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Kieran Tierney, Alex Iwobi, Ryan Sessegnon and Ismaila Sarr were the four £25m+ Premier League signings on deadline day A late flurry of deadline-day signings took Premier League spending for the summer up to £1.41bn, just short of the £1.43bn record set in 2017. Deadline day spending alone by English top-flight clubs was £170m – […]

Image copyright Getty Images On Friday, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) will publish figures on how well the UK’s economy is performing. It’s the latest update on gross domestic product (GDP), one of the most important economic statistics. So what exactly is GDP, and how is it measured in the UK? What is GDP?

Image copyright Getty Images A series of disputes over working conditions in the airline sector is causing misery for UK holidaymakers. Possible strike action by staff at firms including British Airways and Ryanair, as well as a number of UK airports, has put hundreds of flights at risk of cancellation. The disruption has led this

The U.S. Department of Transportation announced Thursday that airlines must allow any breed of dog as a service or support animal on their flights, directly rejecting Delta Air Line’s ban on pit bulls as service animals.  The agency announced in a news release that it would not allow businesses to restrict specific breeds of service animals,

Image copyright Getty Images Chancellor Sajid Javid has announced a one-year spending review to give government departments “financial certainty” as they prepare for Brexit. Mr Javid said a “fast-tracked” spending round for 2020-21 would “clear the ground ahead of Brexit while delivering on people’s priorities”. Spending reviews typically tend to happen every two to three

NEW YORK (AP) — Uber lost $5.24 billion in the second quarter — its largest quarterly loss ever — after making huge stock-based payouts in the months following its initial public offering. The ride-hailing giant said Wednesday it paid $3.9 billion in stock-based compensation and expenses during the quarter. It also paid $298 million in

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption GDPR is supposed to protect personal data, but this experiment used the law to achieve the opposite effect About one in four companies revealed personal information to a woman’s partner, who had made a bogus demand for the data by citing an EU privacy law. The security expert contacted

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption The fashionable US chain launched in London in June Fitness chains SoulCycle and Equinox have sought to distance themselves from a fundraising event for US President Donald Trump reportedly being planned by their billionaire owner. The high-end gym and indoor cycling chain, famous for its celebrity clients, has faced

Image copyright AFP US President Donald Trump has accused the Federal Reserve of being responsible for the “very strong” dollar by keeping interest rates high. The president tweeted that he was not “thrilled” at the result. Mr Trump said the strong dollar made it hard for the US’s “great manufacturers” to compete on a level

Image copyright Getty Images UK train companies will stay part of the Interrail scheme, reversing Wednesday’s decision, the operators’ group says. The Rail Delivery Group (RDG), which represents UK train operators, had said the arrangement would end in January. It had blamed a dispute with Eurail Group which manages the scheme. But in a tweet