Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionWhirlpool boss apologises for recalling machines at Christmas Half a million washing machines in UK homes are to be recalled, plunging manufacturer Whirlpool into a fresh saga over dangerous appliances. The machines, branded as Hotpoint or Indesit, were sold for more than five years, but their door […]
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Image copyright Getty Images The price of shares in suppliers to Boeing tumbled on Tuesday after the planemaker revealed it would pause production of its 737 Max aircraft. Shares in Senior, which counts Boeing as one of its biggest customers, fell by as much as much as 9%. Meanwhile, shares in Meggitt and Melrose dropped
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Image copyright Portland Press Herald Book retailer The Book People has filed for administration with just one week to go before Christmas. PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) has been appointed as the administrator while the troubled firm looks for a buyer. Founded in 1998 in Godalming, Surrey, The Book People has faced stiff competition from Amazon and other
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Image copyright Getty Images The pound has fallen back to where it was before the UK general election amid fresh concerns over a no-deal Brexit. The government has said it wants to rule out any extension to the Brexit transition period beyond the end of next year. Sterling fell 1% against the dollar, to below
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Image copyright Wetherspoons JD Wetherspoon has upset customers by serving pigs in blankets without their blankets at pubs across the UK. The pub chain said it had problems with its meat supplier. In October, the British Meat Association (BMA) warned that pigs in blankets may be in short supply this year due to a lack
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Image copyright Getty Images UK unemployment fell to its lowest level since January 1975 in the three months to October this year. The number of people out of work fell by 13,000 to 1.281 million, Office for National Statistics (ONS) figures show. The employment rate rose to an all-time high of 76.2%, with an increase
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Image copyright Getty Images The gap between men and women, measured in terms of political influence, economic gain and health and education, has narrowed over the last year, but will take another century to disappear, the World Economic Forum (WEF) said. In the WEF’s latest report the UK has slipped from 15th to 21st place.
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Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Humans have two kidneys but only need one to function so living donation is possible If you have needed a kidney transplant in the last few years your chance of getting one has improved dramatically because of an economist called Alvin Roth. Roth has revolutionised kidney donation around the
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Image copyright Getty Images Boeing will temporarily halt production of its troubled 737 Max airliner in January, the manufacturer said. Production of the jet had continued despite the model being grounded for nine months after two deadly crashes. More than 300 people died when two 737 Max aircraft crashed in Indonesia and Ethiopia after reported
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Boeing will pause the production of its 737 Max aircraft in January, according to two reports on Monday. Both The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal, citing people familiar with the matter, said the company made the decision after struggling to convince global regulators that the planes were safe to fly after two
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