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Image copyright Getty Images When was the last time you saw a £50 note? Dinner with a wealthy relative visiting the UK, or tucked into a child’s birthday card perhaps? While we may rarely see such currency, there are a surprising number in general circulation. According to the Bank of England’s latest statistics, a total […]

Image caption Georgia Cobden saw the sales signs and decided to browse the rails at the central London House of Fraser Georgia Cobden is about to start a new job in PR and just popped into House of Fraser on Oxford Street because she knows they have a Whistles concession. At 25 Georgia is just

Image copyright PA Media Image caption A legal action taken by MoneySavingExpert founder Martin Lewis is behind the tool Scammers are being targeted by a new tool for UK Facebook users that allows the reporting of fake adverts. The feature came about after Martin Lewis, founder of the MoneySavingExpert website, sued over his name and

Image copyright PA Image caption Commuters delayed at Waterloo station The man tasked with working out how to improve UK railways says a “fat controller” type figure, independent from government, should be in charge of day-to-day operations. The former boss of British Airways, Keith Williams, said government involvement should be limited to overall policy and

Image copyright Getty Images Facebook’s planned Libra cryptocurrency faced further opposition on Monday when the US treasury secretary warned about its potential criminal use. Steven Mnuchin told a press conference it could be used by “money launderers and terrorist financiers” and said it was a national security issue. He joins President Donald Trump and the

Image copyright Woodys Aeroimages Image caption Before and after images showed the model name “737 Max” had been replaced with “737-8200” A Boeing 737 Max due to be delivered to Ryanair has had the model’s name changed on the nose of the aircraft, it has emerged. Photos shared on Twitter show a plane in Ryanair

Image copyright AFP The boss of e-cigarette giant Juul has apologised to parents amid worries of an epidemic of vaping among children. “I’d tell them I’m sorry that their child’s using the product. It’s not intended for them,” Kevin Burns said. The comments, including that more research is needed into vaping’s health impact, are made

Media playback is unsupported on your device Media caption‘I have to pick an item every eight seconds, or 332 per hour, for a 10-hour day’ Thousands of workers in Amazon sites around the world are staging protests about pay and conditions as the online retailer begins its annual sale. On Monday, Amazon starts offering discounts

Image copyright Bank of England Computer pioneer and codebreaker Alan Turing will feature on the new design of the Bank of England’s £50 note. He is celebrated for his code-cracking work that proved vital to the Allies in World War Two. The £50 note will be the last of the Bank of England collection to

The United Auto Workers union is set to start bargaining new contracts covering 150,000 workers at Detroit’s Big Three on Monday in what could be the most contentious negotiations the auto industry has seen in years. The union will be looking to make significant gains over the most recent four-year contracts with the companies, ratified