A number of baggage screeners at Gatwick Airport will strike over a pay dispute in late August, including over the bank holiday weekend, the Unite union has announced.The union claims…
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Families are struggling to put food on the table during the school holidays, charities have warned. A community kitchen and foodbank in Okehampton in Devon said a dramatic rise in…
Osmond Chia & Imran Rahman-JonesBusiness & technology reportersArtificial intelligence start-up Perplexity AI has made a surprise $34.5bn (£25.6bn) takeover bid for the world's most popular web browser, Google Chrome.The three-year-old…
BBCSam Mézec says Jersey will have problems "if we don't have a large enough working population"Jersey's falling birth rate is a "ticking bomb" for the island, the housing minister says.Deputy…
Administrators have been appointed to Claire’s, putting around 2,150 jobs in Ireland and the UK at risk. The move was confirmed by the US owners of the fashion accessories retailer.…
Lily Jamali and Mitchell LabiakBBC NewsA South Korean former tech executive accused of helping to spark a cryptocurrency crisis that cost investors more than $40bn (£31.8bn) has pleaded guilty to…
Airport chiefs have been urged to give a security worker his old job back as a supervisor after he was demoted for kissing a subordinate while they were at work…
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A group representing 22 civil society organisations has called on technology companies to monitor, remove and prevent the spread of hate speech and incitement on their platforms. The Coalition Against…
The likelihood of a Federal Reserve rate cut in September is now seen near 100% after new data showed US inflation increasing at a moderate pace in July and Treasury…
The Defence Forces spent close to €2m over the past year on social media and advertising to try to drum up interest in a military career. The DF said €1.91m…