Another cut in interest rates, and the surprise here was that more consideration was given to a bumper half a percentage point cut in rates today, as the UK’s economic stagnation is forecast to extend into the first part of this year. If everything was equal, the assumption would be that the weak economy would […]
BBC Flooding in the basement is one of many incidents at the Princess Alexandra Hospital The Princess Alexandra Hospital in Essex has been plagued by problems with its ageing buildings and equipment in recent years. It has regular difficulties with floods and sewage leaks across its site, which dates back to the 1960s. There have […]
CBS News appears likely to settle a lawsuit filed by President Trump in a case that legal observers say it should win. SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images The television news magazine 60 Minutes — the most storied and profitable show in the history of CBS News […]
In the days after President Trump took office, as Elon Musk’s team began pressing for access to the Treasury Department’s payments system, officials repeatedly said that their goal was to undertake a general review of the system. They said they would observe, but not stop money from going out the door. But emails reviewed by […]
Getty Images Hospitals in England have just had their busiest week of this winter so far. More than 98,000 patients, on average, were in hospital beds each day last week – the highest level this winter – with 96% of adult beds occupied. It comes as Norovirus cases continue to climb – with nearly 1,000 […]
The Labor Department’s latest monthly report on hiring and unemployment will include revisions for previous months that should give a more accurate picture of the U.S. job market — but that could also sow confusion. When the data is released on Friday, one major measure of employment will be revised up. Another will be revised […]
CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy — Perusing the start list for the women’s alpine skiing World Cup, most of the numbers look the same. The document states the competitors’ names, nationality, bib number and year of birth. Some 42 of the 54 competitors were born in the 1990s, while 11 were born in the 2000s. And then […]
Winter weather alerts remain in effect across nearly two dozen states as a developing ice storm gains strength and makes its way across the eastern half of the U.S. this week. Fast Facts: Over 100 million people across 22 states under winter weather alerts. Pennsylvania braces for icing event with impacts beginning overnight into Thursday […]
Michael Race Business reporter, BBC News Getty Images President Donald Trump has hit the pause button – for now, at least – on imposing tariffs against imports from US neighbours Canada and Mexico. Last-minute agreements with the leaders of Mexico and Canada have suspended for a month a tit-for-tat trade war in North America. The […]
Immigrants should only be able to apply for British citizenship after being in the UK for 15 years rather than the current six, Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch has said. Making one of her first policy announcements since becoming leader, Badenoch also said indefinite leave to remain – which paves the way for citizenship – should […]