Image copyright Getty Images The pound has rallied after the Prime Minister announced she had the backing of the cabinet for her Brexit withdrawal plan. It followed a volatile day’s trading while the outcome of Teresa May’s five hour meeting with cabinet colleagues remained unclear. The pound reached $1.30 following the announcement, having fallen to …
Image copyright Getty Images Music streaming powerhouse Spotify has launched its service across the Middle East, hoping to tap into millions of digitally-connected consumers. Rumours about the service’s launch had been circulating for months. Spotify will face stiff competition from rivals already in operation. Executives from the company hope the service’s launch could cut down …
Image caption A handbag from TK Maxx was made from fox fur, while shoes bought from the store online contained raccoon dog fur Shops including Amazon and TK Maxx have been selling faux fur clothes and bags which are actually made from rabbit, fox and raccoon dog fur, a BBC Watchdog Live investigation has found. …
Wombaroo develops formulas to feed injured and orphaned wildlife – helping replace the mother’s milk and giving the animals a chance to survive and thrive. We went to South Australia to meet the director of the family business as well as some very cute creatures, from sugar gliders and joeys to bilbys and possums Filmed …
Image caption Kweku Adoboli has not lived in Ghana since he was four Kweku Adoboli, the former UBS trader convicted of fraud, will be deported to Ghana on Wednesday, campaigners have said. His MP, Hannah Bardell, said he would be flown out of Heathrow in the early evening after being detained on Monday night. She …
Image copyright Sellafield Ltd Image caption At one third of a mile long, Thorp is the largest building on the Sellafield site Reprocessing of spent nuclear fuel from around the world has ended at Sellafield. The last batch of waste has gone through its Thermal Oxide Reprocessing Plant (Thorp), which opened in 1994. It has …
Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionWhat are fixed-odds betting terminals? Theresa May is facing the possibility of having to make a U-turn over fixed odds betting terminals (FOBTs). More than 70 MPs have called on the government to cut the largest wager on FOBTs from £100 to £2 in April, as originally …
Image copyright PA House of Fraser (HoF) is closing four more stores, all based in major shopping centres. The department store chain, bought out of administration in August by Mike Ashley’s Sports Direct, will shut its Lakeside, Metrocentre, Norwich and Nottingham outlets in the New Year. Mr Ashley said the landlord, Intu Properties, had been …
Image copyright Addison Lee/ Twitter A claim that Addison Lee’s drivers are employees, not self-employed contractors, has been upheld in a major blow to the taxi company. The Employment Appeal Tribunal ruling confirms that drivers should be paid the minimum wage and holiday pay. The judgement could affect thousands of Addison Lee drivers and follows …
Image copyright PA Image caption Perth-based SSE has revealed it has been hit by widened losses for its household gas and electricity supplier Energy firm SSE has admitted there is “some uncertainty” that its merger with rival Npower will go ahead. The announcement comes after the companies delayed the tie-up due to the incoming energy …