Live music revenue fell again in 2021, despite gigs returning
25 Apr 2022 1:13:45
Royalties for live music were down almost 30% last year, but a recovery is on the horizon.
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Airlines should be fined for refund delays, MPs say
25 Apr 2022 1:00:53
Passengers hit by international travel disruption should be better protected, a report concludes.
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Morrisons cuts prices of 500 items as inflation soars
25 Apr 2022 0:52:59
The supermarket, which is under threat from discounters like Aldi, says it wants to help struggling shoppers.
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P&O forced to reverse attempt at pay cut
24 Apr 2022 9:11:08
The ferry firm had asked recently-employed agency workers to sign new contracts with reduced wages.
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'My negative online review was blocked'
24 Apr 2022 0:30:10
Regulators are trying to clean up the murky truth in online reviews.
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Protests over water firms dumping sewage in rivers
23 Apr 2022 3:34:08
Campaigners take to rivers across the UK in 12 protests against water companies dumping sewage.
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Post Office scandal victims still waiting for compensation
22 Apr 2022 3:47:24
A year since the first subpostmasters overturned wrongful convictions, most still await a financial settlement
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P&O Ferries: Spirit of Britain cleared to sail after inspection
22 Apr 2022 1:12:45
Another ferry is found to have issues that need fixing before it can sail again.
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Supermarkets set limits on sale of cooking oil
22 Apr 2022 6:36:25
Tesco joins Waitrose and Morrisons in limiting purchases as supplies are hit by the conflict in Ukraine.
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What happens when the data-driven capabilities of AI are combined with human creativity and ingenuity? Shining a light on the opportunities this futuristic collaboration could bring to the workplace, AI expert Shervin Khodabandeh shares how to redesign companies so that people and machines can learn from each other.
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Building a pandemic-free future won't be easy, but Bill Gates believes that we have the tools and strategies to make it possible -- now we just have to fund them. In this forward-looking talk, he proposes a multi-specialty Global Epidemic Response and Mobilization (GERM) team that would detect potential outbreaks and stop them from becoming pandemics. By investing in disease monitoring, research and development as well as improved health systems, Gates believes we can "create a world where everyone has a chance to live a healthy and productive life -- a life free from the fear of the next COVID-19."
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Pension fraudsters jailed after £13m scam
22 Apr 2022 4:25:12
Victims have lost a lifetime's pension savings, telling the BBC they have little hope of retiring.
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Carlos Ghosn 'surprised' by arrest warrant reports
22 Apr 2022 2:05:22
The former car boss was surprised by an international arrest warrant issued against him, his spokesperson said.
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Cambridge University study finds Anglo-Saxon kings were mostly vegetarian
22 Apr 2022 9:15:53
Peasants occasionally hosted lavish meat feasts for their rulers, researchers say.
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Retail sales fall as rising cost of living bites
22 Apr 2022 7:48:46
Consumer spending was hit last month as household finances came under increasing pressure.
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CNN streaming service to shut a month after launch
22 Apr 2022 5:03:34
It comes as Netflix has reported a plunge in subscribers in the face of stiff competition from rivals.
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Large hadron collider: A revamp that could revolutionise physics
22 Apr 2022 4:30:05
The BBC gets an exclusive look at the upgraded machine helping to overhaul our understanding of the Universe.
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Ukraine War: Country needs $7bn in aid a month, Zelensky says
22 Apr 2022 3:33:05
"We will need hundreds of billions of dollars to rebuild all this later", Ukraine's president added.
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Co-op supermarket scraps yoghurt use by dates in bid to cut food waste
22 Apr 2022 1:54:43
The supermarket urges people to use their judgement - with best before labels used instead.
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Florida lawmakers have stripped Disney of special tax status
22 Apr 2022 0:05:02
Governor Ron DeSantis has taken aim at Disney over its opposition to the so-called Don't Say Gay bill.
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Have we seen peak Netflix?
21 Apr 2022 3:33:58
The streaming giant is losing subscribers despite huge hits like Squid Game and Bridgerton.
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Why Argentina is embracing cryptocurrency
21 Apr 2022 3:09:39
The nation that has seen economic trauma is open to the possibility of alternative money like Bitcoin.
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Whisky and visas could be part of a UK-India trade deal
21 Apr 2022 3:03:46
Boris Johnson is hoping to strike a free trade deal with India within months.
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To solve the climate crisis, we need to make tropical forests worth more alive than dead, says environmental economist Nat Keohane. Highlighting the urgent need to stop deforestation and the carbon pollution it brings, he details the work of the LEAF Coalition -- a first-of-its-kind public-private partnership that's channeling one billion dollars into protecting tropical forests -- and shares three building blocks for a robust market for forest carbon that enables economies to thrive while protecting natural resources.
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Work from home to beat Putin, says EU
21 Apr 2022 4:30:09
Plan urges citizens to cut energy use to reduce money flowing to Russia
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