Image copyright AFP/Getty Image caption Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Administrator Stephen Dickson US safety regulators examining the first deadly Boeing 737 Max crash saw a high chance of future accidents if the company did not make changes. Analysts predicted more than a dozen crashes could occur – or roughly one every two or three years. […]
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Image copyright AFP / GLYN KIRK Post-Brexit trade deals will not make up for the economic damage inflicted on the UK from leaving the EU, analysis for BBC Newsnight has suggested. Independent trade experts from the UK Trade Policy Observatory (UKTPO) looked at the likely impact of US, Australian and New Zealand free trade deals.
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Image copyright Getty Images The owner of the Supercuts and Regis hairdressing chains, Regis UK, has been bought out of administration, saving 1,000 jobs. Entrepreneur Lee Bushell has agreed to buy 140 outlets trading under the two brands across the UK. But, as first reported by Sky News, the deal will also involve the closure
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Image copyright Nintendo Image caption Super Smash Bros is the only Nintendo game that has been approved by China The Nintendo Switch has finally gone on sale in China, but Super Smash Bros is the only official Nintendo game available. The console, which can be connected to a TV or used on the move, was
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Image caption There have been protests against the proposed closure of the plant Two companies have expressed an interest in Tata’s Orb steelworks in Newport. Tata is “mothballing” rather than closing the plant as it searches for a new buyer. BBC Wales understands that Liberty Steel, which has a base in Newport, has been looking
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Image copyright Getty Images The Post Office is to pay almost £58m to settle a long-running dispute with sub-postmasters and postmistresses. It brings an end to a mammoth series of court cases over the Horizon IT system used to manage local post office finances since 1999. A group of postmasters said faults in the system
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Image copyright Getty Images Britain’s pubs have seemed to be in state of terminal decline over the last decade, with about 700 drinking holes shutting every year. However, official figures suggest the sector may now be turning a corner. According to the Office National Statistics, there was a net gain of 320 pubs this year
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Image copyright Getty Images The competition watchdog has said it may be forced to launch an investigation into Amazon’s plans to invest in food delivery firm Deliveroo. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said it was worried the tie-up could increase delivery prices. It gave the two firms five days to prove that the deal
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Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Sir Brian Souter and Dame Ann Gloag founded Stagecoach in 1980 The brother and sister founders of Stagecoach are to stand down as the company announced a fall in revenues. Sir Brian Souter, 65, will step down as chairman but stay on the board, while Dame Ann Gloag will
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Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Don’t ask how many calories a gargantuan burger like this contains I’ve just watched a fresh turkey being covered in fragments of cheese-flavoured crisps and then stuffed with what looks like three kilos of cheddar. The video has more than four million views on YouTube. Call it a stunt,
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