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Image copyright John Lewis Image caption The John Lewis ad features an excitable dragon called Edgar “I think Christmas ads are pretty good. They’re not too commercial and they cheer you up,” says 19-year-old Johan Stone. It seems to be a common view on a busy London shopping street, where I struggle to find anyone […]

Liverpool won last season’s Champions League, beating Tottenham in the final BT Sport has won the exclusive rights to show the Champions League, Europa League and new Europa Conference League in the UK from 2021-24 in a £1.2bn deal. The broadcaster has held the rights since 2015 after it agreed an £897m deal with Uefa.

Image copyright Getty Images The political parties are setting out their ideas for the country. Labour likes to talk about the risk of privatising the NHS, accusing the Conservatives of wanting to do a deal with Donald Trump. Meanwhile, the Conservatives have criticised Labour’s plans to nationalise part of BT, to provide free broadband But

Image copyright Getty Images A group of Lloyds shareholders have lost a multimillion-pound action against the bank over its purchase of rival HBOS in 2009. The 5,803 former Lloyds TSB shareholders claim they were “mugged” when the bank took over HBOS, which was laden with bad mortgages. Lloyds was forced to accept a £20bn state

Image copyright Getty Images The UK’s banks have disagreed on how to pay for refunds to customers who have been tricked into transferring money to sophisticated fraudsters. A temporary agreement has been in place since May, making it easier for victims of so-called authorised push payment (APP) fraud to get money back. Now it has

Image copyright Reuters Image caption Anti-government protests in Hong Kong started five months ago Hong Kong has confirmed it has entered its first recession for a decade as it continues to be gripped by protests. Its economy shrank 3.2% in the July-to-September period compared with the prior quarter, figures showed, confirming earlier preliminary data. It

Image copyright Peconic Escargot Image caption There are three main species of edible snails, including these – little greys Taylor Knapp says that he finds snails “fascinating”, which is probably for the best, given that he looks after as many as 70,000 of them. Mr Knapp is the founder and owner of the largest snail

Labour is promising free full fibre broadband to every UK home by 2030 – if it wins the election – by bringing part of BT back into public ownership. John McDonnell said the roll-out would cost £20bn and maintenance of the network would be paid for by a tax on multinational tech companies. He was

Image copyright AFP The Conservatives have pledged to reduce business rates for small firms in a bid to help “left behind” towns, if they win the general election. Under their plans, they would also extend discounts on business rates to smaller cinemas and music venues. They are also offering to make it easier for local

Image copyright Siemens/PA Media Image caption HS2’s total cost has risen to up to £88bn Earlier this week a leaked draft copy of a review into the HS2 high-speed railway linking London and the North of England recommended it should be completed despite its spiralling costs and delays. Originally touted as a £33bn project due