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Image copyright Nissan Japanese carmaker Nissan has warned that a no-deal Brexit would make its European business model unsustainable. The firm’s chairman, Gianluca de Ficchy, said if a 10% export tariff was introduced after the UK left the EU it would put its operations “in jeopardy”. This would be case if the UK moved to […]

Image copyright Bank of England Image caption The design of the new £20 note The new design of Britain’s most common, and most forged, banknote has been unveiled by the Bank of England. Security features on the next £20 note, featuring artist JMW Turner, will include two see-through windows on the note and a metallic

Image copyright Pacemaker Image caption Former Wrightbus employees wait outside the site for news on Thursday The owner of the Wrightbus factory has said he has not been able to reach a deal to sell it to a new owner. However, the union representing Wrightbus workers said a deal could still be possible. “It is

Image copyright Getty Images The UK’s economy is expected to avoid a recession despite new figures showing a surprise contraction in August. The economy shrank by 0.1% during the month, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said, but growth in July was revised upwards to 0.4%. In the three months to the end of August

Image copyright Getty Images Apple has removed an app that protesters in Hong Kong have used to track police movements and tear gas use, saying the app violated its rules. The company said the app, HKmap.live, had “been used in ways that endanger law enforcement and residents”. Apple initially rejected the app – which uses

Image copyright AFP China and the US are set to resume trade talks in Washington on Thursday against a backdrop of heightened diplomatic tension. This week the US government blacklisted 28 Chinese entities it said were “implicated” in human rights abuses. The US also imposed additional visa restrictions for Chinese government officials. Without progress, the

Image copyright Tatiana Cardeal Image caption Workers on fruit farms in Brazil told Oxfam they had developed skin conditions from using pesticides without adequate protection Workers on farms and plantations that supply big UK supermarkets are being subjected to poverty and human rights abuses, according to Oxfam. A “relentless” drive for retailer profits is fuelling

Image copyright Kcom Hull has become the first city in the UK where everyone can get full fibre broadband. This achievement has come after a seven year investment programme – and the fact that this city has led the way in developing this vital technology tells us an interesting story about the UK’s broadband strategy.

Image copyright Google Image caption The tool can show a range of data, like this one for Birmingham A tool Google offered in the US to help cities measure pollution and emissions levels is now available in Europe. It compiles transport and building data from Google Maps with publicly available information about emissions Google will

Image copyright Getty Images People in Liverpool have longer mobile phone calls than the residents of nine other major British cities, an Ofcom survey has suggested. Liverpudlians spend six minutes and 51 seconds on a single call, on average. That’s more than 40% longer than Londoners, who came second in the survey results. People in