BBC News The UK has struggled with weak productivity growth for more than a decade, and economists say wider adoption of robotics will be essential if businesses are to become more efficient. In its 2026 report SME Technology Adoption in the United Kingdom, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) said technologies like robotics […]
BBC News The committee of five women and four men will announce their latest interest rate decision at 12:00 BST, with a hold the widespread expectation. The Bank rate is the MPC’s primary tool for maintaining the rate of rising prices – inflation – at a target of 2%. The latest official figures show inflation […]
BBC News Ahead of the 60th anniversary, readers have been sending BBC Your Voice their memories of England’s dramatic victory against West Germany at Wembley Stadium in 1966 when they won the World Cup. Kenneth Farrington, now 76, watched from the stands as a 16-year-old and shares his account of the excitement of the final […]
BBC News A blood supply shortage in the US has reached a “crisis” level, according to the American Red Cross, which says it is the second time in its 150-year history that levels have been this low. Factors including wildfires and extreme heat have combined to create the current situation, Dr Courtney Lawrence, who works […]
BBC News Several papers lead with declarations of drought across the UK, the third in five years. “Future looking droughtful for baking Britain”, says the Metro, which reports that dry weather has impacted “more than half of the country”, with millions more warned this is a “new normal”. It also cites forecasts that it could […]
BBC News Against him stand those who think Britain’s hostility to cooling has curdled into a type of masochism. David Lawrence, of the Centre for British Progress think tank, puts it plainly: we don’t tell people to insulate their homes in winter and then skip the radiators. So why insist shade and shutters are enough […]
BBC News When she was starting out in her career Kilgore realised she needed to be “someone that people look forward to being around”. It’s important to be polite, punctual and nice as those qualities help you build loyalty, she says. “I made sure I was the sunniest, hardest working and most diligent person to […]
BBC News The committee also questioned the decision not to provide confidential briefing to parliamentarians, with then-Defence Secretary Grant Shapps pushing back against plans to tell then-shadow defence secretary John Healey of the breach. Thursday’s report also questioned the government’s overarching policy to not comment on special forces matters, describing it as “inappropriate” in the […]
BBC News Before the super-heavyweight bout Abdul told the BBC he wanted to become the new ‘King of Scotland’ – in reference to Amin declaring himself that name in 1976. After taking power in a coup in 1971, Amin ran a brutal regime during which an estimated half a million people were killed. He was […]
