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Image copyright AFP Image caption Streaming has changed the game – and older artists such as Franz Ferdinand are benefiting too If you’re a young music-maker hoping to take the pop world by storm, this is the best of times and the worst of times to make your bid for glory. The music industry has […]

Image copyright Getty Images Food delivery service Just Eat has confirmed it is in talks to be taken over by Dutch company Takeaway.com. A statement released by Just Eat said: “The possible combination may be implemented by way of an offer for Just Eat by Takeaway.com.” Based on current market value, Just Eat and Takeaway.com

Image copyright PA Media Image caption Noel Edmonds fell victim to a multi-million pound fraud Lloyds Banking Group has apologised to Noel Edmonds and agreed a compensation deal with him following a fraud case. The TV star said a scam involving staff at the Reading branch of HBOS, which was subsequently bought by Lloyds, destroyed

Image copyright Getty Images “I was shaking with rage and stress, I couldn’t believe this had happened.” Sue is describing the moment she discovered that her late mother, Margaret (not their real names), who’d spent the last years of her life battling dementia, had had more than £14,000 stolen through direct debit fraud. “To be

Image caption Lady Eliza Manningham-Buller is chair of the Wellcome Trust The head of the UK’s biggest charitable funder of scientific research has written to the new Prime Minister Boris Johnson backing his vision of a thriving science sector, but warning that leaving the EU without a deal is a “threat to that”. In a

Image caption “I’ve always said American wine is better than French wine!” wrote Mr Trump US President Donald Trump has accused his French counterpart of “foolishness” over a digital services tax levied by France, hinting that he would tax French wine in retaliation. Mr Trump voiced his anger in a Tweet directed at the French

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Sports Direct bought House of Fraser in August last year Sports Direct has said it regrets rescuing House of Fraser in its much-delayed full-year results which reveal a fall in profits. The firm, which bought the department store out of administration a year ago, said: “If we had the

Image caption Alan Filby has four sons but only his son David took an interest in mechanics and wanted to take over the Castle Lane business An 80-year-old mechanic who is retiring after working at the same garage for 63 years said it was “really getting difficult for old ones like me”. Alan Filby started

Image copyright Reuters The US economy grew less than previously thought last year, missing President Donald Trump’s target of 3%. Revised official figures shows that GDP expanded by 2.5% during 2018. The figures also revealed that growth slowed during the second quarter as exports declined and companies invested less in their businesses. GDP grew at

Laxmi Narayan Tripathi is a prominent activist and leader belonging to India’s transgender community. She recently launched Kineer Services, a start-up to create jobs for India’s transgender community. The company produces packaged drinking water. India’s Supreme Court upheld the rights of the transgender community in a landmark judgement in 2014, yet the community still struggles