Author: Nathan Bissitt

The impact of a small rise in interest rates is likely to be modest for most UK households, according to mortgage lender Nationwide.The Bank of England has been widely tipped to increase rates for the first time in a decade on Thursday.If rates do go up from 0.25% to

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Drones are delivering food to residents of a Japanese town devastated by the Fukushima nuclear disaster where access to shops is limited. Residents were allowed to return to the Minamisoma area last year but obtaining supplies can be difficult.Operators of the drone

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Hundreds of thousands of Mexicans are deported to their home country each year from the United States.The Trump administration’s pressure on undocumented young migrants – the so-called “Dreamers” – could mean many more coming home.But

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When US President Donald Trump visits China, one subject high on the agenda will be the sweeping trade investigation of Chinese policies that he ordered in August.The White House said it would probe practices that encourage the theft of intellectual property from US

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Media playback is unsupported on your device Whether gathering dust in your loft or currently spinning on your turntable, it’s a fair bet that at least some of your vinyl records came from a small factory in the Czech Republic.The facility in question is the

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The UK’s advertising watchdog has intervened after an adult advert was shown within a video game app popular with children.The pop-up ad featured a “temporary tattoo” that looked like a deep bite mark, placed on a woman’s shoulder.The imagery

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Media playback is unsupported on your device Facebook, Twitter and Google lawyers defended themselves to US lawmakers probing whether Russia used social media to influence the 2016 election. The three firms faced hard questions at a Senate panel on crime and terrorism

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It’s decision time. On Thursday, Bank of England policymakers will reveal their move on interest rates.How the nine members of the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) vote will affect households and businesses across the UK.That’s because the Bank of England

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The former British Leyland worker and trade unionist Derek Robinson has died, aged 90. Mr Robinson, one of the most famous trade unionists of the 1970s, was dubbed Red Robbo by the media. As shop steward at British Leyland in Longbridge, Birmingham, he was involved in

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