Newton Aycliffe was meant to be a model town for a fairer postwar Britain. But unaffordable rents on a high street amounting to 0.12% of its property tycoon owner’s holdings have made it a symbol of decline – and a warning for Labour How has your local high street changed since 2019? Check your postcode Labour risks election wipeout unless it improves Britain’s high streets Under blue skies and bu...
Newton Aycliffe was meant to be a model town for a fairer postwar Britain. But unaffordable rents on a high street amounting to 0.12% of its property tycoon owner’s holdings have made it a symbol of decline – and a warning for Labour How has your local high street changed since 2019? Check your postcode Labour risks election wipeout unless it improves Britain’s high streets Under blue skies and bunting, the whole of County Durham seemed to turn out for the young Queen Elizabeth II. They lined the streets in their thousands, waving flags and marvelling at the grand royal procession weaving past their newly built homes. It was 27 May 1960 and the recently crowned queen was officially opening the town of Newton Aycliffe on her first provincial tour after the birth of her third child, Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, three months earlier. A 16-page commemorative pamphlet , priced at two shillings and sixpence, records the local Light Infantry buglers playing to the giddy crowd. Continue reading...
laddawan punna/iStock via Getty Images Management Stephen Lowe, CFA Chief Investment Strategist Industry start: 1996 Fund start: 2015 THYFX Funds start: 2016 TAAIX, TMAFX, TMAIX, TCAIX David Spangler, CFA Head of Mixed Assets & Market Strategies Industry start: 1989 Funds start: 2019 TAAIX, TMAFX, TMAIX, TCAIX Fund start: 2022 THYFX David Royal Chief Investment Officer, Chief Financial Officer Ind...
laddawan punna/iStock via Getty Images Management Stephen Lowe, CFA Chief Investment Strategist Industry start: 1996 Fund start: 2015 THYFX Funds start: 2016 TAAIX, TMAFX, TMAIX, TCAIX David Spangler, CFA Head of Mixed Assets & Market Strategies Industry start: 1989 Funds start: 2019 TAAIX, TMAFX, TMAIX, TCAIX Fund start: 2022 THYFX David Royal Chief Investment Officer, Chief Financial Officer Industry start: 1997 Funds start 2018 TAAIX, TMAFX, TMAIX, TCAIX Theron Whitehorn, CFA Senior Portfolio Manager Industry start: 2002 Fund start: 2021 THYFX Executive Summary 1-year performance was positive across the Allocation Fund suite with relative performance ranging from 0.40% to 1.51%. The overweight to equity and large cap growth/Magnificent 7 names positively contributed. The Funds remain overweight equity and underweight international. Fixed income in most Thrivent Asset Allocation Funds performed roughly inline in the fourth quarter and outperformed for the full year. In the Thrivent Conservative Allocation Fund, however, fixed income strongly outperformed in the quarter and the full year due to a structural overweight to credit risk as part of that fund’s long-term strategy. Performance factors For the trailing 1 year, Thrivent Asset Allocation Funds delivered relative performance that exceeded benchmarks ranging from 0.40% to 1.51%. Strong positive contributions included the overweight to equities—especially large cap growth exposures, driven by strong performance from large tech/Magnificent 7 names. The underweight to Eurozone equities and the broader developed markets detracted due to strong local market performance in addition to dollar depreciation. Overweight to mid caps detracted from performance with mid caps underperforming large by about 7%. Manager performance over the period was positive overall. Large Cap Value provided very strong positive contribution, followed by Quantitative multi-cap and Large Cap Growth managers. Large underperformance came from ...
These companies offer attractive passive income streams. Many dividend stocks offer a pedestrian yield today. Due to a surging stock market and a deemphasis on paying dividends over the years, the S&P 500's yield is currently near its all-time low at around 1.1%. However, many stocks offer even higher yields. Here are three under-the-radar dividend stocks with monster yields of up to 10.7%. Ares C...
These companies offer attractive passive income streams. Many dividend stocks offer a pedestrian yield today. Due to a surging stock market and a deemphasis on paying dividends over the years, the S&P 500's yield is currently near its all-time low at around 1.1%. However, many stocks offer even higher yields. Here are three under-the-radar dividend stocks with monster yields of up to 10.7%. Ares Capital Ares Capital (ARCC 0.29%) currently has a 9.5% dividend yield. The business development company (BDC) operates as a registered investment company. As a result, it must pay out at least 90% of its taxable income as dividends. While many BDCs have struggled to maintain their dividend payments over the years due to changes in interest rates and other factors, Ares Capital has delivered 16 years of stable-to-increasing dividends. The BDC focuses on providing capital to middle-market companies ($100 million to $1 billion in annual revenue). It makes direct loans and equity investments, which generate interest and dividend income to support its dividend payments. Expand NASDAQ : ARCC Ares Capital Today's Change ( -0.29 %) $ -0.06 Current Price $ 20.29 Key Data Points Market Cap $15B Day's Range $ 20.27 - $ 20.60 52wk Range $ 18.26 - $ 23.84 Volume 231 Avg Vol 4.6M Gross Margin 76.26 % Dividend Yield 9.46 % The specialty finance company has an exceptional investment track record. Its annualized net realized loss rate is around 0%, better than its peer group (-1.1%) and the banking sector (-0.6%). Areas has a well-diversified portfolio (587 portfolio companies) composed primarily of senior secured loans. It also has an excellent financial profile, enabling it to grow its portfolio of income-generating investments. That should support continued dividend stability and growth. Starwood Property Trust Starwood Property Trust (STWD +0.72%) leads this group with a 10.7% dividend yield. The real estate investment trust (REIT) has a similar dividend payout requirement to a BDC, at 9...
From department stores to discount shops, bookmakers to beauty salons, the makeup of Britain’s high streets has shifted dramatically since 2019. Shopping-led town centres are giving way to areas increasingly dominated by services, food, and leisure – but the scale and shape of that change varies widely from place to place. The last six years have coincided with a series of shocks to the economy. L...
From department stores to discount shops, bookmakers to beauty salons, the makeup of Britain’s high streets has shifted dramatically since 2019. Shopping-led town centres are giving way to areas increasingly dominated by services, food, and leisure – but the scale and shape of that change varies widely from place to place. The last six years have coincided with a series of shocks to the economy. Lockdowns during the Covid pandemic disrupted footfall and accelerated online retail, while Brexit, energy bill hikes, a cost of living crisis and national changes to wages and employer tax contributions have piled further pressure on both independent businesses and national chains. What remains on Britain’s high streets – and what has disappeared – offers a snapshot of how the country shops, eats and spends its time. Enter your postcode to explore the types of high street businesses that were operating near you in 2019 and how that picture compares with 2025. Unfortunately, our data does not cover Northern Ireland. Find your local high street Search Loading map for your area... Tap and drag to move around map Your four nearest retail areas are: London - Regional Centre Store Street; Bloomsbury - Small Local Centre Southampton Row; Bloomsbury - Small Local Centre Southampton Row; Bloomsbury - 1 - Small Local Centre The relative vacancy rate is 7%, compared to 5% nationally*. These areas together have a higher share of empty shops when compared to the national average. We have grouped four areas so the data is more representative. How the makeup of your local area differs from the average British high street We have selected a few interesting categories here, but this isn't a comprehensive list of all types of shops. Personal, consumer and other services 0 % 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 Your streets Average 3% 11% Clothing and accessory businesses 0 % 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 Your streets Average 8% 4% Household, office, leisure and garden businesses 0 % 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 Your streets Av...
Labour will be “washed away in a tide of discontent” at the next general election unless it tackles the decline of Britain’s high streets, a study has warned, as Guardian analysis lays bare the changing face of town centres. Research by the University of Southampton found people feel high streets have declined more than any other part of their local area over the past decade, as household brands c...
Labour will be “washed away in a tide of discontent” at the next general election unless it tackles the decline of Britain’s high streets, a study has warned, as Guardian analysis lays bare the changing face of town centres. Research by the University of Southampton found people feel high streets have declined more than any other part of their local area over the past decade, as household brands collapsed and shoplifting rose. Improving shopping precincts was the third most important local issue for voters, behind good healthcare and reducing crime, according to the polling conducted by YouGov. Reform UK supporters were more likely than anyone else to say their area had significantly declined, underlining what researchers called a “deep sense of place-based resentment” towards Westminster. Labour MPs say they are increasingly alarmed by the state of high streets, which for many voters have become symbolic of whether their area is prospering – and have been a focus of business backlash over the significant increases to business rates in November’s budget. In response to that anger, a business rates discount for pubs announced on Tuesday came alongside the promise of a “high street strategy”, with a set of measures to be announced later this year. Treasury minister Dan Tomlinson said: “We do understand it’s a tough time for other businesses on the high street ... consumers have changed their habits, increasingly working from home and shopping online, and these trends continue to make it harder.” Those changes are starkly illustrated by new Guardian analysis of Ordnance Survey and Landmark Information data, which found there were at least 8,000 fewer retail outlets in 2025 than in 2019, as traditional shopping faltered and new types of businesses moved in to fill the gaps. Restaurants, vape shops and discount stores are among the winners on Britain’s high streets over the past six years, as bookmakers, department stores and clothing shops have continued to disappear. M...
Six-time major champion Iga Swiatek says players are being watched "like animals in the zoo" by behind-the-scenes cameras at the Australian Open. Coco Gauff was captured smashing her racquet in a corridor in the players' area at Melbourne Park on Tuesday, leading the American to call for more privacy. The Australian Open has shown footage from the players' zone in the bowels of Rod Laver Arena - w...
Six-time major champion Iga Swiatek says players are being watched "like animals in the zoo" by behind-the-scenes cameras at the Australian Open. Coco Gauff was captured smashing her racquet in a corridor in the players' area at Melbourne Park on Tuesday, leading the American to call for more privacy. The Australian Open has shown footage from the players' zone in the bowels of Rod Laver Arena - which includes the gym, warm-up area and the corridor from the locker room - since 2019. Camera access is more restricted at the other majors. "Are we tennis players, or are we animals in the zoo where they are observed even when they poop?" said Poland's Swiatek, who lost in the quarter-finals on Wednesday. Semi-finalist Jessica Pegula described the constant filming as an "invasion of privacy" that needs to be "cut back". "You just feel like you're under a microscope constantly," the American added. Tournament organisers Tennis Australia told BBC Sport the cameras are used to help create a "deeper connection" between fans and players. "Striking the right balance between showcasing the personalities and skills of the players, while ensuring their comfort and privacy is a priority," a statement read.
Stock futures edged up Wednesday in premarket hours ahead of a widely anticipated Fed rate hold, with Big Tech reports set to drive post-market action. Here are some of Wednesday's biggest stock movers: Biggest stock gainers Stride ( LRN ) +36% - Shares surged after the ed-tech company posted a blowout FQ2, with results and guidance well ahead of expectations. Growth was powered by its Career Lear...
Stock futures edged up Wednesday in premarket hours ahead of a widely anticipated Fed rate hold, with Big Tech reports set to drive post-market action. Here are some of Wednesday's biggest stock movers: Biggest stock gainers Stride ( LRN ) +36% - Shares surged after the ed-tech company posted a blowout FQ2, with results and guidance well ahead of expectations. Growth was powered by its Career Learning segment, where revenue jumped 24.5% to $289.9M and middle and high school enrollments climbed 29.3% Y/Y, helping lift total enrollments to 248,500 (+7.8%). The company expects FQ3 revenue of $615M–$645M, topping the consensus of $615M, and full-year revenue in the range of $2.48B–$2.555B, broadly in line with consensus expectations of $2.51B. F5 ( FFIV ) +11% - Shares climbed after the company beat Q1 expectations, driven by an 11% rise in product revenue, its sixth straight quarter of double-digit product growth. The company issued strong Q2 guidance, projecting revenue of $770M–$790M, well above the $748M consensus, while its adjusted EPS outlook of $3.34–$3.46 sits roughly in line with expectations. F5 also raised its full-year fiscal 2026 growth outlook to 5%–6%, up from prior guidance of flat to 4%. Seagate Technology ( STX ) +10% - Shares jumped after the storage provider delivered upbeat FQ2 results and outlook. For FQ3, the company guided adjusted EPS to $3.20–$3.60, with a $3.40 midpoint far exceeding the $2.99 consensus. Projected revenue of $2.8B–$3B above estimates of $2.79B, which represents a 34% Y/Y improvement as a midpoint. Texas Instruments ( TXN ) +8% - Shares advanced after reporting Q4 results that came in largely in line with expectations, highlighted by a 10% rise in revenue to $4.42B and strong rebounds in Analog and embedded segments. The company expects Q1 EPS between $1.22 and $1.48 per share, with the midpoint above the analyst estimate of $1.26 per share. Sales are expected to be between $4.32B and $4.68B, with the midpoint of $4.5B above t...
CBP has a history of excessive force. Critics say they were unprepared for Minnesota toggle caption Jen Golbeck/AP/FR172329 AP President Trump has reshuffled the leadership of his immigration enforcement surge in Minnesota in the face of wide-spread anger over two fatal shootings of U.S. citizens by federal agents. Operation commander Gregory Bovino is out, and Trump is sending Border Czar Tom Hom...
CBP has a history of excessive force. Critics say they were unprepared for Minnesota toggle caption Jen Golbeck/AP/FR172329 AP President Trump has reshuffled the leadership of his immigration enforcement surge in Minnesota in the face of wide-spread anger over two fatal shootings of U.S. citizens by federal agents. Operation commander Gregory Bovino is out, and Trump is sending Border Czar Tom Homan to take over. But it's not clear changes at the top can solve a more basic problem: the immigration agents flooding the Twin Cities are generally less experienced in urban policing and crowd control than other police. "The skills that these federal immigration agents are bringing to these cities are a complete mismatch for what we actually need," says Irene Vega, an associate professor of sociology at UC Irvine. "That's not what their job has been, historically, and I just think it's a very dangerous situation." Sponsor Message Vega studied the attitudes of Customs and Border Protection officers regarding use of force, a project that involved interviewing more than 90 officers. The CBP appears to make up the largest contingent of the roughly 3,000 agents deployed to Minnesota. "They saw themselves as very different," she says. "They would tell me that they were trained to hike in the desert. They often told me about arresting 10, 15 people who were very compliant." She says the isolation of the border region influenced the officers' calculus about use of force. She recalls one officer who explained that in the desert, he doesn't have the option to duck into an alley for cover. "And so he said, 'I'm going to have to do what I have to do,'" Vega says. Over the years, CBP has come under pressure to rein in its officers' use of deadly force along the border. Incidents of officers shooting at people for throwing rocks came under special scrutiny, and an external review in 2013 . "Too many cases do not appear to meet the test of objective reasonableness with regard to the use ...
Electric toothbrushes promise healthier teeth and gums and can transform your oral hygiene. We put more than 20 models to the test to reveal the best for every budget • How to make your toothbrush last longer – and keep it out of landfill If you grew up using a conventional toothbrush – essentially a stick with bristles on the end – you may be surprised to learn just how long the electric toothbru...
Electric toothbrushes promise healthier teeth and gums and can transform your oral hygiene. We put more than 20 models to the test to reveal the best for every budget • How to make your toothbrush last longer – and keep it out of landfill If you grew up using a conventional toothbrush – essentially a stick with bristles on the end – you may be surprised to learn just how long the electric toothbrush has been around. The first was designed in the late 1930s, but that model was a long way from the sleek, feature-packed and Bluetooth-enabled beasts you can buy today. There are now dozens of ultra-advanced versions on the market, but which ones are worth your cash? To help answer that question, my teeth have become figurative guinea pigs. Over the past year, I’ve put a bunch of electric toothbrushes from Oral-B, Philips, Suri, Ordo, Silk’n, Foreo and more through their paces to separate the best from the rest. Here are my conclusions. Best electric toothbrush overall: Spotlight Sonic Pro Best value electric toothbrush: Icy Bear Next-Generation sonic toothbrush Continue reading...
Google on Tuesday announced price rises of up to 100 per cent for certain services, effective May 1. For example, North American users of the CDN Interconnect, Direct Peering, and Carrier Peering services will pay US$0.08 per gigabyte, double the current rate. In Asia, the charge will be US$0.085 per gigabyte, up 42 per cent. Similarly, AWS earlier this month raised the price of its “EC2 Capacity ...
Google on Tuesday announced price rises of up to 100 per cent for certain services, effective May 1. For example, North American users of the CDN Interconnect, Direct Peering, and Carrier Peering services will pay US$0.08 per gigabyte, double the current rate. In Asia, the charge will be US$0.085 per gigabyte, up 42 per cent. Similarly, AWS earlier this month raised the price of its “EC2 Capacity Blocks for ML” service by about 15 per cent across all regions. The service reserves accelerated compute instances to run machine learning workloads. Advertisement “The price increase stems from dual pressures of rising costs and surging demand,” said Liu Lihui, research director at market research firm IDC China. “On one hand, higher prices for upstream servers, storage, and memory, coupled with escalating electricity and energy costs, have driven up computing service expenses. On the other, corporate demand for AI computing power continues to grow rapidly.” The increases “have broken the long-standing convention that prices [of cloud services] only go down and never up”, according to a research note by Everbright Securities. ByteDance’s Volcano Engine is one of the leading cloud service providers in China. Photo: Shutterstock IDC’s Liu added that “several Chinese cloud service providers are also evaluating and following up on this round of price increases, with a greater emphasis on assessing the impact of upstream hardware supply chains in their considerations”.
Each year, about 80 British people are victims of a homicide overseas, and grieving loved ones have to navigate the aftermath. Eve Henderson describes losing her husband, and her fight to help others On a Sunday in October 1997, Eve Henderson looked down at her husband, Roderick, as he lay in a hospital bed, unable to make sense of what she saw. She was, she says, “a block of stone”. They were in ...
Each year, about 80 British people are victims of a homicide overseas, and grieving loved ones have to navigate the aftermath. Eve Henderson describes losing her husband, and her fight to help others On a Sunday in October 1997, Eve Henderson looked down at her husband, Roderick, as he lay in a hospital bed, unable to make sense of what she saw. She was, she says, “a block of stone”. They were in the neurological ward of a huge hospital on the outskirts of Paris. Travelling on the Métro, the hospital name scribbled on a scrap of paper, it had taken Henderson an hour to find. Roderick looked comfortable when she arrived; he was a good colour, but there was a round red mark in the centre of his forehead and a small tube inside his mouth, attached to something she later learned was breathing for him. “He looked fairly alive,” says Henderson, “and I just stood there. A doctor came in. She was in tears and I thought: ‘Bloody hell, am I meant to be crying?’ You’ve got no emotion, you’ve got nothing. You don’t know what to say or where you are. That’s what shock does to you.” Continue reading...
I’ve always judged the Pantone colour of the year to be way less interesting to readers than to journalists. But the 2026 winner (an unremarkable off-white called Cloud Dancer) struck me as even less relevant when trends are finally looking interesting again. The Guardian’s journalism is independent. We will earn a commission if you buy something through an affiliate link. Learn more. Around the t...
I’ve always judged the Pantone colour of the year to be way less interesting to readers than to journalists. But the 2026 winner (an unremarkable off-white called Cloud Dancer) struck me as even less relevant when trends are finally looking interesting again. The Guardian’s journalism is independent. We will earn a commission if you buy something through an affiliate link. Learn more. Around the time of that news, Mac named glam pop queen Chappell Roan as its new global ambassador. The appointment of Roan – all grunge glitters, colourful face jewels and clumpy mascara – celebrates the experimental, edgy and playful Mac aesthetic, and signals what may be the end of what industry figures often describe as the “beige buffet” of post-Covid fashion and beauty. Oh, the relief in seeing the back of all-over “camel”, in enjoying makeup textures other than perfectly smooth and “glassy”, the joy in a glinty eyelid or gemstone applied haphazardly and for no other reason but fun. The effect on my mood of wearing a touch of slightly silly colour to work is noticeable Mac has the appropriate toolkit at the ready: its Connect in Color palettes (£46) contain 12 eyeshadows in textures from smooth mattes to chunky glitters in interesting, but complementary, shades (even the Unfiltered Nudes option feels edgy). The formulas are easy enough to smoosh on carelessly with fingers and provide a stable foundation for plenty of smudgy kohl – Roan wears Mac’s sooty Feline Eye Kohl (£20). Cool-girl brand Violette FR is also pushing this fresh, more creative approach to beauty. Its tremendous Lune Liners (£35) give a striking eye effect in return for little effort – their holographic finish means that any wobbles in your stroke don’t quite register. I’m wearing Cuivre 29 – Big Bird yellow from one angle, acid green from another – with my regular makeup, and the effect on my mood of wearing a touch of slightly silly colour to work is noticeable. This move toward “dopamine beauty” is embodied by ...
A centenarian Chinese couple have gone viral for being born on the exact same day, month and year and revealing their simple secret to longevity. Numerous netizens have been captivated by the 102-year-old couple’s remedy for a long life, which is minding your own business. The couple went viral after a family portrait surfaced showing Yuan Guanjin and his wife Yin Hezhen wearing white shirts and r...
A centenarian Chinese couple have gone viral for being born on the exact same day, month and year and revealing their simple secret to longevity. Numerous netizens have been captivated by the 102-year-old couple’s remedy for a long life, which is minding your own business. The couple went viral after a family portrait surfaced showing Yuan Guanjin and his wife Yin Hezhen wearing white shirts and red jumpers, sitting with their children and grandchildren. Yin Hezhen and her husband Yuan Guanjin, sitting, are pictured with their family. Photo: QQ.com The heartwarming photograph, taken on January 19, at their home in Hangzhou’s Xiaoshan District in Zhejiang province, eastern China, drew widespread attention online. Advertisement The picture was liked not just for its warmth, but because Yuan and Yin share the exact same birthday, March 26, 1924. In 1950, Yuan, a farmer who had completed five years of school and was once a district-level running champion, was introduced to Yin, who is from a neighbouring village. Family gathering: The centenarian couple enjoying time with their relatives. Photo: QQ.com Yin came from a well-off farming family and was often praised for her beauty.
Record of the year Bad Bunny – DTMF Sabrina Carpenter – Manchild Doechii – Anxiety Billie Eilish – Wildflower Kendrick Lamar & SZA – Luther Lady Gaga – Abracadabra Chappell Roan – The Subway Rosé & Bruno Mars – APT. The Grammys can certainly feel familiar: Sabrina Carpenter, Kendrick Lamar, Chappell Roan and Billie Eilish were all nominated in this category last year, plus there are appearances fr...
Record of the year Bad Bunny – DTMF Sabrina Carpenter – Manchild Doechii – Anxiety Billie Eilish – Wildflower Kendrick Lamar & SZA – Luther Lady Gaga – Abracadabra Chappell Roan – The Subway Rosé & Bruno Mars – APT. The Grammys can certainly feel familiar: Sabrina Carpenter, Kendrick Lamar, Chappell Roan and Billie Eilish were all nominated in this category last year, plus there are appearances from Lady Gaga (who has 45 total nominations), Bruno Mars (36) and Bad Bunny (16). But the favouritism is justified in this strong field. The record of the year winners tend to be those who combine huge commercial success with the more nebulous sense of having defined the year in pop. Despite being popular, none of Carpenter, Eilish, Gaga or Roan’s songs truly dominated the zeitgeist. Manchild was huge, but still no Espresso. After teeing herself up with the best live performance of last year’s ceremony, Doechii got her true commercial breakthrough with Anxiety and is up for five awards this year – though for all its huge virality, it heavily samples, and so rather sits in the shadow of, the 2013 winner in this category: Gotye and Kimbra’s Somebody That I Used to Know. APT. has a big chance, as a globe-dominating multi-billion streamer that sent nursery schools, cocktail bars and wedding dancefloors into equal levels of pandemonium thanks to its multiple earworms (even if it’s basically the Ting Tings’ That’s Not My Name with a Hollywood budget). But Luther spent 13 weeks at US No 1, making it one of the most commercially successful R&B and hip-hop songs ever, and – with a typically keening SZA chorus melody – a demonstration of the artistic chemistry between two all-time American greats. Will win Kendrick Lamar & SZA Should win Kendrick Lamar & SZA View image in fullscreen SZA and Kendrick Lamar perform during the 2025 Super Bowl half-time show. Photograph: George Walker IV/AP Album of the year Bad Bunny – Debí Tirar Más Fotos Justin Bieber – Swag Sabrina Carpenter – Man’s B...
Aalst, Belgium, January 28, 2026 – Ontex Group NV, a leading international developer and producer of personal care products, will share its results for the fourth quarter and full year results of 2025 at 07:00 CEST / 06:00 BST on Thursday, February 12, 2026. Management will host a webcast for investors and analysts on the same day at 12:00 CET / 11:00 BT. Click on the following link to attend the ...
Aalst, Belgium, January 28, 2026 – Ontex Group NV, a leading international developer and producer of personal care products, will share its results for the fourth quarter and full year results of 2025 at 07:00 CEST / 06:00 BST on Thursday, February 12, 2026. Management will host a webcast for investors and analysts on the same day at 12:00 CET / 11:00 BT. Click on the following link to attend the presentation: https://ontexgroup.engagestream.companywebcast.com/25q4_fy_results_call . A replay of the webcast will be available on the same link shortly after the conclusion of the live presentation, and remain so for one year. Would you wish to participate to the Q&A session at the end of the call, please contact investor.relations@ontexglobal.com prior to the date of publication. Note that active participation to the Q&A session is restricted to professional investors and financial analysts only. The consensus for the upcoming results and beyond, can be found on: https://ontex.com/investors/results-reports. These consensus figures are based on equity analyst projections covering Ontex, and therefore do not represent forecasts made by Ontex. By making this consensus information available, Ontex does not mean or otherwise imply to endorse such information. Enquiries Investors Geoffroy Raskin +32 53 33 37 30 investor.relations@ontexglobal.com Media Catherine Weyne +32 53 33 36 22 corporate.communications@ontexglobal.com About Ontex Ontex is a leading international developer and producer of baby care, feminine care and adult care products, both for retailers and healthcare, primarily in Europe and North America. The group employs around 5,100 people, with plants and offices in 11 countries, and its innovative products are distributed in around 100 countries. Ontex is headquartered in Aalst, Belgium and is listed on Euronext Brussels, where it is a constituent of the Bel Mid® index. To keep up with the latest news, visit ontex.com or follow Ontex on LinkedIn. Attachment
Aalst, België, 28 januari 2026 – Ontex Group NV, een toonaangevende internationale ontwikkelaar en producent van persoonlijke verzorgingsproducten, zal zijn resultaten van het derde kwartaal van 2025 delen om 07:00 uur CET op donderdag 12 februari 2026. Het directiecomité zal op dezelfde dag een Engelstalige webcast voor investeerders en analisten opzetten om 12:00 uur CET. Klik op volgende link o...
Aalst, België, 28 januari 2026 – Ontex Group NV, een toonaangevende internationale ontwikkelaar en producent van persoonlijke verzorgingsproducten, zal zijn resultaten van het derde kwartaal van 2025 delen om 07:00 uur CET op donderdag 12 februari 2026. Het directiecomité zal op dezelfde dag een Engelstalige webcast voor investeerders en analisten opzetten om 12:00 uur CET. Klik op volgende link om de presentatie bij te wonen vanop uw laptop, tablet of mobiel apparaat: https://ontexgroup.engagestream.companywebcast.com/25q4_fy_results_call . Een herhaling van de webcast zal kort na afloop van de live presentatie op dezelfde link beschikbaar zijn en dit een jaar lang.
3 generations of women in one family show how choices on motherhood have changed toggle caption Nicole Buchanan for NPR American women today are having fewer children than their mothers and grandmothers did. They also have more opportunities and life choices. "I don't really feel like I got strong messages about what my life should look like beyond college graduation," said Caroline Brown, 33, of ...
3 generations of women in one family show how choices on motherhood have changed toggle caption Nicole Buchanan for NPR American women today are having fewer children than their mothers and grandmothers did. They also have more opportunities and life choices. "I don't really feel like I got strong messages about what my life should look like beyond college graduation," said Caroline Brown, 33, of Charlotte, N.C.. "I was very much under the impression that the world was kind of my oyster." Like a growing number of younger women, she's unsure if she wants children. And she's not unusual; the U.S. birthrate now is about half of what it was in the 1960s. Caroline's grandmother, Barbara Briscoe, 93, says during her childbearing years, there wasn't a big question about what she was going to do with her life. Sponsor Message toggle caption Nicole Buchanan for NPR "I think it was just accepted at that time that girls were going to grow up and be mothers. I mean, careers were not even discussed, so I don't think I ever thought anything except that I would be a mother," she recalled. There was a traditional model for what men and women did, and most people, including her, followed that script. "I was happy with it, because it was all I knew," Barbara said. Barbara had her children in the 1960s, a time when things were rapidly shifting for American women. Her daughter Cynthia Briscoe Brown, 65, says she was part of a generation that grew up receiving messages about what women's lives should be, that were constantly in flux. "In the early years, I think we were programmed to have very similar adult lives to our mothers," she said while sitting on a sofa between her mother and daughter at her home in Atlanta recently. "But as we got a little older, particularly into my teens, we began being told that we could have it all - and that we should expect to have it all." After college Cynthia enrolled in law school, where she says roughly a fourth of her class was female. "And so the ...
How bystander videos of law enforcement have shaped public understanding toggle caption Jason Redmond/AFP via Getty Images Millions of people have seen videos on social media, from multiple angles, of the death of 37-year-old Alex Pretti. On Saturday, federal immigration agents shot and killed Pretti in Minneapolis. Bystander videos, like the ones taken of Pretti, have played a key role for decade...
How bystander videos of law enforcement have shaped public understanding toggle caption Jason Redmond/AFP via Getty Images Millions of people have seen videos on social media, from multiple angles, of the death of 37-year-old Alex Pretti. On Saturday, federal immigration agents shot and killed Pretti in Minneapolis. Bystander videos, like the ones taken of Pretti, have played a key role for decades in informing the public when law enforcement kills or injures people. Videos shared online are now central to shaping public perception and understanding of events, experts said. "It's still all about the videos," said Darrell M. West, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution. "People would say a picture is worth a thousand words. Well, if that's true, a video might be worth 100,000 words." It was once a rare occurrence to have a camcorder on hand at just the right moment. Now, groups of activists and bystanders have phones at the ready and can quickly disseminate video widely and across multiple platforms. Sponsor Message The technological changes have led to real-time access and greater government transparency, but experts caution that videos still do not tell the full story. A few notable examples highlight how bystander video has changed over the decades. A growing history of video evidence In 1991, four Los Angeles police officers, three of them white men, savagely beat Rodney King, a Black man. George Holliday grabbed his Sony Handycam, recorded for about nine minutes, and sent the video to KTLA, a local TV station. News stations around the country picked up the footage. The officers were acquitted, which spurred the 1992 LA riots. Almost two decades later, in 2009, grainy videos showed Oscar Grant, a 22-year-old Black man, being shot and killed by a Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) officer in Oakland, Calif., in what appeared to be an unprovoked attack. This time, video came from multiple bystanders: Several BART passengers took video footage of the fatal incident...
To keep AI out of her classroom, this high school English teacher went analog toggle caption Nitashia Johnson for NPR Stacks of worksheets sit atop desks and tables in Chanea Bond's Fort Worth classroom. Her students all have their own school-issued laptops, but Bond has swapped computers for paper — lots of paper. Each class begins with several minutes of journaling in notebooks, and nearly all a...
To keep AI out of her classroom, this high school English teacher went analog toggle caption Nitashia Johnson for NPR Stacks of worksheets sit atop desks and tables in Chanea Bond's Fort Worth classroom. Her students all have their own school-issued laptops, but Bond has swapped computers for paper — lots of paper. Each class begins with several minutes of journaling in notebooks, and nearly all assignments must be handwritten and physically turned in. "If you walk into almost any one of my classes today, you will see that all of my students are handwriting," Bond says, "and they are journaling, and they are constantly and consistently doing everything with a pen or a pencil." Bond teaches at Southwest High School in the Fort Worth Independent School District, which serves mostly students from low-income backgrounds. She says going almost entirely analog is the best way she's found to keep generative artificial intelligence out of her American literature and composition classes. Sponsor Message "A lot of people say to me: 'Aren't you afraid that they're going to get behind?' And my response is: 'I know that when my students leave my class that they know how to think and they know how to write.'" Recent data suggests educators may be embracing AI more than they're eschewing it, like Bond has. Roughly 60% of surveyed teachers said they used AI at least a little in their classroom, according to a July 2025 poll from the EdWeek Research Center. Initially, Bond says she tried to incorporate AI into her teaching. She had students read and annotate the poem Still I Rise by Maya Angelou, and then she allowed them to use AI to write a thesis statement for a literary analysis. "It was terrible," she says, adding that it was clear the students who used AI weren't really engaging with the text. "They didn't know the material because they had outsourced that level of thinking and they didn't have to come to a conclusion or an argument about the text they were studying on their o...