Tesco sees early signs inflation is starting to ease
Michael Race & Jemma Dempsey Business reporters, BBC News PA Media Tesco’s boss has said there are “encouraging early signs” that price rises are easing as the retail giant reported higher sales. Ken Murphy said he was “very conscious” of the financial pressure on shoppers, but hit back at claims that the supermarket was profiteering. […]
Venezuela deploys soldiers to markets to check prices
Reuters The army inspected food stalls in Caracas and in other towns Venezuela has deployed soldiers to almost 100 food markets in efforts to counter an “economic war” it says is being waged against it. President Nicolás Maduro ordered the measure, arguing that sellers were charging over the odds for price-controlled items. Venezuela has the […]
Could Scotland’s unwanted wind turbines be turned into playparks?
Nichola Rutherford BBC Scotland News Allard van der Hoek Five former turbine blades have been used to create a playground in Rotterdam When Windy Standard was built in Dumfries and Galloway in the mid-1990s, it was Scotland’s second largest wind farm. Now it is coming to the end of its functional life and the old […]
Why chefs are turning to artificial intelligence
Michael Dempsey Technology of Business reporter Firmenich Nicolas Maire has accumulated 18 Michelin stars during his career Nicolas Maire is the model of a professional French chef with years of experience and 18 Michelin stars under his belt, a man who dominates his kitchen dispensing nuggets of culinary wisdom as he prepares food for his […]
Trump’s Gaza plan won’t happen, but it will have consequences
Jeremy Bowen International editor Watch: Trump says US could ‘take over’ Gaza and rebuild it The plan, as expressed by Donald Trump, is not going to happen. It requires the co-operation of Arab states that have rejected it. They include Jordan and Egypt – countries that Trump wants to take in Gaza’s Palestinians – and […]
Police rescue 1,000 cats, bust illicit trade of feline meat
Nicholas Yong BBC News, Singapore Getty Images The cats were to be sent south and served up as fake pork and lamb skewers Police in China have rescued more than 1,000 cats from being slaughtered and sold as pork or mutton, state-affiliated media report. Acting on a tip from animal welfare activists, police intercepted the […]
Gig economy workers on what it could mean for them
Kirsty Grant and Manish Pandey Newsbeat reporters Contributor photos Eyes are on companies that employ gig economy workers, after Uber announced it will pay all UK workers minimum wage, holiday pay and pensions. It comes a month after it lost a legal battle in the UK over drivers’ status. Some workers in the gig economy […]
BBC reports from site of Queensland flooding
Severe flooding in Queensland has forced thousands of people to evacuate, cut power to homes and washed away sections of a vital highway. In Townsville, one of the hardest-hit cities in the region, people are bracing themselves for further flooding. As the rain eased up on Monday evening, BBC reporter Simon Atkinson joined locals surveying […]
Fife manufacturer goes into liquidation with loss of 32 jobs
Foodmek The company had been operating in Tayport since 1971 A Fife firm which supplied equipment to the food and drink industry for 52 years has gone into liquidation with the loss of 32 jobs. Tayport-based Foodmek Ltd said it had experienced a “significant slowdown” in orders. The firm said it operated profitably during the […]
BBC joins Gazan girl, 2, in Jordan on journey to life-saving treatment
Two-year-old Palestinian Habiba al-Askari suffers from a rare disease that has cut off the blood supply to her limbs. Doctors treating her said she needed to be evacuated to a hospital outside of Gaza to save her life, and some of her limbs. Jordan has been trying to get Israeli permission to evacuate her for […]