Image copyright Getty Images Passengers stranded across Europe have told of their frustration after the UK regional airline Flybmi collapsed, cancelling all its flights. The company said uncertainty over Brexit and rises in fuel and carbon costs led it to go into administration. One Briton stuck in Belgium said the airline would not refund her …
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Workers with auto-enrolment pensions will contribute 5% of their salary from April Millions of workers could see their take-home pay fall in six weeks’ time when the amount they have to pay into their pension pot increases. Analysis for the BBC has examined how pay will be hit when …
Image copyright Lidl Image caption Lidl opened its first store in the UK in 1994 Lidl, along with its fellow German discounter Aldi, might be growing strongly in the UK right now but it wasn’t always that way. Its former UK boss, Ronny Gottschlich, says that in the early years the discounters were really small …
Image copyright BMI Regional Image caption Flybmi has a fleet of Embraer jets British regional airline Flybmi has cancelled all its flights and filed for administration, the airline has announced. The company said it had been badly affected by rises in fuel and carbon costs and uncertainty over Brexit. The East Midlands-based airline, which has …
Image copyright AFP A visit to China by Chancellor Phillip Hammond has been called off amid reports a speech by the UK’s defence secretary angered Beijing. There were plans for trade talks between Mr Hammond and senior Chinese government figures during the brief visit next week. But a Treasury spokesperson said: “No trip was ever …
Image copyright Which? Children’s car seats, dubbed “killers” by trading standards officers, have repeatedly appeared for sale on online marketplaces, Which? has warned. The consumer group said the fabric seats, which can cost as little as £8, offered almost no protection in a crash and were illegal to use in the UK. The online sites …
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Donata Meirelles has apologised after photos from her 50th birthday party were criticised for “evoking slavery” Vogue Brazil’s fashion director has resigned after photos from her 50th birthday party were criticised for “evoking slavery.” One image, now deleted from Instagram, shows fashion boss Donata Meirelles on a throne with …
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Amazon’s dropped its plan to create a campus in a changing neighbourhood of New York after backlash A day after Amazon announced it would abandon controversial plans to build a new campus in New York City, the neighbourhood selected for the expansion was still in shock. At Manducatis Rustica, …
Image copyright Getty Images Andy Jordan didn’t even have an Instagram account before he started on Made in Chelsea in 2012. “Overnight, there were hundreds of thousands of people watching what I was doing,” he says about appearing on the show. He’s now got 290,000 followers. “You’re like, ‘Everyone wants to follow me and talk …
Tilly Lockey, 13, has bionic arms that are so sophisticated she can now paint and apply make-up. She lost both of her hands after contracting meningitis as a baby and is now at the forefront of testing the technology. Her latest set, complete with pressure sensors and fine motor control, are not yet available on …