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Image copyright Supplied Image caption Gavin Eastham teaching martial arts From sleeping in a phone box to founding a six-figure business teaching martial arts, it’s been an eventful two years for Gavin Eastham. In February last year, he found himself being pelted with hailstones on his first night on the streets. The 36 year-old’s marriage […]

Image copyright Derek Sande Image caption The trade war has hit home for Montana farmer Derek Sande and his wife When Derek Sande returned from college almost a decade ago to run his family’s 10,000-acre farm in Montana, the industry was feeling flush. But falling prices and a string of natural disasters have pummelled farmers

Image caption Family firm Warrens has 70 stores across the UK A Cornish bakery has said there could be “significant job losses” after it announced plans to close a factory and a number of shops. Warrens said the factory it has operated in St Just since the 1970s was “no longer economically viable”. Thought to

Image copyright Ed Nix/Oxford Mail Image caption Peter Kirby and Jen Tweedle, with children Amelia and Zac, say they’ve been told their house could be unsellable “To be honest we were absolutely devastated by it. You would never buy a house without being able to sell it again”. Jen Tweedle is talking about the moment

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption The lower pound has been luring foreign buyers to the London residential market Labour has pledged to put an extra tax on foreign companies and trusts buying property in the UK. It is part of the party’s wider tax plans and would charge offshore firms 20% for property purchases,

Image copyright Getty Images US telecommunications regulators have declared Huawei and ZTE national security threats in the latest action by the US government against the Chinese tech giants. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has also proposed forcing US customers to replace equipment previously purchased from the firms. Huawei called the decision “profoundly mistaken”. It said

Image copyright Viet Nguyen Dinh Tuan Image caption The collection includes some of the world’s rarest and finest bottles of whisky A Vietnamese businessman has been revealed as the owner of the world’s most valuable whisky collection. Mr Viet Nguyen Dinh Tuan’s collection was estimated to have an auction hammer price of nearly £10.8m by

Image caption John and Irene Hays of Hays Travel rescued 555 Thomas Cook shops The boss of Hays Travel, which bought Thomas Cook’s High Street shops after it collapsed, has told the BBC he will not sell the enlarged business. John Hays, who owns the chain with his wife Irene, said that he received approaches

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption The new Tory policy would mainly affect the London property market Foreigners buying properties in England will be forced to pay 3% more in stamp duty than UK residents, if the Conservatives win the general election. The party claim it will help people get on the housing ladder by

Image copyright Getty Images TSB has said that payments into some of its customers’ accounts have been delayed. The bank says it is working “to process these as soon as possible” and that customers can get emergency cash in branch or over the phone. However, customers are complaining on Twitter about long call wait times