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I’ve never really understood how the commercial guys can find 600 traps out on the open ocean. We had enough trouble finding 10.

1. UK set for slower inflation than Eurozone and US  Financial Times
2. Economic turning point could change course of Rishi Sunak's premiership  Sky News
3. Inflation to return to two per cent target in boost for Bank of England  City A.M.
4. Inflation in the UK is about to tumble. But how far – and for how long?  The Guardian
5. Economists hopeful inflation will hit 2% target this week  The Times

New series relates the rise of Afghanistan’s answer to ‘American Idol’ following the fall of the Taliban

Our US art critic’s personal voyage through one of the world’s greatest — and largest — permanent collections

Aldeburgh Festival is staging the composer’s ‘Curlew River’ together with the Noh theatre play that inspired it in 1956

Union hits at warning by bank’s chief economist that retirement wave risks diluting Ireland’s presence

Ditching regular hours means companies must think of new ways for colleagues to collaborate

Prime minister may try to stifle critics and further emulate Hungary’s Viktor Orbán when he recovers

Drop in household energy bills set to push price growth close to Bank of England target

On the campaign trail doubts are raised over whether the prime minister and his BJP are set for another overwhelming win

Unlike Trump’s policies, the Biden trade strategy aims to build domestic industrial capacity and could be good for US allies

Wall Street firms such as Fortress are backing legal showdowns against big companies

New government will need to plug hole in public finances

Industry lobby group criticises Ofwat for ‘slow’ and ‘inflexible’ processes that delay vital infrastructure

Three in four audit reports did not provide alerts that companies risked going bankrupt, think-tank finds

RFR Holding has billions of dollars in debt coming due at a time when valuations are down and financing costs up

Once viewed as a superfuel that could decarbonise large chunks of the economy, the likely uses are shrinking dramatically

Response follows warnings of ‘unintended consequences’ of passive funds shunning EU corporations

Bananas, coffee and cocoa could be collectively bought after watchdog indicated it would not challenge anti-competitive behaviour

Bim Afolami says PSR’s proposal has ‘significant problems’ in latest sign of tension between Treasury and regulators

Tighter air quality standards follow a pause on new licences for terminals and tougher EU emissions rules

The fact that Republicans seek to use the audio for political gain is not sufficient reason to stretch executive privilege to the breaking point

The May Mystery Harbor is Bass Harbor in Tremont, Maine! If there ever was a place to be on Mount Desert Island during even the crowded summer season, this is it. The yellow roof on the right marks Thurston’s Lobster, my favorite place on the island to get a seafoodRead More

Part 3: In the life of every vessel, a figurative day of rain must occasionally fall, and for the O’Day Mariner 19 Blue Skies it came in the form of a wild and destructive capsize, but even this couldn’t dampen her spirit.