Claire’s Accessories on brink of collapse putting 2,150 jobs at...

Claire’s Accessories is on the brink of collapse after the fashion retailer said it will appoint administrators in the UK and Ireland,...

Sylvanian Drama lawsuit dropped – but account will change its...

Epoch, the Japanese company behind Sylvanian Families, filed a lawsuit in New York against the parody account Sylvanian Drama.

Devon foodbanks say families struggle to feed children in school...

Andrea Ormsby BBC News, Devon BBC Mother of four, Chrissie Read, said she “quite often” dreads the school holidays Families are struggling...

Mortgage rates below 5% for first time since Truss budget

The average two-year mortgage rate has dipped below 5% for the first time since former Prime Minister Liz Truss’s mini-budget in September...

Falling birth rate in Jersey a ‘ticking bomb’

BBC Sam Mézec says Jersey will have problems “if we don’t have a large enough working population” Jersey’s falling birth rate is...

The UK car industry is at a crunch point

Theo Leggett International Business Correspondent BBC A gleaming white Vivaro van drove slowly off the production line at Vauxhall’s factory in Luton,...

AI start-up Perplexity makes surprise $34.5bn bid for Google Chrome

Artificial intelligence (AI) start-up Perplexity has made a surprise $34.5bn (£25.6bn) takeover offer for Google’s Chrome internet browser. Moving Chrome to an...

Nuclear-powered AI could make Rolls Royce UK’s biggest firm, says...

Simon Jack Business editor Rolls-Royce Artist’s impression of a small nuclear power station Rolls-Royce’s plan to power artificial intelligence (AI) with its...