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The UK’s exemption from a doubling of duties on most US steel and aluminium imports is dependent on the ratification of May’s trade pact between the two countries, the White House has warned.

One of Britain’s top corporate troubleshooters is being lined up to spearhead a multibillion pound rescue of Thames Water after the company’s preferred bidder walked away.

Sir Christopher Evans, the renowned British biotech entrepreneur, is close to landing $50m (£37m) in funding for a developer of a new portfolio of cancer treatments.

ChatGPT beats Google, hits 365 bn-mark in annual searches with 5.5 times faster growthChatGPT reached 365 billion annual searches just two years after launch. It had taken Google 11 years to achieve the same feat. ‘We’ve never seen anything like the user growth of ChatGPT, particularly outside the US,’ analyst Mary Meeker saysChatGPT has grown at a breakneck speed that dwarfs Google’s ascent. Representational image/Reuters

Google, Instagram logins among 184 mn passwords leaked in massive data breachA cybersecurity researcher discovered a publicly accessible database online, revealing sensitive details associated with major brands such as Apple, Google, Facebook, Microsoft, as well as several banking and government servicesA massive data breach has left over 180 million passwords exposed. Representational image/Pixabay

As an independent review sets out a vision for cleaning up the water industry, a real-world example of why the sector is in such deep trouble floats into view.

The Chinese owner of British Steel has hired a leading City law firm to explore the recovery of hundreds of millions of pounds it invested in the Scunthorpe-based company before the government seized control of its operations in April.

The investment giant lined up to rescue Thames Water abandoned its offer days after talks took place involving one of its co-founders and Downing Street officials.

“Interlocking failures” in the water sector across England and Wales can be fixed through fundamental reform in five key areas, according to a major interim report.