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Anglo American site

Anglo American rebuffs BHP’s £31bn takeover hopes

Broadcaster Chris Packham and members of the Axe Drax campaign group protesting outside the Drax AGM

Climate protesters target BP and Drax shareholder meetings

Sir Keir Starmer

Labour would seek to end rail industry ‘boom and bust’, Sir Keir Starmer says

CITY AstraZeneca

Cancer drugs help drive AstraZeneca sales sharply higher

A general view of Persimmon Homes

Persimmon sees sales and prices pick up in ‘good start’ to 2024

The Sainsbury’s website pictured on a laptop

Sainsbury’s online deliveries hit by another ‘technical issue’

Passengers on a near-empty concourse at Waterloo train station

Labour pledges to renationalise railways ‘well within first term’ if elected

WHSmith financials

WH Smith says shift to ‘one-stop shop’ travel destination paying off

GMB Scotland banners

Council workers back vote on strike action if pay offer not ‘credible’

Anglo American site

Anglo American shares soar on £31bn takeover approach from BHP

A Barclays bank branch

Barclays profit falls as mortgage lending and investment bank squeezed

A passenger looks at the travel boards

Labour to pledge to renationalise railways if elected

Energy costs

Small firms urge Ofgem to act over spiralling energy standing charges on bills

A motorway

Insurance principles aim to manage cost of paying monthly for motor cover

A Nationwide Building Society sign

Nationwide, Barclays and Lloyds current account switch ‘winners’ at end of 2023

Car production

Car production fell last month, figures show

Flooding in York in January 2024

Nature degradation could cause 12% loss to UK GDP in coming years – analysis

LFC Foundation’s Official Legends Charity Match Press Conference – AXA Training Centre – Friday March 22nd

Ex-England star John Barnes banned as company director over unpaid taxes