Image copyright JOSHUA GANE Image caption Sewing needles have been inserted inside strawberries in Australia Australian supermarket giant Woolworths has temporarily removed sewing needles from its shelves as the country faces a strawberry safety scare. Last week, Australians were warned to cut fresh strawberries before biting into them after several people found sewing needles hidden …
Image copyright Bet365 Image caption Actor Ray Winstone is the floating face of Bet365’s advertising campaign Labour is calling for a ban on gambling advertising during live sporting events in a bid to tackle problem gambling. It also said it would stop people using credit cards to pay for bets and introduce a levy on …
Image copyright Alamy “No-one took charge” during the timetable chaos that caused severe disruption on Britain’s railways in May, a regulator has said. The Office of Rail and Road (ORR) blamed a lack of “responsibility and accountability” for the problems and said passengers were “badly treated”. It said track manager Network Rail, two train operators …
Kiran Mazumdar Shaw is India’s first and only self-made female billionaire. She made her fortune in the biotechnology sector, first investing in it 40 years ago when others were not prepared to take the risk. Now she shares her insights with the BBC on how women can succeed in the boardrooms. Perhaps surprisingly, she says …
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Jean-Claude Trichet was boss of the ECB Brexit will have a bigger economic impact on the UK than the European Union, the former head of the European Central Bank has told BBC Radio 5 Live. Jean-Claude Trichet added the break-up was “totally contrary to the new world” of large …
Image caption Wisconsin has the second-biggest dairy sector after California Wisconsin calls itself America’s Dairyland, but just outside the small town of Wausau you can find a less traditional crop – ginseng. It is said to be among the finest in the world and certainly Will Hsu, the managing director of Hsu Ginseng, believes it …
Image copyright Youtube Image caption Could holograms – think Princess Leia in Star Wars Episode IV – be projected from our phones? High-speed 5G networks could lead to big changes in how we use our mobile phones, allowing us to enjoy virtual reality on-the-go, interactive live broadcasts, and even project holograms from our handsets. But …
Image copyright Getty Images Three water companies face greater scrutiny from the watchdog after posting poor customer service records. The firms have been told to provide quarterly reports of how they’ll reduce complaints from 3.5 million customers. The watchdog’s annual complaints report probed suppliers’ actions when 200,000 customers were left without water after March’s Beast …
Image copyright AFP Image caption Argentina’s agricultural sector has been hit by drought Argentina’s economy shrank by 4.2% in the second quarter, its sharpest year-on-year slowdown since 2014. The decline was accompanied by a steep fall in exports, after a drought hurt the country’s agricultural sector. The contraction also came amid a currency crisis that …
Image copyright Getty Images House prices in the North West rose the fastest in the UK compared with a year ago, according to official figures. Annual growth in property values in the region stood at 5.6% by July, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said. The biggest fall was in London, where prices dropped by …