Pubs and venues to be protected from noise complaints
Pubs and music venues will be given protection from noise complaints under planned changes to licensing rules. Under the reforms, developers seeking...
Free summer swimming lessons for 6,000 Wiltshire children
Leigh Boobyer BBC News, Wiltshire Getty Images Children will be able to receive up to 10 free lessons More than 6,000 children...
Thousands of retained firefighters owed pension payments, union says
Dan Whitworth Reporting fromBuckinghamshire, Devon and Cornwall Peter Duncombe Peter Duncombe spent 35 years serving as a retained firefighter More than 10,000...
Starmer and Modi Sign £6bn India-UK Trade Deal
UK cars and whisky will be cheaper to export to India under the agreement
Kristin Cabot resigns from Astronomer after viral Coldplay clip
A US tech company’s chief people officer who was apparently caught on a big screen at a Coldplay concert embracing the company’s...
Why is River Island in trouble?
Getty Images The future of River Island is in the balance ahead of a crucial court ruling on the fashion chain’s restructuring...
UK economy assessments should be cut to one a year,...
The UK government’s finances should be assessed only once a year to avoid “overly frequent” changes to policy, the International Monetary Fund...
US FCC clears $8bn Skydance-Paramount merger
An $8bn (£5.9bn) merger between Paramount Global and Skydance Media has been approved by the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC). The merger...
Tech firms look for natural food colours
Suzanne Bearne Technology Reporter Fermentalg There are hundreds of thousands of microalgae species French firm Fermentalg has been all over the planet...
EU chief says ties with China at ‘inflection point’
Koh Ewe, Kelly Ng and Paul Kirby BBC News, Singapore and London Reuters The EU’s challenges “do not come from China”, Xi...