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Pollution in Hookstone Beck

Yorkshire Water pays out record £1m after polluting Harrogate watercourse

Branch closures

Full list of 45 Lloyds, Halifax and Bank of Scotland branches due to close

A Mulberry Handbag

Mulberry reports ‘deteriorated’ economic climate as loss widens

Sold and for sale signs

UK house sales tumbled by a fifth in October, HMRC says

Dalmunach distillery

Hundreds of whisky workers to go on strike during busy festive period

A Metro Bank sign

Metro Bank axing fifth of workers and reviewing seven-day opening

Coronavirus – Tue May 26, 2020

Nando’s to open more UK restaurants as sales rebound

All Bar One pub front

Profits dip at bar owner Mitchells & Butlers after ‘unprecedented’ costs

Mobile phone with buy now pay later on screen

Citizens Advice warning as many turn to buy-now-pay-later to fund Christmas

A Dr Martens store

Dr Martens warns over earnings after warm weather drags on sales

The Astra assembly line at Vauxhall's Ellesmere Port plant

UK car production increases again

Robinhood launches in UK

US stock trading app Robinhood launching in the UK

A car having an MOT

Quarter of young drivers put off vehicle repairs to save money – survey

Someone reading the Daily Telegraph

Telegraph sale presents potential national security threat, Tory MPs say

Stock prices fall

European markets outperform UK’s FTSE 100 as Asia-focused shares drag

Treasury Select Committee

Hunt refuses to commit to maintaining fuel duty cut

Pensions

Government should reform ‘costly’ triple lock to free up money, OECD says

Shoppers in a supermarket

Prices of branded goods rising faster than costs to manufacturers, says watchdog