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Image copyright Getty Images More than a dozen teams in the US National Football League have had their social media accounts hacked. The teams included the San Francisco 49ers and Kansas City Chiefs, who will compete in the Super Bowl Championship on 2 February. The hacking group OurMine took responsibility for the attack, which said […]

Image copyright PA Media Image caption The disused Fleetwood and Poulton-le-Fylde line was visited by the prime minister during the general election campaign A government fund is to be launched later to restore historic railway lines closed more than 50 years ago under the so-called Beeching cuts. Transport Secretary Grant Shapps will visit Fleetwood to

Image copyright AFP/Getty Images A multi-million pound publicity blitz to prepare the public for leaving the EU appears to have had little impact, a spending watchdog has said. The National Audit Office said £46m was spent on the “Get ready for Brexit” campaign ahead of the UK’s expected departure at the end of last October.

Image copyright Getty Images Whether to allow Huawei to help build the UK’s 5G network is one of the most consequential and difficult national security decisions government has faced. It involves balancing complex technical risks with geopolitics and costs to the economy. But it is also an issue where room for manoeuvre is tight –

Image copyright Edward Armstrong Image caption Edward Armstrong is trying to live without Google and Facebook “We agree to give these companies ownership of our lives and they are cashing in,” says Edward Armstrong, a freelance copywriter and consultant originally from Newcastle, UK, but now based in London. He has abandoned using the services of

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Rui Pinto is currently awaiting trial in Portugal The author of the Football Leaks website, Rui Pinto, has come forward as the source behind leaked documents which showed how Africa’s richest woman made her fortune. The documents allege Isabel dos Santos, the daughter of a former president of Angola,

Image copyright PA Media The dominant operator in the UK’s guarantor loan market has put itself up for sale. Amigo lends money to people with a poor credit rating, but who can offer family and friends as a back-up to guarantee any missed repayments. The company controls at least 80% of the UK market but

Image copyright Getty Images The UK government is expected to decide on Tuesday whether to ban equipment made by Chinese technology giant Huawei from its 5G networks. The US is lobbying the UK to exclude it on the grounds of national security. Huawei insists it would never take orders from the Chinese government. Prime Minister

Image copyright Presidents Club It’s been two years since the Presidents Club charity closed down amid anger over its men-only dinners at which waitresses were allegedly groped. But now a range of Presidents Club-branded clothes has revived memories of the scandal – and stockists include Mike Ashley’s House of Fraser chain. The clothes include figure-hugging

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Shares in Burberry have been hit by the worries Worries over the continued spread of the coronavirus have hit the financial markets, with London’s FTSE 100 share index dropping more than 2%. Airlines and companies with significant sales in China saw some of the biggest share price falls. The