Insurance group from Japan buys 15% slice of M&G

By EMILY HAWKINS Updated: 21:50, 30 May 2025 M&G has sold a 15 per cent stake to one of Japan’s biggest life insurers in a partnership deal. Shares in the financial group rallied yesterday after it announced that Dai-ichi Life is now its largest shareholder in a long-term tie-up. The …

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The Dice Is Right! School kids make climate change board games

Schoolchildren from Selby CP Primary School have turned lessons on climate action into two brilliant board games, thanks to nearby Drax Power Station’s Community and Education team. Year 4 pupils were tasked with designing games that promote energy-saving behaviours. The two winning ideas were transformed into real, playable games by …

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Gifts fit for a King! The astonishing presents given to the Royal Family are revealed – from a £340,000 Rolls-Royce for Charles and platinum and diamond brooches for Elizabeth II – but they’re not all glamorous

What do you give the family who has everything? Well, in the case of the late Queen Elizabeth, at least two platinum and diamond brooches to celebrate her landmark 2022 jubilee. And for her new heir, King Charles? How about a Rolls-Royce Cullinan Series II, which starts at a mere …

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Insurance group from Japan buys 15% slice of M&G

By EMILY HAWKINS Updated: 16:50 EDT, 30 May 2025 M&G has sold a 15 per cent stake to one of Japan’s biggest life insurers in a partnership deal. Shares in the financial group rallied yesterday after it announced that Dai-ichi Life is now its largest shareholder in a long-term tie-up. …

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More salty rivers driven by climate change

A new study from the University of Portsmouth has sounded a global climate alarm, warning that rising sea levels are pushing saltwater inland at an accelerating pace – with severe consequences for water, food and communities. Focusing on the Bengal Delta in Bangladesh – the world’s largest river delta – …

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