B&M Retail Ltd has been fined £2m over mice infestations at three Birmingham stores where inspectors found rodent-gnawed foodstuffs and droppings near children's toys.The company was prosecuted for food hygiene…
ByBen ChuPolicy and analysis correspondent and Anthony ReubenBBC VerifyWhile the UK government has announced it will cut VAT on domestic electricity this October from 5% to zero in an attempt to help…
Lindt has partially U-turned on its decision to hike prices after Easter chocolate sales dropped.The Swiss chocolate maker said a "necessary groupwide" price surge of 11.8% was one of the…
The lawsuit comes as pharmaceutical heavyweights Novo and Eli Lilly are locked in battle to dominate the fast-growing weight-loss drug industry, especially in the US, which analysts have estimated could…
Around 75% of the world's population is online and - in many ways - this makes all our lives better. But faced with a barrage of ads, misinformation, AI slop,…
VAT will be cut from household electricity bills, the government has announced, as part of new Prime Minister Andy Burnham's pledge to help with the cost of living.The reduction from…
UK's first sugar factory at risk of closureImage source, Steve Silk/BBCImage caption, Sugar storage silos at the Cantley siteMore than 100 jobs could be at risk after British Sugar announced…
An incident on a Ryanair flight which saw a passenger partially sucked out of a plane window may have been caused by "foreign object damage" to an engine, said the…
The government borrowed slightly less than expected in June, according to figures published as new Prime Minister Andy Burnham began setting out measures to cut living costs for households. Borrowing…
Thames Water's main lenders are offering the government a "golden share" and more control for local authorities in a bid to stop the troubled supplier from being nationalised.The government recently…
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Image caption, Matthew said he does not know what he would do without the community larderByLeigh Boobyer and Ross PollardWest of EnglandA single father using a community larder to feed his family…