Weston-super-Mare funeral director offering free limo rides to prom
Prom season is upon us, but for some families the monumental school event can be a financial burden. Elms Funeral Directors in Weston-super-Mare, north Somerset,
Cosmetics icon Leonard Lauder dies aged 92
Leonard Lauder, the businessman who built Estee Lauder into one of the world’s biggest cosmetic makers, has died aged 92. Lauder took over his parents’
‘It was sold as a dream but became a nightmare’
Meghan Owen Work & Money Correspondent, BBC London BBC Chris and Diana struggled to sell their shared ownership property, and lost £10,000 in the process
Can trainers be made in the US without cheap labour?
Michelle Fluery BBC North American business correspondent Keen US shoemaker Keen has bought part of its production back to the States In a corner of
HS2 contractors referred to taxman over supply of workers
The company building the HS2 rail line between London and Birmingham has reported one of its subcontractors to the tax authorities over possible fraud. Whistleblowers
Reeves vows to shield UK from Israel-Iran price shock
Chancellor Rachel Reeves says the government will do “everything in [its] power” to protect people in the UK from the knock-on economic effects of the
Sainsburys and Morrisons told to stop advertising heated tobacco
The government has written to Sainsbury’s and Morrisons asking them to stop “advertising and promoting” heated tobacco products, which it says is against the law.
How a race for electric vehicles threatens a marine paradise
Victoria Gill Science correspondent, BBC News Global Witness The Raja Ampat archipelago in Indonesia is sometimes referred to as the ‘Amazon of the Seas’ Stark
Somalia’s construction boom in Mogadishu gives women high ambitions
Fardowsa Hanshi BBC News, Mogadishu Anthony Irungu / BBC Fathi Mohamed Abdi (L) and Saadia Ahmed Omar (R) have overseen more than 30 multimillion-dollar projects
How UK paternity leave compares to the rest of Europe
BBC Paternity leave policies vary across Europe – but the UK’s offer is one of the least generous The paternity leave offer for new dads