Why are bills going up? Your questions answered
A range of household bills, including council tax, water, gas and electricity have risen today. The BBC’s cost of living correspondent, Kevin Peachey, has been answering your most asked questions…
Car firms fined for withholding recycling information
Ten carmakers and two industry groups have been fined a combined total of nearly £78m for withholding information about vehicle recycling. BMW, Ford, Jaguar Land Rover, Peugeot Citroen, Mitsubishi, Nissan,…
Trump is pressing the nuclear option on tariffs
Every time Donald Trump has mentioned his plan to levy massive tariffs on imports into the US, there has been a widespread assumption that they will be delayed, watered down…
Could electric drones you can sit in take off?
Imagine an electric drone mixed with a fixed wing plane – that is the concept behind a new two-seater aircraft being developed by start-up company, Skyfly. The Axe promises the…
Thames Water picks private equity firm as preferred buyer
Thames Water has picked US private equity giant KKR as its “preferred partner” to buy the troubled water utility firm. The planned investment by KKR would help it deal with…
Plan to raise protection on savings to £110,000
A proposed change to banking rules will increase significantly the amount of savers’ money that is protected when a bank or building society goes under. The planned increase takes into…
Primark boss quits after woman complains about his behaviour
Primark boss Paul Marchant has resigned following an allegation by a woman about “his behaviour towards her in a social environment”. Associated British Foods (ABF), which owns Primark, said following…
UK expects to be hit by Trump tariffs, No 10 says
The UK is expecting to be hit by new US tariffs on Wednesday, with Downing Street indicating a deal to exempt British goods will not be reached in time. US…
Animal hospital ‘worried about the future’
A rescue centre that has been saving animals for 40 years has said it is becoming too expensive to care for them. Vale Wildlife Hospital and Rehabilitation Centre in Beckford,…
Markets mixed as investors brace for Trump tariffs
Shares in the US have bounced back, despite tariff fears hitting stocks in Asia and Europe after US President Donald Trump suggested that he was planning import taxes that could…