Pauline Black helps celebrate hub funding Vanessa PearceWest MidlandsBBCPauline Black was guest of honour at an event to celebrate the fundingLottery funding awarded to a community group in Coventry will…
Colletta Smith,Your Voice correspondentandJennifer Meierhans,Business reporterMany families who previously could afford treats and days out say rising prices mean they no longer do it regularly.Bianca and Paul Osborne both work…
Australia, EU seal long-awaited trade deal amid global trade tensions Updated / Tuesday, 24 Mar 2026 00:57 European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese…
Dave HarveyWest of England business and environment correspondentBBCFuel for Tom Collins' tractor has doubled in price since the Iran war beganFarmers are paying "crippling increases" in the cost of essential…
Government party leaders have agreed proposals that will see excise duty on diesel cut by 20 cent and by 15 cent on petrol until the end of May. Tánaiste Simon…
Stuart TolcherChannel IslandsBBCDeputy Rob Curgenven says islanders are struggling to cope with the rising cost of living Guernsey should consider cutting its £5.6m overseas aid budget as "charity begins at…
Seven out of ten people with a health-insurance policy have never changed their provider or plan, according to new research from the Health Insurance Authority (HIA). The IPSOS HIA consumer…
Natalie ShermanBusiness reporterReutersA monthly dose of Zepbound cost more than $1,000 when it launched in the US in 2023When Ruth Gonzalez decided to start taking the weight-loss medicine Zepbound last…
Waterford Whisky Distillery is to be acquired by US spirit-maker Tennessee Distilling Group. The deal includes the distillery, which is based at the site of a former Guinness brewery, the…
Peter HoskinsBusiness reporterGetty ImagesThe free concert was attended by an estimated 104,000 fansShares in Hybe, the company behind K-pop megastars BTS, have fallen sharply after a much lower number of…
Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment Peter Burke has launched a public consultation on a proposal to raise the thresholds at which mergers and acquisitions must be notified to the…
Britain's Frasers Group has increased its stake in ASOS to 29.26% from 28.42%, a filing showed today, becoming the largest shareholder in the fast-fashion retailer and inching closer to the…