Afternoon Update: Woolworths explains profit surge amid cost-of-living crisis; fears for famous seal; and Dolly Parton’s life in quotes

Want to get this in your inbox every weekday? Sign up for the Afternoon Update here, and start your day with our Morning Mail newsletter. Good afternoon. Woolworths has reported a $175m surge in net profit to $1.14bn, but the supermarket giant’s chief executive, Amanda Bardwell, said it had not done so by lifting shelf

On 20 August, hundreds of ACORN members across England and Wales took action to highlight the cost of living crisis. They were taking the fight directly to the companies which profit from unaffordability. ACORN is a renters union which takes action to protect people from eviction and campaigns against the causes of una

Ministers have already announced a package of new measures worth €8.5bn for 2027