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Image copyright Getty Images The UK government is reviewing plans to remove tariffs on a wide range of imports post-Brexit, following warnings that it would undermine the country’s oil refining industry. On Tuesday, the BBC reported that UK refineries face a “danger to viability” if tariffs are removed on fuel imports. The minister responsible for […]

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Walmart wants Tesla to remove all solar panels from its stores and pay damages US supermarket chain Walmart is suing Tesla’s energy division, after solar panels on seven of its stores caught fire. It alleges that the firm was negligent in how it installed the panels on the roofs

Image copyright Getty Images The US retail giant Amazon has been criticised by customers for increasing its use of plastic packaging. While UK supermarkets and shops try to use less plastic, Amazon earlier this year introduced a new range of padded plastic envelopes for deliveries. One fed-up customer told the BBC: “Amazon shouldn’t be creating

Image copyright Reuters The level of migration from the EU to the UK has been underestimated by the Office for National Statistics from the mid-2000s to 2016. The ONS said the error affected the number of migrants from eight of the countries which joined the EU in 2004, including Poland. It said it may have

Image copyright Siemens/ PA Image caption A proposed design for an HS2 train The government is launching a review of high-speed rail link HS2 – with a “go or no-go” decision by the end of the year, the Transport Secretary Grant Shapps has said. It will consider whether and how the project to connect London,

The High Court in Dublin has blocked a proposed strike by Ireland-based Ryanair pilots on Thursday and Friday. Ryanair’s lawyers in Ireland told the court that the pilots union, which represents around 180 Ryanair pilots, had not let talks reach a conclusion before announcing the strike. A London court is still hearing an urgent attempt

Walmart has claimed in a lawsuit that Tesla-supplied solar panels on the roofs at several of its stores caught fire because of the tech company’s “widespread, systemic negligence” and its “failure to live up to industry standards.” The retail giant is suing Tesla for breach of contract after fires allegedly ignited on the roofs of

Image copyright Getty Images The UK posted a smaller-than-expected budget surplus in July as government spending increased. A growing wage bill and higher spending on goods and services was behind the lower surplus, which fell to £1.3bn. Analysts had been expecting a £2.7bn surplus, which would have been less than the £3.6bn booked last year.

Image copyright Shawn Speagle Image caption Shawn is still trying to process what he had to watch as a content moderator In this digital self-publishing era people can record and produce their own content, a lot of horrific stuff that clearly breaches websites’ taste and decency guidelines. A growing army of moderators has the unenviable

Image copyright Getty Images Long-suffering bank customers are facing an average of 10 digital banking shutdowns a month, according to new figures. UK banks began publishing details of the number of operational and security incidents that occur last year. The latest data analysed by the BBC reveals that the major banks typically suffer more than