UK unemployment rate rises to 5% as jobs market weakens
1 hour ago Michael Sheils McNameeBusiness reporter Reuters The rate of UK unemployment has risen to 5% in the three months to September, showing signs the jobs market has weakened, according to new official figures. It is the highest rate…
Katie Razzall: Robust leadership needed to steer BBC through crisis
13 hours ago Katie RazzallCulture and Media Editor I don’t like the word unprecedented. But I’ve used it twice in less than 24 hours. The first time was on Sunday night, after the resignations of Tim Davie and Deborah Turness….
A battle over a Chinese chip maker that rocked the global car industry
59 minutes ago Suranjana TewariAsia Business Correspondent Reuters In late September, the Dutch government invoked a Cold War-era emergency law to take control of a Chinese-owned chip company that has operations in the country. The extraordinary move set off a…
Cryptoqueen who fled China for London mansion to be sentenced over £5bn Bitcoin stash
28 minutes ago Tony HanGlobal China Unit Metropolitan Police A woman, said by police to have bought cryptocurrency now worth billions of pounds using funds stolen from thousands of Chinese pensioners, is due to be sentenced this week for money…
How content creator became scout in Serie A
How content creator became scout in Serie A Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Como are seventh in Italy’s Serie A BySam Drury BBC Sport journalist Published 1 hour ago Everyone on social media is an expert. Or so they would…
1,000 games in, Guardiola has new energy for new era
1,000 games in, Guardiola has new energy for new era Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Pep Guardiola has claimed 716 wins in 1,000 games during his managerial career By Shamoon Hafez Manchester City reporter Published 9 hours ago 1002 Comments…
Booker Prize won by ‘extraordinary’ Flesh by David Szalay
2 hours ago Ian YoungsCulture reporter Getty Images British-Hungarian author David Szalay has won this year’s Booker Prize for his novel Flesh, which the judges described as “extraordinary” and “a very special book”. Flesh tells the story of an alluring,…
Second migrant sent to France returns to the UK
9 hours ago Jennifer McKiernanPolitical reporter EPA/Shutterstock A second migrant who had been sent from the UK to France under the government’s “one in, one out” deal has returned to the UK, the Home Office has confirmed. The man was…
Reeves suggests benefit limits on larger families to be lifted
8 hours ago Paul SeddonPolitical reporter Rachel Reeves has suggested she favours removing limits on benefits linked to family size at this month’s Budget. The chancellor told the BBC it was not right that children in bigger families were “penalised”…
Trump threatens $1bn legal action against BBC over 6 January speech edit
5 hours ago Maia Davies and Ruth Comerford Reuters / AFP via Getty Images Donald Trump has threatened legal action against the BBC, following criticism over how a speech the US president made was edited and used in a Panorama…