The UK audit regulator has confirmed it is leading inquiries into accounting irregularities at Manchester City. The Financial Reporting Council confirmed in a letter to the House of Commons business select committee it had taken over “regulatory consideration” of the case from ...
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Jackdaw, about 150 miles (241.4km) east of Aberdeen, is a gas field which its operators say could be connected to the UK network within months. Rosebank, about 80 miles (128.7km) north-west of Shetland, is Britain’s largest untapped oil field, which would also produce some gas. The c...
Paddy Power-owner Flutter has announced plans to cut up to 1,400 jobs as its boss claimed the company “cannot fully absorb” tax rises imposed on the gambling industry. Staff based in Leeds and Dublin, as well as workers for its UK and Ireland business at Flutter’s Portuga...
Last year the BBC spent £42m creating content for BBC Scotland. It still plans to create many of those shows for iPlayer – and BBC Two in Scotland will be reconfigured to deliver Scotland-only programming. The part of BBC Three that commissions programmes will actually get more money...
Saudi Arabia has struggled to bring down incoming missiles and drones because so much of its air defence capability was used up against Iranian attacks earlier this year. The sheer size of the country also makes it hard to provide comprehensive air defence. The UK warplanes will not only h...
The number of houses sold in a region can impact how much prices rise or fall compared to other places. On Anglesey, which saw the biggest annual rise in house prices of 22.2%, the market can be a mixed picture. Richard Tuke has lived on the island for 20 years but now wants to sell...
And piracy is already having impacts on the pitch. At a conference last year, Tom Burrows, the head of global rights at the sports streaming platform DAZN, described piracy as a “huge problem” for his company, and “almost a crisis for the sports rights industry”. Ju...
Chancellor John Healey has said building a third runway at Heathrow Airport has “always been a case for growth” after Prime Minister Andy burnout refused to say if he backed the expansion. Healey said airport expansion, including at Heathrow, had been “a big part of jobs ...
The head of MI5, Sir Ken McCallum, has given his annual speech at the intelligence service’s headquarters in London. Sir Ken spoke about counter-terrorism, combatting state threats and warned about the emerging threat posed by AI (artificial intelligence). BBC Security Correspondent ...