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Image copyright EPA Image caption Julie Davis, the original claimant in the case, said women had been treated “like guinea pigs”. More than 1,350 Australian women have won a long-running class action lawsuit against Johnson & Johnson (J&J) over vaginal mesh implants. Australia’s Federal Court found that J&J subsidiary Ethicon failed to warn patients and […]

Image copyright Getty Images Government borrowing in October rose to its highest level in five years, official data shows. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) said borrowing last month hit £11.2bn, £2.3bn more than last year. That brings total borrowing this financial year, which runs from April, to £46.3bn, more than 10% higher than the

Image copyright Getty Images Dozens of British Airways flights into the UK have been delayed or cancelled after what the airline has described as a “technical issue”. Flights from the US, India and Japan were showing up as delayed. “Our teams are working hard to resolve a technical issue which is affecting some of our

Image copyright Getty Images Labour’s general election manifesto – to be unveiled later – is expected to include a windfall tax on oil companies. The move is part of leader Jeremy Corbyn’s plan to “transform” the UK into a low carbon, green economy. A conference pledge to make the UK zero carbon by 2030 is

Entrepreneurs have come out in support of Prince Andrew’s business scheme for start-up firms amid fears it may not continue amid the current controversy. Will King, founder of grooming firm King of Shaves, said it was “really sad” the Pitch@Palace initiative had “been affected by the personal issues around the Duke of York.” The scheme

Image caption Edwin Lane portrayed himself as an expert pasta cook My latest Instagram post has been live for less than an hour, and already it’s been liked more than 1,000 times. I’m quite proud of the photo – it’s the pasta I had for lunch – penne with a lentil ragu – taken from

Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionWhy US garlic farmers like Trump’s tariffs US garlic growers say they have finally started to win their 25-year battle with Chinese imports – thanks to President Donald Trump. The president slapped a second round of tariffs on garlic from China this year, boosting demand for the

Image copyright Getty Images/Thinkstock Two in five adults would fake a sick day if they needed a day off, a BBC survey suggests. When questioned on their morals and values, people admitted to lying about sickness, stealing and taking credit for other people’s work. While younger staff lied more often than their elders, they were

Image copyright Reuters Image caption Ryanair described the ruling as an isolated case A Spanish court has described budget airline Ryanair’s policy of charging a fee for hand luggage as “abusive” after a passenger was fined for taking a carry-on bag without a special ticket. The passenger was forced to pay a €20 (£17) fine

Image copyright Getty Images Making spacecraft is not a job in which you can afford to be slapdash. At Lockheed Martin, for example, it used to take a technician two painstaking days to measure 309 locations for certain fasteners on a particular curved panel. But according to Shelley Peterson, the aerospace company’s head of emerging