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Image copyright YouTube/Unicorn Image caption Unicorn’s electric scooters have a top speed of 15mph and a range of 15 miles Electric scooter start-up Unicorn is shutting down after spending too much money on Facebook adverts. Customers received an email from founder Nick Evans, saying he was “very sorry” and was trying to sell Unicorn’s assets […]

Santa’s newest helper is cocaine, according to a sweater that was somehow sold on Walmart Canada’s website. The company has removed the sweater ― along with some other family-unfriendly apparel ― but of course, the internet will not let the giant retailer forget. The sweater that caught much of the attention shows a wide-eyed ghostly

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Paul Volcker appears before Congress in 1986 Paul Volcker, the former head of the US central bank who was known for fighting inflation, has died at the age of 92. Appointed chair of the Federal Reserve in 1979, Mr Volcker dramatically raised interest rates to combat inflation. The move

Image copyright Reuters About 40,000 customers owed money after Thomas Cook’s demise have been refunded within a promised 60-day deadline, according to latest figures. The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) initially said all 67,000 claims made on the first day of the refund process would get their money within 60 days. But the CAA warned last

Image copyright Getty Images A business group has said it is “inexcusable” that firms do not know who they would be able to hire this time next year under Conservative plans for a points-based immigration system. The British Chambers of Commerce has demanded clarity on how the proposed points-based system would work. The head of

Image copyright Getty Images Investors shaken by the suspension of withdrawals from a leading UK property fund pulled nearly £100m from similar investments in the subsequent two days. M&G froze withdrawals from its property portfolio fund on Wednesday, after it was unable to sell assets fast enough to meet investors’ demands for money. It prompted

Image copyright Getty Images The “immense” rise in sales of high-emission sports utility vehicles means they now outsell electric cars in the UK by 37 to one, research has found. As a result, overall exhaust emissions from new cars have been increasing, not declining, for the past three years, says the UK Energy Research Centre.

Image caption Crewe has changed a lot in recent years, say Ian Smyth, Mick Cartwright and Neil Jones Crewe and Nantwich is one of the UK’s most marginal constituencies, with Labour taking the seat from the Conservatives in 2017 by just 48 votes. With days to go until another general election, what issues are firing

Image copyright PA Media John McDonnell will promise to deliver a Budget to “end austerity”, in a speech setting out Labour’s priorities for its first 100 days in government. The shadow chancellor will also vow to get “money moving out of Whitehall and the City” if Labour win the election. And he will detail plans

Image copyright Getty Images The UK’s biggest retailer, Tesco, is considering the sale of its stores in Thailand and Malaysia. Tesco has about 2,000 stores in the two countries under the Tesco Lotus brand and employs some 60,000 people. If a deal is agreed it would mean an almost complete retreat from international markets for