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Golden Week: Budget travel takes off in China

A sluggish economy forces young Chinese to travel cheaply for this year's holiday.

Aukus: UK defence giant BAE Systems wins £3.95bn submar...

The deal will provide decades of work at BAE Systems' shipyard in Barrow-in-Furn...

Water bills may rise if Ofwat approves new plans

Water companies want to invest £96bn in ambitious project that will see bills ri...

First class stamp price rises to £1.25

The price rise comes as Royal Mail seeks to cover higher delivery costs while le...

Rishi Sunak refuses to commit to pre-election tax cuts

The PM says his focus is easing living costs, amid Tory unrest on day one of the...

HS2: Rishi Sunak refuses to commit to Manchester link

The prime minister again refuses to say if high speed rail link will run from Bi...

Shoplifter: Police need to stop people like me

A persistent shoplifter says stealing is easy and that police could do more to s...

Ban on single-use cutlery comes into force in England

Polystyrene cups and balloon sticks are also banned under new rules designed to ...

Winter warning as new energy price cap comes in

The annual energy bill for a typical household falls on Sunday but is high by hi...

Train strikes set to cause travel disruption

Aslef union members will walk out in a long-running dispute over pay and conditi...

US car workers strike escalates as it enters third week

The United Auto Workers union said 7,000 more members would walk out.

Energy bills forecast to rise in January to £1,996

Analysts at Cornwall Insight say higher wholesale energy prices will drive bills...

UK facing permanent higher taxes, IFS think tank says

A study says taxes will reach 37% of national income by next election - the high...

UK economy grew faster than estimated since Covid

New figures show the economy has grown by 1.8% since the start of the pandemic, ...

Evergrande: Anxious Chinese home buyers reel from crisis

As China's housing crisis grows, so have fears that dreams of home ownership hav...

HS2: Unions call for emergency summit on rail line's fu...

The TUC says stakeholders in the high-speed rail line must be brought together "...