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Image copyright Dana Bott Studying sociology and criminology at Sheffield University is a hard, and sometimes stressful, task for Dana Bott. So the 20-year-old from Telford turns to a creative passion to relax – making and selling T-shirts and jewellery. Given that her student loan fails to cover the rent, and despite some financial assistance […]

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Models appear in a Versace runway show in 2019 Luxury brand Versace has apologised after an image on one of its T-shirts appeared to imply Hong Kong and Macau were independent territories. After fierce criticism on social media in China, Versace said it had made a mistake and had

Image copyright Getty Images The number of empty shops in town centres is at its highest for four years, industry figures show. The vacancy rate was 10.3% in July, its highest level since January 2015, according to the British Retail Consortium and Springboard survey. Footfall also fell by 1.9% in July, the worst July performance

In total, Amanda lost £633,000 from gambling. She made her last bet on the day she was made bankrupt. She was in her fifties when she started betting on an online site called Jackpotjoy. Amanda says whenever she lost a lot of money on the game they offered her free cash bonuses to continue gambling.

Media playback is unsupported on your device Media caption“If I hadn’t gone online for a day, they were quickly on the phone or sending me an email.” The number of gamblers complaining about British betting firms has risen almost 5,000% in the past five years. There were a record 8,266 complaints last year, Gambling Commission

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption The shipyard, beside Newark Castle, is expected to be in administration by the end of next week The Scottish government says it is considering nationalising the beleaguered Ferguson shipyard. Finance Secretary Derek Mackay said taking the Port Glasgow site, which is due to enter administration, into public ownership was

Image copyright PA Media Image caption Clapham Junction station in south London was one of the areas where lights went out The government has launched an investigation into Friday’s huge power cut which affected nearly one million people across England and Wales. Business Secretary Andrea Leadsom said a committee will look at what happened. Train

Image copyright Getty Images Energy company SSE, which supplies almost six million UK households, says it is negotiating the sale of its energy retail business to Ovo Group. But it says no decision has been made by the two firms on finalising a deal. If a deal is reached, Ovo will become one of the

Image copyright Tom Parkes/RBS Royal Bank of Scotland is set to name Alison Rose as its first female chief executive, succeeding Ross McEwan, it has been reported. Rose, who runs RBS’s commercial arm, is considered the preferred candidate, but chair Howard Davies has said the bank would consider external candidates. It would make her the

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption A conveyor belt carries chunks of raw cobalt at a plant in Lubumbashi in the Democratic Republic of Congo Cobalt is one of those metals that define the modern world. Historically it was used to colour glass or ceramics. The Egyptians were using cobalt compounds 2,600 years ago in