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Campaigners have lost a significant legal battle against the government’s handling of the rise in women’s state pension age. The retirement age for women rose from 60 to 65, in line with men, and will go up to 66 by 2020, and to 67 by 2028. Women born in the 1950s claim the rise is […]

Image copyright Getty Images Shares in fashion retailer Ted Baker have plunged 30% after it posted a loss and said trading remained tough. The firm, which issued a profits alert in June and whose founder Ray Kelvin resigned in March, blamed fierce competition and unseasonable weather. Its comments came as it reported a £23m loss

Image copyright Getty Images If you played a word-association game with the phrase “Silicon Valley”, you would be unlikely to come up with the phrase “tinned food”. Silicon Valley stands for cutting-edge technology, bold ideas that change the world. Nobody would say the tin can was cutting-edge technology, although the more literal-minded might make that

Image caption Abi Anderson (centre) with colleagues Shelley Matthews and Donna Kelly outside Downing Street. After 23 years with Thomas Cook, cabin crew member Abi Anderson learned over messaging app WhatsApp that last-ditch rescue talks to save the firm – and her job – had failed. About 9,000 staff in the UK were left jobless

Image copyright Getty Images Asia markets joined a global sell-off as fresh worries about trade and the world economy rattled investors. In early trading, Japan’s Nikkei 225 index dropped 2.2% and Australia’s ASX 200 lost 2.1%. It followed a 3.2% drop for the UK’s FTSE 100, while US and European stocks also skidded on Wednesday.

Tech giant Apple is fighting for its employees who are Dreamers by going against the Trump administration’s attempts to get of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA. CEO Tim Cook and Senior Vice President Deirdre O’Brien filed an amicus brief with the Supreme Court on Wednesday to voice the company’s support for DACA, an

Image copyright Kate Rawson Image caption Colin and Kate Rawson on their recent honeymoon Ryanair’s chief executive Michael O’Leary recently declared package holidays “over” after the collapse of Thomas Cook. But travel experts say they are growing in popularity, particularly among younger travellers. Kate and Colin Rawson, aged 30 and 40 respectively, recently opted for

Krissy Abbott from Essex had to depend on food banks and handouts when she was expecting to live on her state pension – but her retirement age had changed from 60 to 65. Her bereavement allowance (after husband Alan died the year before) ran out, and an application for benefits wasn’t approved/paid until late April.

Media playback is unsupported on your device Media caption‘It makes me angry. It makes me very emotional.’ Campaigners will learn later whether the government’s handling of the rise in women’s state pension age discriminated against them. The retirement age for women rose from 60 to 65, in line with men, and will go up to

Image copyright Getty Images The FTSE 100 has seen its biggest fall in over three-and-a-half years. The blue-chip index dropped over 3%, marking its worst day since January 2016. European and US stock markets also slid amid a global sell-off. The falls came after poor US jobs and manufacturing figures and a World Trade Organization