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Image copyright Whirlpool Image caption Some Hotpoint machines are on the recall list Owners of Hotpoint and Indesit washing machines may have to check again to see whether their model is on a recall list of fire-prone appliances. An extra three models have been added to the host of machines that may catch fire owing […]

Image copyright Siemens/ PA Image caption A proposed design for an HS2 train The government is to make the final decision on whether to proceed with the high speed rail link HS2 on Thursday. Prime Minister Boris Johnson, Chancellor Sajid Javid and Transport Secretary Grant Shapps will meet to come to a final position. It

Image copyright Getty Images Boeing has reported its first annual loss in more than two decades as the 737 Max crisis continues to hit the firm. The planemaker was forced to ground the aircraft, which had been its best seller, in March last year after two deadly crashes that killed 346 people. Now it has

Image copyright PA Media Image caption Northern passengers have faced two years of rail chaos ever since new timetables were introduced in May 2018 Troubled rail company Northern is to be brought under government control, Transport Secretary Grant Shapps has announced. The decision, which will see the firm’s franchise stripped from operator Arriva Rail North

Image copyright Getty Images Ovo, which is set to become the UK’s second-largest energy company, has been forced to pay £8.9m by regulators after it overcharged customers. The firm, which bought SSE’s retail business last year, sent inaccurate statements to more than half a million customers. Meanwhile, some of its customers did not receive a

Image copyright Getty Images Peenemünde is a port in northern Germany, where the River Peene meets the Baltic Sea. There, in October 1942, German engineers sat in a control room watching a television screen. It showed live, close-up images of a prototype weapon on its launch pad some 2.5km (1.5 miles) away. On another screen,

Image copyright Getty Images Hong Kong’s Hang Seng stock market index fell 3% when it re-opened on Wednesday as investors feared the economic impact of the coronavirus. Almost all of the 50 Hong Kong-listed Chinese companies that make up the Hang Seng Index were in the red. Travel and casino operators were hit the hardest

Image copyright Vale of Glamorgan Council Image caption Foam weedkiller in action in Barry, Wales “Why are you carpet-cleaning the flowerbeds?” is the question most commonly directed at Jonathan Greatrex and his team at the Glamorgan Council parks department. And visitors can be forgiven for their confusion. The Foamstream machines, now in use across the

Image copyright Getty Images Starbucks has closed half of its outlets in China to protect its staff and support government efforts to contain the coronavirus. The coffee shop chain warned that the rapidly expanding infection is likely to affect its financial performance. Starbucks has almost 4,300 outlets in China, making it the company’s largest market

Image copyright Getty Images The company behind a blood sugar monitor that has changed the lives of thousands of diabetics has been forced to apologise after supplies ran short. Pharmacies have been turning patients away as deliveries of healthcare firm Abbott’s Freestyle Libre Sensor are delayed by two or three weeks. Abbott has said it