Image copyright Getty Images Former Bank of England governor Mervyn King has likened Theresa May’s Brexit deal to the appeasement of the Nazis in the 1930s. The Brexit supporter wrote a Bloomberg article calling for the deal to be abandoned. Earlier, Bank of England governor Mark Carney warned food prices could rise between 5% and …
Image copyright Reuters Image caption US shares fell sharply on Tuesday after gains the day before Wall Street shares have fallen sharply, with financial companies suffering the biggest declines. The Dow Jones and S&P 500 indexes were down about 2.5% at mid-day, while the Nasdaq sank almost 3%. The fall came as a closely-watched financial …
Image copyright Getty Images The pound briefly dropped to April 2017 lows against the dollar on Tuesday. This was after MPs found the government in contempt of Parliament for not publishing its full legal advice on Theresa May’s Brexit deal. Sterling then recovered after an amendment on handing Parliament a greater say, should the Brexit …
Image copyright Odeon Image caption The newly refurbished Odeon Leicester Square opens later this month Odeon has responded to criticism over the prices it is charging for seats at its new hi-tech cinema in London, where tickets will cost up to £40 ($51). It told the BBC the prices were similar to tickets for theatre …
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Image copyright Brad Puglsey Image caption Brad Pugsley bought a house when he was 26 Buying a home is almost impossible without access to the bank of mum and dad, according to a report published on Tuesday. House prices may have risen by 173% over the last two decades but there are still some millennials …
Image copyright Getty Images Facebook has banned the selling of administration rights for community groups. This follows BBC News uncovering several incidents of group owners being approached about selling their pages. Last month, nearly all 25,000 members of a west London group left in protest after finding out it had been sold by the person …
A small South African community has won a decade-long fight to prevent the construction of a titanium mine on its ancestral land, writes the BBC’s Pumza Fihlani after visiting the area. The lush fields and hillsides are dotted with huts. Clear rivers run into the sea along the breath-taking Indian Ocean coastline and just one …
Image copyright AFP Thomas Cook’s shares continued to fall on Tuesday and have now plunged by nearly 60% in eight days. The travel company’s bonds also dropped in value and the cost of insuring its debt against defaulting on payments reached a record high. Concerns over its borrowings rose last week when it issued a …
Poland’s economy is heavily reliant on its coal mining industry, with around 400,000 people involved in the industry. Around 80% of Poland’s electricity being generated by the burning coal, but it also produces coking coal for the production of steel. As Poland hosts COP24 in nearby Katowice, the BBC’s Science Editor, David Shukman, journeyed into …