Alex Segre/Getty ImagesMay's borrowing figure was higher than the OBR's forecastThe UK borrowed £23.3bn in May, according to official figures, up almost a third on the same month last year.May's…
23 hours agoJulia GregoryChannel IslandsBBCThere are no challengers to Lyndon Farnham's candidature as chief ministerThe politician set to remain as Jersey's chief minister has pledged to help tackle the cost…
Episode detailsWorld Service,19 Jun 2026,29 minsAvailable for over a yearRahul Tandon is joined by Rebecca Choong Wilkins in Singapore and Walter Todd in South Carolina, USA. They discuss which jobs…
UK supermarket group Asda slumped to a near £1 billion loss last year, reflecting executive chairman Allan Leighton's push to cut prices in an effort to win back shoppers and…
Drone aerial delivery operator Manna has announced it is ceasing delivery operations in Ireland to concentrate its growth on the US, UK and other international markets. In a statement released…
A tribunal has upheld the sacking of a senior Aer Lingus flight attendant said by his colleagues to have refused to let a passenger use the onboard bathroom until he…
Ryanair group chief executive Michael O'Leary has extended his contract to 2032, the airline said today, in a deal which includes a bonus scheme that could earn the 65-year-old more…
Shipping traffic through the Strait of Hormuz rose to its highest rate in two months after a deal to halt the US-Iran war, maritime trackers said today. A total of…
A man who is following in his father's footsteps by taking up a role at Shannon Airport, has said it feels like a "passing of the baton". Jason Fitzgerald, from…
Flogas is the latest utility provider to announce an increase in its electricity and gas prices from next month. Flogas said that residential electricity bills for customers on its standard…
Russia's central bank has today cut its benchmark interest rate to 14.25% from 14.5%, less than analysts expected, and signalled a more cautious approach to further monetary policy easing as…
The Department of Enterprise, Tourism and Employment paid almost €105,000 (ex VAT) to KPMG for a study the consultancy recently completed on the value of the data centre sector here.…