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Google announced Tuesday that it’s investing $1 billion in developing more housing across the San Francisco Bay Area, where the rise of wealthy tech companies has helped fuel one of the country’s biggest affordability crises. The tech giant, one of the main companies targeted by Bay Area housing activists, plans to put $750 million toward […]

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Vegan alternatives to meat are growing in popularity Should words like “sausage” and “burger” only be used to describe foods that contain meat? Under an EU proposal put forward in April, the answer is yes – although experts are due to raise their objections to the plan at a

Image copyright Nina Barbour Image caption Nina Barbour said conditions at the start of the event had been like a “monsoon” “We had monsoon conditions at the start”, says Nina Barbour. For many British businesses, this long spell of wet weather has been challenging and costly. Nina Barbour is director of Bolesworth Estate, where one

Image copyright Getty Images Boeing has received a boost for its grounded 737 Max jet after British Airways-owner IAG signed a letter of intent to order 200 of the planes. The airline group said it was confident that the Boeing planes would return to service in the coming months. Boeing is currently trying to develop

Image copyright Facebook Image caption Using the Calibra payments system will be as easy as texting, Facebook says Social media giant Facebook has unveiled plans to launch a new digital currency, called Libra, next year. It said people would be able to make payments with the currency via its own apps, as well as on

Image copyright Merline Chambers Image caption Merline Chambers is among those campaigning for the London Living Wage Merline Chambers says it is a struggle to make ends meet each month. She works at the government’s Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) and is campaigning to be paid the London living wage. “It’s a

Image copyright BBC Sport Image caption Sir James Dyson said because of Logie Bruce-Lockhart’s (his old headmaster) “generosity” he was able to continue at the school Billionaire businessman Sir James Dyson has donated £18.75m to his former school, whose “generosity” helped pay for his education after his father died. The cash will fund the building

Image copyright Getty Images A catalogue of proposals to force the fashion industry to clean up its act has been rejected by the UK government. MPs want ministers to end the era of throwaway clothes and poor working conditions. They made 18 recommendations covering environmental and labour market practices but none were accepted. Not only

Image copyright PA Image caption The RMT has resumed strike action after suspending it in February A five-day strike by South Western Railway (SWR) staff has started in the latest industrial action over the role of guards on trains. Members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT) began the walkout at 00:01 BST. RMT

Image copyright Getty Images Middle-aged people are increasingly being lured into becoming “money mules” and their bank accounts used to launder proceeds of crime, a report suggests. More than 40,000 cases which “bore the hallmarks” of money mule activity were reported to fraud prevention service Cifas last year, up 26% on 2017. The largest rise