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Image copyright Getty Images Image caption In the UK there is one CCTV camera for every 11 people It is all quiet on a mid-morning weekday at the CCTV monitoring centre of Southwark Council, in London, when I pay a visit. Dozens of monitors display largely mundane activities – people cycling in a park, waiting […]

Image copyright Getty Images Boris Johnson, Jeremy Corbyn and Jo Swinson will all attempt to woo the UK’s business leaders with speeches to the CBI’s annual conference later. Mr Johnson will vow to end Brexit “uncertainty” and unveil Tory plans to cut business rates if he is returned to power in next month’s general election.

It will take many years before streaming video games becomes mainstream, the head of Xbox, Phil Spencer, has said. The best gaming experience was still on a console or PC, Mr Spencer told BBC Click’s Marc Cieslak. His comments come just before Google launches its video game streaming service Stadia on 19 November 2019. Xbox

Image copyright Handout/BBC Image caption High housing costs are hurting San Franciscans like Leon Sultan History teacher Leon Sultan was raised in a San Francisco that working class families could call home. That place has, for the most part, vanished. The city is now the centre of America’s thriving tech industry, with some of the

Image copyright Reuters Saudi Arabia has placed a preliminary valuation on state oil company Aramco of between $1.6tn (£1.22tn) and $1.7tn. The company has published an updated prospectus for its initial public offering (IPO), seeking more than $25bn for the sale of 1.5% of its shares. That would make it potentially the world’s biggest IPO,

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption The UK’s night-time economy has annual revenues of £66bn, says one report It is 04:00 in central London’s clubbing district, Soho. People are slowly streaming out of the clubs, some huddled in doorways waiting for taxis, others dancing on the kerb, merry and very loud. The night-time economy is

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Uber is seeking a five-year licence from Transport for London to continue operating in the city On 24 November, after a nervous wait, Uber will learn whether its licence to operate in London is to be renewed. The impending decision has revived debate over whether the data-driven basis for

Image copyright AFP Image caption About 1,300 exhibitors will be at the show The eyes of the world’s aerospace and defence industries will be on Dubai this weekend as one of the industry’s biggest air shows takes off. While the larger Farnborough and Paris events may attract more visitors and exhibitors, Dubai has in recent

Image caption Residents of Prospect East caught in the confusion over cladding Helen King is desperate to sell her east London flat so that she can finally move in with her partner. She has had a buyer lined-up for five months, but the sale has not progressed. Ms King needs to supply them with a

Image copyright Reuters Image caption The protests have raged for months – but now expat workers are looking to leave the financial hub “I’ve been tear gassed a few times, but never when I was outside my office – popping out to get my lunch,” says one trader at HSBC. He is describing the moment