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Industrial strike

Rail companies suggest informal talks to resolve train drivers’ dispute

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Standard Chartered shares jump after revealing higher profits

People look at a painting in the new Last Cage Down exhibition at the Mining Art Gallery

New art exhibition on demise of coal mining

A postman collects mail from a postbox

Royal Mail’s six-day delivery service must continue, says business minister

A Revolution bar

Revolution Bars holds takeover talks with rival Nightcap

Ozempic insulin injection pen

Growing demand for weight loss treatments drives sales at drugmaker Novo Nordisk

Letting and estate agents' boards

Nine new tenants ‘registered for each available rental home in March’

Commuters in London

UK economic growth downgraded for next two years – OECD

Shell fuel pumps

Shell reveals better-than-forecast earnings amid pressure over climate goals

A Co-operative Bank branch

Co-op Bank transformation ‘materially complete’ ahead of merger deal

Shell logo

Shell boosts shareholder returns after better than expected earnings

Peppa Pig

Special stamps to mark 20th anniversary of Peppa Pig

Scottish money

Scottish economy forecast to see slow, steady growth

Uber to offer black cab journeys in London

10,000 London cabbies sue Uber for millions over taxi-booking rules

District heating pipes laid in a trench

Heat networks are investment opportunity ‘worth billions’ – energy company boss

The London Stock Exchange

FTSE 100 drifts lower ahead of latest Federal Reserve interest rate decision

Protesters outside Unilever’s AGM at the Hilton Bankside hotel

Showdown at Unilever AGM as activists challenge board over environmental impact

A hand on a laptop

Financial complaints have jumped by around a fifth, says ombudsman service