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• Fears empty restaurant TikTok trend could last

  17-01-2025 23:31 via bbc.com
  
  There are fears that tax and wage rises mean restaurants and bars will be quieter than usual all year.
  
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• Starbucks scraps $250,000 cap on boss's use of company jet

  28-01-2026 22:10 via bbc.com
  The coffee chain changes Brian Niccol's travel budget due to media attention and "credible threat actors".
  
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• US Fed holds interest rates despite White House pressure

  28-01-2026 20:34 via bbc.com
  Two Fed officials voted for a cut, including the former head of Donald Trump's Council of Economic Advisers.
  
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• Deutsche Bank offices raided in money laundering probe

  28-01-2026 18:31 via bbc.com
  Officials searched offices in Frankfurt and Berlin in relation to "past business relationships".
  
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• Aldi to open 40 new UK locations in 2026

  28-01-2026 16:38 via bbc.com
  New locations include Southam in Warwickshire, Hastings in Sussex, and Amersham in Buckinghamshire.
  
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• Amazon confirms 16,000 job cuts after accidental email

  28-01-2026 14:11 via bbc.com
  The technology giant confirmed the redundancies hours after it told staff in an email sent in error.
  
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• My dog's treatment cost £1,600 - vet bills are shocking

  28-01-2026 13:31 via bbc.com
  The government sets out proposals as data finds vet prices rose at nearly twice the inflation rate.
  
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• Government offers UK adults free AI training for work

  28-01-2026 12:50 via bbc.com
  The online lessons give advice on things such as how to prompt chatbots or complete admin tasks.
  
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• EasyJet warned over 'misleading' £5.99 cabin bag fee

  28-01-2026 10:04 via bbc.com
  The airline said the fact there were no bags available for less than £5.99 meant the claim was not misleading.
  
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• UPS to cut 30,000 jobs as it moves away from Amazon

  28-01-2026 03:26 via bbc.com
  The parcel delivery giant says it is cutting back on low-profit deliveries for the online retailer.
  
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• Vulnerable missing out on benefits due to online tool

  28-01-2026 01:06 via bbc.com
  Benefits calculators can leave some people confused and in a dire financial state, say campaigners.
  
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• AI boom will produce victors and carnage, tech boss warns

  28-01-2026 01:01 via bbc.com
  Cisco chief executive Chuck Robbins compares AI to the dotcom bubble of the early 2000s.
  
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• Watch: Why Trump is hitting the road to rally Americans

  28-01-2026 00:22 via bbc.com
  The BBC's White House reporter Bernd Debusmann explains why the president is refocusing his attention on the US economy.
  
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• Madeleine the boring machine poised for new HS2 tunnel

  27-01-2026 21:30 via bbc.com
  The high speed rail line from Birmingham will be extended from west London to Euston station.
  
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• TikTok US pushes back on claims it is censoring content

  27-01-2026 21:25 via bbc.com
  Thousands of people claim political content is being suppressed after the US operation was spun off.
  
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• Pubs given support package after business rates backlash

  27-01-2026 20:02 via bbc.com
  Treasury Minister Dan Tomlinson says the three-year aid is worth £1,650 for the average pub.
  
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• TikTok settles just before social media addiction trial to begin

  27-01-2026 18:31 via bbc.com
  Defendants include Meta, which owns Instagram and Facebook, and YouTube parent Google.
  
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• Guernsey inflation continues to slow, figures show

  27-01-2026 16:32 via bbc.com
  Annual inflation in Guernsey sees a drop of 1.2% on the year before, according to latest figures.
  
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• Revolution bars owner shuts 21 venues and cuts 591 jobs

  27-01-2026 16:16 via bbc.com
  Despite the closures, administrators for The Revel Collective have secured 41 sites and 1,582 jobs.
  
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• NI to become first in the UK to introduce graduated driving licences

  27-01-2026 16:04 via bbc.com
  The new rules will be introduced in October and are described as the most significant reform of driver licensing for 70 years.
  
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• India and EU announce 'mother of all trade deals'

  27-01-2026 13:23 via bbc.com
  The long-awaited deal comes as both Delhi and Brussels contend with economic and geopolitical pressure from the US.
  
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• Parental leave system 'not equal for all families'

  27-01-2026 12:31 via bbc.com
  Families should have parental leave access and single parents should have more help, a report says.
  
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• Ground rents to be capped at £250 a year for leaseholders

  27-01-2026 12:07 via bbc.com
  The reforms for England and Wales also include proposals to ban the sale of new leasehold flats.
  
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• Labour MPs call for halt to business rate rise for music venues

  27-01-2026 11:46 via bbc.com
  Nearly 50 MPs have written to the chancellor calling for music venues to be exempted from a hike in business rates.
  
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• Trump raises US tariffs on South Korea imports to 25%

  27-01-2026 10:56 via bbc.com
  Trump has accused Seoul of "not living up" to a trade deal that was reached last year.
  
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• Winter shelter sees highest demand in years

  27-01-2026 07:31 via bbc.com
  Northampton Hope Centre staff say people who need the shelter could be turned away by next week.
  
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• Change aims to make credit card access 'simpler'

  27-01-2026 07:13 via bbc.com
  A legal loophole stopping islanders apply for credit cards has been removed by the States.
  
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• Instagram, Facebook and WhatsApp to trial premium subscriptions

  27-01-2026 06:37 via bbc.com
  Under the plan, access to the Meta platforms' core services would remain free.
  
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• Can India be a player in the computer chip industry?

  27-01-2026 01:05 via bbc.com
  India is investing hundreds of millions of dollars in building up a computer chip industry.
  
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• Airlines pay out millions after initially rejecting claims

  27-01-2026 01:00 via bbc.com
  Passengers accuse carriers of "confusing" them into dropping compensation claims for cancelled flights.
  
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