Tesla courts Korean battery materials suppliers as it ramps up in-house cell production A Tesla electric vehicle Tesla Inc., one of the world’s top electric vehicle makers, is strengthening ties with South Korean suppliers of key battery materials such as cathodes, anodes and copper foil, as the US EV maker moves to produce more of its own batteries and reduce dependence on
Tesla courts Korean battery materials suppliers as it ramps up in-house cell production A Tesla electric vehicle Tesla Inc., one of the world’s top electric vehicle makers, is strengthening ties with South Korean suppliers of key battery materials such as cathodes, anodes and copper foil, as the US EV maker moves to produce more of its own batteries and reduce dependence on
Nano Nuclear Energy (NNE 3.00%) shares went on a tear last fall, when small modular reactor (SMR) nuclear stocks were all the rage. More recently, however, price action has been far less exciting for this speculative growth stock. During this time, Nano has traded sideways, even as the early-stage company has continued to report new developments. Yet while it is difficult to forecast when this sto...
Nano Nuclear Energy (NNE 3.00%) shares went on a tear last fall, when small modular reactor (SMR) nuclear stocks were all the rage. More recently, however, price action has been far less exciting for this speculative growth stock. During this time, Nano has traded sideways, even as the early-stage company has continued to report new developments. Yet while it is difficult to forecast when this stock could potentially become hot again, there is admittedly a factor at play that could serve as a double-edged sword for shares. That would be Nano Nuclear Energy's high level of short interest. This factor could help the stock surge back above $50 per share on positive news, but could also send it back to new lows on bad news. Expand NASDAQ : NNE Nano Nuclear Energy Today's Change ( -3.00 %) $ -0.79 Current Price $ 25.57 Key Data Points Market Cap $1.3B Day's Range $ 24.75 - $ 26.84 52wk Range $ 17.26 - $ 60.87 Volume 945K Avg Vol 1.9M With this in mind, now may not be the time to rush into a position. Nano Nuclear Energy and its high short interest Short interest represents the percentage of shares sold short relative to a stock's outstanding share count, or float. Historically, short interest has served as a gauge of how much the market is betting against a particular stock. More recently, however, with the emergence of the meme stock phenomenon, investors have also looked to high short interest as a bullish signal. In situations where a stock becomes heavily shorted, there is a chance of a short squeeze. That's when a stock quickly rises, typically on positive news, leading to short-sellers scrambling to cover positions. In theory, a scenario like that could play out here with Nano. Short interest in Nano currently stands at around 25% of outstanding shares and 33% of outstanding float. It may only take a small amount of positive news, such as a well-received quarterly earnings report. Still, taking a closer look, it's tough to argue that a needle-moving development is ...
A Hong Kong patient with colon cancer died three weeks after undergoing an operation, with a hospital opening an investigation after a CAT scan revealed that a surgical opening in her abdomen had been incorrectly positioned. Tseung Kwan O Hospital said on Friday that the 85-year-old transverse colon cancer patient had died on Tuesday after undergoing stoma surgery on February 7. The procedure invo...
A Hong Kong patient with colon cancer died three weeks after undergoing an operation, with a hospital opening an investigation after a CAT scan revealed that a surgical opening in her abdomen had been incorrectly positioned. Tseung Kwan O Hospital said on Friday that the 85-year-old transverse colon cancer patient had died on Tuesday after undergoing stoma surgery on February 7. The procedure involved creating a surgical opening to alleviate an intestinal obstruction. In the time between the operation and her death, the patient was monitored in the intensive care unit (ICU) and the surgical ward at Tseung Kwan O Hospital before being transferred to Haven of Hope Hospital on February 16 for rehabilitation. Advertisement Tseung Kwan O Hospital said the patient, whose vital signs had been stable, had a consistent and relatively high output from her stoma during her stay in the rehabilitation hospital, and later showed symptoms of abdominal pain, a drop in blood pressure and an accelerated heart rate on Sunday afternoon. She was sent back to Tseung Kwan O Hospital the next day for treatment. Advertisement “The patient received an emergency CAT scan on March 3. It showed that her stoma was located in the stomach, rather than the intended transverse colon,” the hospital said.
Key Points Fading excitement for small modular reactor (SMR) nuclear stocks has meant sideways price action for Nano Nuclear Energy. High short interest could help or hurt the stock's chances of re-hitting prices north of $50 per share. Considering other factors, those bullish on the SMR trend should consider Nano's larger competitor instead. 10 stocks we like better than Nano Nuclear Energy › Nan...
Key Points Fading excitement for small modular reactor (SMR) nuclear stocks has meant sideways price action for Nano Nuclear Energy. High short interest could help or hurt the stock's chances of re-hitting prices north of $50 per share. Considering other factors, those bullish on the SMR trend should consider Nano's larger competitor instead. 10 stocks we like better than Nano Nuclear Energy › Nano Nuclear Energy (NASDAQ: NNE) shares went on a tear last fall, when small modular reactor (SMR) nuclear stocks were all the rage. More recently, however, price action has been far less exciting for this speculative growth stock. During this time, Nano has traded sideways, even as the early-stage company has continued to report new developments. Yet while it is difficult to forecast when this stock could potentially become hot again, there is admittedly a factor at play that could serve as a double-edged sword for shares. Will AI create the world's first trillionaire? Our team just released a report on the one little-known company, called an "Indispensable Monopoly" providing the critical technology Nvidia and Intel both need. Continue » That would be Nano Nuclear Energy's high level of short interest. This factor could help the stock surge back above $50 per share on positive news, but could also send it back to new lows on bad news. With this in mind, now may not be the time to rush into a position. Nano Nuclear Energy and its high short interest Short interest represents the percentage of shares sold short relative to a stock's outstanding share count, or float. Historically, short interest has served as a gauge of how much the market is betting against a particular stock. More recently, however, with the emergence of the meme stock phenomenon, investors have also looked to high short interest as a bullish signal. In situations where a stock becomes heavily shorted, there is a chance of a short squeeze. That's when a stock quickly rises, typically on positive news, leadi...
The Philippines’ International Container Terminal Services Inc. , undeterred by the Middle East conflict, continues to search for acquisitions and expansion opportunities in Africa, Latin America and Southeast Asia. “We are continuing to look across multiple regions,” ICTSI Executive Vice President Christian Gonzalez said in an interview with Bloomberg Television’s Haslinda Amin on Friday. “Latin ...
The Philippines’ International Container Terminal Services Inc. , undeterred by the Middle East conflict, continues to search for acquisitions and expansion opportunities in Africa, Latin America and Southeast Asia. “We are continuing to look across multiple regions,” ICTSI Executive Vice President Christian Gonzalez said in an interview with Bloomberg Television’s Haslinda Amin on Friday. “Latin America is always a very interesting market for us, West and East Africa, and Southeast Asia,” he said. “The Middle East, of course, is a bit complicated at the moment, but hopefully things settle down there and we can go back to normal.” The Middle East conflict has affected ICTSI’s container terminal in Iraq, though things have been “relatively quiet” so far, he said, adding the company will look at price adjustments for some ports. Iran’s closing of the Strait of Hormuz has triggered a rise in freight and insurance costs, adding to inflation, the executive said. The company, which runs more than 30 ports and terminals globally, is headed by tycoon Enrique Razon , the Philippines’ richest with a net worth of $17.1 billion, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index . ICTSI is an investor favorite in the Philippines, with shares rising 26% year-to-date, making it the top gainer among 30 firms that comprise the Philippines’ benchmark stock index , which is up 4%. ICTSI booked a net income of $1.05 billion in 2025, slightly beating estimates. The company benefited from higher container volumes, tariff adjustments, an improved cargo mix and stronger ancillary services at select terminals. The company, Gonzalez said, will be aggressive “where opportunities arise.”
Flannery, along with another of the paper's co-authors Prof Kris Helgen and researchers from the University of Papau, spoke with local elders from the Tambrauw and Maybrat clans - some of whom have only had contact with the modern world since the 1960s.
Flannery, along with another of the paper's co-authors Prof Kris Helgen and researchers from the University of Papau, spoke with local elders from the Tambrauw and Maybrat clans - some of whom have only had contact with the modern world since the 1960s.
Buxton, who owns a transport company, added: "If I hadn't gone for the telesurgery in Gibraltar, then I would have had to have flown to London, I would have had to go on the NHS waiting list, get the procedure done and I would have probably been in London for three weeks.
Buxton, who owns a transport company, added: "If I hadn't gone for the telesurgery in Gibraltar, then I would have had to have flown to London, I would have had to go on the NHS waiting list, get the procedure done and I would have probably been in London for three weeks.
Canada’s defence agreement with South Korea signals the two countries’ “middle-power answer” to increasing cooperation between Beijing and Moscow in the Arctic region and Washington’s pressure on its allies for defence burden sharing, analysts said. The agreement, signed on February 25 as part of a 2+2 foreign and defence ministerial meeting, followed the Security and Defence Cooperation Partnersh...
Canada’s defence agreement with South Korea signals the two countries’ “middle-power answer” to increasing cooperation between Beijing and Moscow in the Arctic region and Washington’s pressure on its allies for defence burden sharing, analysts said. The agreement, signed on February 25 as part of a 2+2 foreign and defence ministerial meeting, followed the Security and Defence Cooperation Partnership (SDCP) established by the two countries in October. According to a joint statement issued after the February meeting, Seoul and Ottawa committed to “expanding and strengthening our security and defence cooperation to address evolving traditional and emerging threats”. Advertisement “[The agreement] will strengthen our mutual engagement through support for cooperative defence relationships and the expansion of markets, and by enhancing industry competitiveness for defence contractors in both countries,” it said. “We will enhance operational cooperation through expanded bilateral and multilateral exercises [and] advance our shared priorities in the area of maritime security and defending the rules-based maritime system.” The Canada-South Korea agreement was signed on February 25 as part of a 2+2 meeting between the two countries’ foreign and defence ministries. Photo: EPA The two countries also agreed to start negotiations on a defence cooperation agreement to improve interoperability and “cooperative activities” between their militaries, the statement said.
The City of London Corporation, which governs the so-called Square Mile, said it had considered the rules dictating how a Freedom is given "and the circumstances in which, and procedure by which, it can be removed".
The City of London Corporation, which governs the so-called Square Mile, said it had considered the rules dictating how a Freedom is given "and the circumstances in which, and procedure by which, it can be removed".
Thousands of seafarers are trapped on tankers in the Gulf after the strait of Hormuz was effectively closed to shipping by the escalating war on Iran. The Guardian spoke to a crew member on one of the stranded tankers that typically ferries vast quantities of oil from the Middle East to ports around the world. “When [Donald] Trump said Iran had 10 days to agree to his deal or bad things would happ...
Thousands of seafarers are trapped on tankers in the Gulf after the strait of Hormuz was effectively closed to shipping by the escalating war on Iran. The Guardian spoke to a crew member on one of the stranded tankers that typically ferries vast quantities of oil from the Middle East to ports around the world. “When [Donald] Trump said Iran had 10 days to agree to his deal or bad things would happen, I did the math and thought we might get stuck here. And we did,” said the seafarer. From a cabin below deck, they explained how the crew watched explosions light up the sky as they loaded the vessel with crude oil at an industrial complex in the Gulf. Initially the crew were told to stop loading the oil, but hours later they were told to return and continue filling the tanker. “At the time we had no GPS, no communications, and we were sitting on more than a million barrels of floating oil,” said the crew member. “Now we’re at anchor off the coast of Dubai and it looks like we’re stuck here indefinitely. We’re powerless; just waiting and hoping that nothing hits us.” After war broke out on Saturday, Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said it would “set ablaze” any western tanker attempting to transit the strait, a body of water through which about a fifth of the world’s oil and liquefied natural gas passes on tankers. Typically, about 100 tankers pass through the trade artery each day but marine traffic has evaporated as military aggression has increased and insurance costs have soared or cover has been withdrawn. About 200 tankers, which are not under sanctions are stranded in the strait, according to the maritime data firm Lloyd’s List, as well as on hundreds of other vessels, leaving thousands of crew effectively trapped in a war zone. The seafarer has been on the tanker for three months, and was due to head home to Europe once the vessel was loaded with crude and ready to depart for east Asia. In total there are more than seafarers on board, including nationals from the Phi...
Cutting air pollution should form part of government strategies to reduce cancer rates, the European Code Against Cancer has recommended. The code previously focused on advice to help people to reduce the air pollution that they breathe. But, for the first time since its launch in 1987, it has given clear direction to governments. Dr Sylvia Jochems, from Utrecht University in the Netherlands who i...
Cutting air pollution should form part of government strategies to reduce cancer rates, the European Code Against Cancer has recommended. The code previously focused on advice to help people to reduce the air pollution that they breathe. But, for the first time since its launch in 1987, it has given clear direction to governments. Dr Sylvia Jochems, from Utrecht University in the Netherlands who is part of the expert team that devised the code, said: “Policymakers should aim to meet the World Health Organization (WHO) global air quality guidelines for outdoor air pollution without delay, while also reducing indoor air pollution and supporting climate goals. The key message is that this needs action at EU, national and local level.” Tobacco smoking is the leading cause of lung cancer but, across Europe, 28,000 cases a year can also be attributed to particle pollution. It is estimated that lung cancer deaths would be reduced by more than 10% by meeting WHO guidelines for air pollution. There is increasing evidence that air pollution is associated with bladder, kidney and brain cancers and that air pollution can affect survival rates. With home woodburning increasing, the code calls on governments to discourage and phase out solid fuels for heating, cooking and recreation. It also calls for incentives for the installation of home energy systems that do not pollute, such as heat pumps, solar power and geothermal energy. Jochems added: “It is also important to make air quality information easily available, involve communities in local plans and protect vulnerable groups, for example around schools and care settings.” Specifically, governments are urged not to locate schools and nursing homes next to busy roads. Where this is not possible, indoor air filters should be installed. The expert group calls for an end to combustion for electricity generation and heating across the EU, including coal and biomass. Cities should also be planned better to reduce motorised traffic a...
BYD, the world’s largest electric-vehicle (EV) maker, sold more cars overseas than at home for the first time in February, reflecting a broader trend among Chinese EV makers’ global push as domestic sales soften amid fierce competition. “Squeezed by the fierce competition at home, China’s EV makers are shifting their focus to global markets,” said David Zhang, general secretary of the Shanghai-bas...
BYD, the world’s largest electric-vehicle (EV) maker, sold more cars overseas than at home for the first time in February, reflecting a broader trend among Chinese EV makers’ global push as domestic sales soften amid fierce competition. “Squeezed by the fierce competition at home, China’s EV makers are shifting their focus to global markets,” said David Zhang, general secretary of the Shanghai-based International Intelligent Vehicle Engineering Association. BYD, which overtook Tesla last year as the world’s largest EV maker, sold 100,600 units overseas last month, 53 per cent of its total, according to a recent filing to the Hong Kong stock exchange. Advertisement However, overall sales fell 41 per cent year on year, weighed down by a 65 per cent drop in sales in mainland China despite a 50 per cent surge in exports. A BYD showroom in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Photo: AFP/Getty Images/TNS Great Wall Motor, another leading Chinese carmaker, saw overseas sales exceed domestic deliveries for the first time in February. Of the 72,594 vehicles sold last month, 42,679 – or 59 per cent – were delivered overseas.
A leading vice-chancellor has questioned whether students without A-levels should be eligible for government-backed student loans, as part of an effort to solve England’s university funding crisis. Adam Tickell, vice-chancellor of the University of Birmingham, said universities face an “almost existential challenge” and falling public support that requires a radical review of higher education fund...
A leading vice-chancellor has questioned whether students without A-levels should be eligible for government-backed student loans, as part of an effort to solve England’s university funding crisis. Adam Tickell, vice-chancellor of the University of Birmingham, said universities face an “almost existential challenge” and falling public support that requires a radical review of higher education funding. Tickell told a conference in London: “We have a system where more state money goes in, students are more indebted and universities are on the brink of failure. “In terms of the taxpayer, the provider and the student, the system just isn’t working … I don’t think tweaking the margins will really address things.” Tickell said a review should consider the qualifications such as A-levels or equivalents that students need to successfully tackle an undergraduate degree, and said loans should not be available to those lacking the qualifications needed to complete their courses. “We are getting students without a single A-level or equivalent getting access to the student loan book,” Tickell said, adding: “We’re investing so much money in people who … are not really capable of graduating.” Tickell is the first senior figure in higher education to publicly question the policy of automatically giving domestic students access to government-backed loans that now average £53,000 a graduate. Any first-time student in England admitted by a university is eligible for loans to pay their tuition fees and maintenance, with about one-third of all school leavers going straight to university. But successive governments have allowed the tuition fees to be eroded by inflation, causing universities to take significant losses on teaching domestic undergraduates. The system of tuition and maintenance loans since 2012 has also suffered a backlash from graduates shouldering mounting debts, as the government tinkers with repayment terms amid a sluggish job market. Speaking at a British Academy confe...
Denim dilemmas: what to wear with flared jeans There’s a reason this 70s staple is never out of style. Take your cue from Margot Robbie and team flares with a structured jacket and smart accessories
Denim dilemmas: what to wear with flared jeans There’s a reason this 70s staple is never out of style. Take your cue from Margot Robbie and team flares with a structured jacket and smart accessories
My guess is you keep across the news. You know Andy Mountbatten-Windsor has just had the worst birthday ever; that tall hotels in Dubai don’t make for a great holiday right now; and that Keir Starmer’s engagements diary for 2027 will be remarkably clear. Still, there is one headline I’ll bet you haven’t seen, even though it directly affects your life. It’s about your life, and mine, and those of o...
My guess is you keep across the news. You know Andy Mountbatten-Windsor has just had the worst birthday ever; that tall hotels in Dubai don’t make for a great holiday right now; and that Keir Starmer’s engagements diary for 2027 will be remarkably clear. Still, there is one headline I’ll bet you haven’t seen, even though it directly affects your life. It’s about your life, and mine, and those of our families and friends and neighbours. I didn’t spot it either, until a few days ago when the Guardian ran a reader’s letter. It came from Alan Walker, a retired professor at the University of Sheffield. Why, he asked, hadn’t this newspaper made more of the latest “shocking” figures on healthy life expectancy? I looked up the report from the Office for National Statistics, and he’s absolutely right: the findings are indeed “momentous”, and they should be on the front pages, because they expose a serious truth about the state we’re in. The figures show this: a child born this morning in Britain can expect to be in good health only until they are 61. The last 20 years of their life will be blighted by illness: dodgy hearts, painful joints, an inability to get about. Our healthy life expectancy has been dropping for years; it is now the lowest since 2011, when records began. For most of the past 100 years, the UK and other rich countries have made outstanding progress on life expectancy. Year after year, decade after decade, the outlook has just kept getting better. Whereas a century ago the average life expectancy was about 50, today you can hope to live into your 80s. And now in Britain one of the great success stories in human history is going into reverse. Over the past 15 years, improvements in life expectancy have essentially stalled, while our allotment of healthy life is getting shorter. How important is this? “It’s huge,” I was told by the epidemiologist Michael Marmot. “If our health and life expectancy is in decline, it’s about as clear a sign as you can get that o...
The mass stranding and death of 55 whales on the Isle of Lewis in 2023 was caused by the mammals’ loyalty to their pod, a report has concluded. It had been thought that the unusually large incident on Tràigh Mhòr beach, Tolsta, could have been caused by trauma, disease or acoustic disturbance from military or industrially generated noise. However, the report, from the Scottish government’s Marine ...
The mass stranding and death of 55 whales on the Isle of Lewis in 2023 was caused by the mammals’ loyalty to their pod, a report has concluded. It had been thought that the unusually large incident on Tràigh Mhòr beach, Tolsta, could have been caused by trauma, disease or acoustic disturbance from military or industrially generated noise. However, the report, from the Scottish government’s Marine Directorate, cited “a convergence of biological, behavioural and environmental factors”, suggesting the long-finned pilot whales, a highly social species, died because the group had been following a female in the throes of a difficult birth. Dr Andrew Brownlow, the lead scientist of the investigation by the Scottish Marine Animal Stranding Scheme (Smass), said: “The Tolsta event is a reminder that mass strandings are rarely the result of a single cause. Rather, they emerge at the intersection of individual physiology, group social behaviour and external marine environmental conditions. “Understanding how these factors interact is essential if we are to improve our capacity to anticipate, interpret and, where possible, mitigate the impacts of a changing ocean.” The whales had been in good health before the stranding, the report said, but they appeared to move into shallow water, following “a single compromised female”. Postmortem examination suggested the female whale had been experiencing a prolonged and difficult birth, which acted as a trigger for the pod’s fatal move into the shallow bay. The whales were seen milling near to the shore before they were stranded. Such behaviour – in which a pod comes together to support a sick or injured member – could be crucial to survival offshore as a means of defence from predators, said Brownlow. “If a member of the pod was in distress, this species’ well-documented social cohesion would have led others to aggregate closely in a protective response,” he said. “In this instance, that behaviour appears to have drawn the group into the ...
The UK’s creative industries must not be sacrificed in the pursuit of speculative gains in AI technology, a House of Lords committee has warned, as the government prepares to reveal the economic cost of proposals to change copyright rules. A report by peers has urged ministers to develop a licensing regime for the use of creative works in AI products and abandon proposals to let tech firms use the...
The UK’s creative industries must not be sacrificed in the pursuit of speculative gains in AI technology, a House of Lords committee has warned, as the government prepares to reveal the economic cost of proposals to change copyright rules. A report by peers has urged ministers to develop a licensing regime for the use of creative works in AI products and abandon proposals to let tech firms use the work of novelists, artists, writers and journalists without permission. The call from the House of Lords communications and digital committee comes as the government prepares to release an economic impact assessment of proposed changes to copyright law, as well as a progress update on a consultation about the legal overhaul, by a deadline of 18 March. Barbara Keeley, a Labour peer and committee chair, said the UK’s creative industries faced a “clear and present danger” from AI firms using their work without credit or payment. “AI may contribute to our future economic growth, but the UK creative industries create jobs and economic value now,” she said. Official figures show the creative sector contributes £146bn a year to the UK economy. “Watering down the protections in our existing copyright regime to lure the biggest US tech companies is a race to the bottom that does not serve UK interests. We should not sacrifice our creative industries for AI jam tomorrow,” Lady Keeley added. The government has been consulting on a new intellectual property framework for AI. The technology requires vast amounts of data, including copyright-protected work taken from the open web, to develop tools such as chatbots and image generators. However, British artists have responded with outrage at the main government proposal of letting AI firms use copyright-protected work without the owner’s permission – unless the owner has signalled that they want to opt out of the process. Elton John is among the artists who have protested over the prospect of a relaxation in copyright law, calling the go...
England’s “creaking” adult social care system is confusing and impenetrable to the people that rely on it and held together with “sticking plasters and glue”, the head of a government-commissioned review has said in a withering critique. Louise Casey said the country faced a “moment of reckoning” over its failure to effectively and fairly meet the needs of Britain’s ageing population and rising nu...
England’s “creaking” adult social care system is confusing and impenetrable to the people that rely on it and held together with “sticking plasters and glue”, the head of a government-commissioned review has said in a withering critique. Louise Casey said the country faced a “moment of reckoning” over its failure to effectively and fairly meet the needs of Britain’s ageing population and rising numbers of people with chronic conditions such as dementia and Alzheimer’s. In a frank and often passionate speech, Casey said society needed to face up to the major challenge of overhauling an underpowered system in which “some needs are barely met at all and others are met late and in piecemeal and random ways”. Casey, who has been tasked with putting policy flesh on the government’s manifesto commitment to set up a national care service, said her review was examined through “the lens of the adult and their family who need social care”. “The challenge for all of us is to get this right and it is a collective one. How do we ensure that care and support is available for those who need it in a fair, dignified way that reflects the nation and the values that we hold dear today? It is a moment of reckoning. It is a moment of renewal,” she said in a speech on Thursday. Casey, a former social campaigner and senior civil servant best known for chairing national inquiries into issues such as homelessness, the Metropolitan police and grooming gangs, was commissioned by the government in January 2025 to carry out a major two-part review of adult social care. View image in fullscreen Casey arriving at a press briefing of her review into the standards of behaviour and internal culture of the Met police in 2023. Photograph: Kirsty O’Connor/AP She said adult social care had never had a “Beveridge moment” – a reference to William Beveridge, the postwar architect of the welfare state – and the nation had never had an honest debate about how it could provide support and care for an older and...
This is both simple and celebratory, which in my book makes it just right for Mother’s Day next weekend. It has a fine, tender crumb, which pairs beautifully with the soft, creamy tang of lemon mascarpone, and I use lemon curd in the batter (shop-bought for ease) to bring a particular smoothness and depth of lemon flavour. Finished with a little extra curd and a scattering of edible flowers, it is...
This is both simple and celebratory, which in my book makes it just right for Mother’s Day next weekend. It has a fine, tender crumb, which pairs beautifully with the soft, creamy tang of lemon mascarpone, and I use lemon curd in the batter (shop-bought for ease) to bring a particular smoothness and depth of lemon flavour. Finished with a little extra curd and a scattering of edible flowers, it is pretty and unfussy and will hopefully make your own mother’s day. Lemon curd layer cake Prep 5 min Cook 1 hr Serves 8-10 330g plain flour 2½ tsp baking powder ½ tsp fine sea salt 225g room-temperature unsalted butter 225g caster sugar Finely grated zest of 2 lemons 3 large eggs, at room temperature 160g lemon curd 250ml whole milk Small edible flowers, to decorate For the lemon mascarpone 250g lemon curd, plus extra to decorate 250g mascarpone Heat the oven to 180C (160C fan)/350F/gas 4 and line the base and sides of two 20cm round cake tins with baking paper. Sift the flour, baking powder and salt into a medium bowl. Put the butter, sugar and lemon zest in the bowl of an electric mixer and beat with the paddle attachment on medium-high for about two minutes, until pale, smooth and creamy. Add the eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition and scraping down the sides and base of the bowl as needed. With the mixer on low, add the sifted dry ingredients alternately with the lemon curd and milk, about a third at a time and ending with the last of the dry ingredients. Beat just until incorporated, scraping down the bowl a couple of times to ensure an even mix. Divide the batter evenly between the two lined tins (about 660g per tin) and level the tops with a small spatula. Bake for 35 minutes, or until a skewer inserted into the centre comes out clean. Remove from the oven and leave the cakes to cool in the tins before turning them out. To assemble, make the lemon mascarpone cream. Put the lemon curd and mascarpone in the bowl of an electric mixer and beat with the wh...