Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionOperations manager Jake Rattenbury took the BBC behind the scenes at the warehouse A cold storage firm says it has run out of room because the food industry is stockpiling in the run-up to Brexit. Cardiff-based Wild Water has rented extra space in Newport, Bristol and Staffordshire, …
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption The Only Grape is Essex: TOWIE star Gemma Collins has been pictured enjoying a fine fizz Essex could rival the Champagne region as a major producer of fizz, experts have claimed. Scientists identified about 86,000 acres of countryside – with similar traits to the French plonk powerhouse – deemed …
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Cammell Laird’s cranes are a familiar part of the Liverpool skyline Some workers at shipbuilder Cammell Laird have voted to strike over fears 290 jobs could be axed despite the yard securing two big Royal Navy contracts. Last month it was announced that the Merseyside base would receive £620m …
Image copyright Instagram Scamp and Dude Retailer Next has reached a settlement with the fashion brand Scamp & Dude over claims it copied the smaller firm’s designs. Next said it would pay the profits from any sales of a contested design to the label, which will donate the proceeds to charity. In September, the label …
Saturday 10 November marks Equal Pay Day in the UK. After this date women are effectively working for free until the end of the year because of the gender pay gap. Carrie Gracie, who quit as the BBC’s China editor in protest over being paid less than her male peers, has funded a new service …
Image copyright Reuters A Ryanair plane has been seized by French authorities in a row over money in the latest problem for the airline. The French civil aviation authority grounded the Boeing 737 on Thursday at Bordeaux airport, before it was due to fly to Stansted with 149 passengers. It said the move was “a …
Image copyright Getty Images Retailers will no longer have to pay millions of pounds in business rates for cash machines outside their shops, following a ruling by the Appeal Court. Since 2010 supermarkets and convenience stores have been liable to pay rates on the machines. But the court ruled that about £300m they have already …
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Satanic Temple co-founder Lucien Greaves says the group’s imagery is being misused The Satanic Temple activist group is suing the makers of TV series The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina for $50 million (£38m) over a statue. Netflix and Warner Bros allegedly copied the group’s statue of the goat deity …
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Mining machines can make their owners rich – but they soak up lots of electricity A Chinese headmaster has been fired after a secret stack of crypto-currency mining machines was found connected to his school’s electricity supply. Teachers at the school in Hunan became suspicious of a whirring noise …
The UK economy grew by 0.6% in the three months to September, with warm weather boosting consumer spending, the Office for National Statistics said. The figure for the third quarter is in line with predictions from the Bank of England and other forecasters. However, buoyant growth in July was offset by a slowdown in August …