theme parks in a world of technology

5 juillet 2025 à 16:00

Fiona Eastwood says real-life experiences that bring people together are vital amid a battle for attention in the digital era

Artificial intelligence is in the process of upending the business models of companies all over the world, but when it comes to the $100bn (£73bn) global theme park business the thrill of “big metal” rollercoasters is still the biggest draw.

Fiona Eastwood, the boss of the sector’s second biggest operator, Merlin Entertainments, says that in a world dominated by battles over screen time it is real-life experiences that provide families with an “antidote to phones and digital technology”.

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© Photograph: Lego

© Photograph: Lego

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Oasis in row with photo agencies over pictures from reunion shows

4 juillet 2025 à 16:48

Exclusive: Band’s management tell agencies and publishers they can use shots of first gig in Cardiff for one year only

A row has broken out over restrictions imposed on how newspapers, magazines, TV broadcasters and digital publishers can use pictures taken at Oasis reunion gigs, as the band prepare to play the first night of what is expected to be the most profitable tour in UK history.

Photo agencies and publishers have been told they can use shots of the first concert, which takes place in Cardiff on Friday, for one year and then the rights revert back to the band and management.

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© Photograph: Marco Prosch/Getty Images

© Photograph: Marco Prosch/Getty Images

Trump says US to start sending tariff rates letters to trading partners

4 juillet 2025 à 09:51

Letters to be sent to countries without a deal in place before end of 90-day pause on 9 July

Donald Trump has said the US will start sending letters to trading partners setting out tariff rates that countries will have to pay from the beginning of next month.

The US president told the media that about “10 or 12” letters would be sent out on Friday, with further letters sent out over the “next few days”.

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© Photograph: Robyn Beck/AFP/Getty Images

Heathrow substation fire ‘caused by fault first identified seven years ago’

2 juillet 2025 à 10:43

Ofgem opens investigation into National Grid as report finds incident that cut airport power was preventable

The root cause of the substation fire that shut Heathrow airport was a preventable technical fault that National Grid had been aware of seven years ago but failed to fix properly, investigators have concluded.

The final report by the National Energy System Operator (Neso) on the incident said the fire that cut power to the airport on 21 March, affecting more than 1,350 flights, almost 300,000 passengers and cutting power to 67,000 homes, was “most likely” sparked by moisture entering the insulation around wires.

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© Photograph: Carlos Jasso/Reuters

© Photograph: Carlos Jasso/Reuters

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