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Image copyright Getty Images One of the world’s biggest music festivals has been postponed due to the coronavirus outbreak. Coachella was set to take place next month in the California desert with Rage Against the Machine and Frank Ocean among the headliners. The event’s organiser Goldenvoice has now postponed it until October, at the request […]

Image copyright HM TREASURY Image caption The new Chancellor Rishi Sunak preparing for his first budget The government will unveil its first Budget later amid continued pressure from the coronavirus outbreak. The new Chancellor, Rishi Sunak, will present the fiscal plans in the Commons at 12:30 GMT, less than a month after taking over the

Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionHelen Russell says it is essential for a company boss to keep his or her staff happy Eight years ago, Helen Russell and her wife Brooke McDonnell received some bad news that threatened the future of their business Equator Coffees. Starbucks, the world’s largest coffee chain, had

Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionWATCH: Hands-on with Dyson’s Corrale hair straighteners Dyson has launched a £399 product designed to halve the damage caused by traditional hair straighteners. But production of the Corrale, in Malaysia and the Philippines, has been hit by the coronavirus outbreak. “It has caused problems, we have some

Image copyright Getty Images The government is set to pledge billions of pounds to fix potholes in England at Wednesday’s Budget. Chancellor Rishi Sunak will announce £2.5bn in funding, or a £500m bonus each year for the next five years. He said: “We are going to eradicate the scourge of potholes in every part of

Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionWhat is the future for the UK steel industry? Fewer than 500 jobs are at risk at Tata’s UK sites rather than the 1,000 previously feared, BBC Wales has been told. Tata Steel Europe’s chief executive Henrik Adam has told staff job losses across Europe would number

Image copyright PA Media One of the UK’s biggest insurers has cut back on the cover available in new travel insurance policies because of the coronavirus outbreak. Aviva says that people will still be able to buy its travel insurance – but they will not be able to add cover for travel disruption. A spokesperson

Image copyright Google Image caption Unilever has been based on the site for 136 years A washing powder factory in Warrington is likely to shut because consumers are using liquid and gel capsule detergents instead, Unilever has revealed. Persil and Surf washing powders are produced at the manufacturing giant’s 136-year-old Crosfields site. Union leaders said

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Railways will be among the infrastructure to see a boost in funding after Wednesday’s budget The government will promise to raise infrastructure spending to its highest in decades in Wednesday’s Budget. It will pledge to triple the average net investment made over the last 40 years into rail and

Image caption Flybe operated flights between the Isle of Man and Manchester, Liverpool and Birmingham An aircraft owned by collapsed airline Flybe has been impounded by the Manx government until the company’s outstanding debts are paid, the Isle of Man’s treasury minister has said. Alfred Cannan said the airline owed the infrastructure department more than