Major tampon makers pledge to tackle US shortages
"It is so important at this point for people to buy only what they need. I am not a supply...
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Could flat tyres soon be a thing of the past?
At Goodyear's labs, the tyres are tested for 24 hours at a time, under different loads and speeds. That's thousands...
Europe is prepping for a trade war no-one wants
Asked if the EU was preparing lists of UK goods against which to levy tariffs, Mr Martin told me: "We're...
Fears for UK economy grow as higher prices bite
Elsewhere, other firms reported price rises to other inputs such as animal feed, chemicals, aluminium, steel, cooking oil and fertiliser,...
Why you may have a thinking digital twin within a decade
By the end of 2024, it hopes to have enough data from real-time observations and simulations to have a digital...
England’s top student loan interest rate cut by 5%
"Even for the typically high-earning graduates who do pay off their loans, very high interest rates from September to February...
Covid: US to drop test requirement for air travellers
"We are able to take this step because of the tremendous progress we've made in our fight against the virus:...
Energy and food drive US inflation to highest for 40 years
Analysts had hoped that the moves were starting to work to cool economic activity, easing the price pressures. But the...
Worried households cut back on energy and food
Meanwhile, energy bills have soared, with the average household seeing a 54% increase in April when the price cap -...
Rishi Sunak accused of wasting billions servicing government debt
Early last year the Treasury itself was pointing towards the shortening maturity of our national debt as a by-product of...
Fuel prices: ‘Help us out’, says carer on brink of quitting
The scheme, which knocks another 5p off fuel duty compared to the norm, applies only to remote parts of Scotland,...
Petrol prices: Calls for more help as cost to fill a tank hits £100
Ewan, 31, told the BBC he needed a car to get to work in centre of Aberdeen, otherwise it was...
Cost of living: The shock of rising prices in Japan
For decades, with little success, the country's central bank has tried to stimulate growth to get Japanese to "spend more,...
Ukraine war: WTO boss warns of global food crisis
She said grain can't be exported from the region at the moment, and there is a harvest coming up in...
Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games: Talks with Army as 5,000 jobs vacant
Richard Smith, from the Department of Work and Pensions, who was at a jobs fair at Villa Park, said people...
Cineworld cancels The Lady of Heaven film screenings after protests
In an email to Cineworld reported by Bolton News, Bolton Council of Mosques chairman, Asif Patel, said the film was...
Tesco plant-based food advert banned as misleading
But it added that some plant-based products contained a combination of ingredients and had "complex production processes" which could "theoretically...
Railway workers to strike over three days in June
On the first day of the planned strike on 21 June, London Underground RMT workers plan to walk out in...
