Miles Davis BBC Devon political reporter BBC Exeter City Council will consider plans to increase car parking charges across the city Car park charges could go up by about 7% in Exeter with the price of a two-hour ticket in the city centre hitting nearly £5. Exeter City Council is considering putting up the cost...
Chocolate prices in the UK rose at the fastest pace on record in May as the overall cost of food continued to climb, official figures suggest. The main rate of inflation remained at 3.4% in the year to May. However, food prices grew for the third month in a row, as some economists speculated that...
Chancellor Rachel Reeves says the government will do “everything in [its] power” to protect people in the UK from the knock-on economic effects of the conflict between Iran and Israel. She would not “take anything off the table” in response to the threat of rising energy costs, she told the BBC’s Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg...
Northern Ireland hold on for a narrow friendly victory over Iceland despite playing for more than half an hour with 10 men at Windsor Park. Isaac Price’s curling first-half strike proved decisive as Michael O’Neill’s side held firm after Brodie Spencer’s dismissal early in the second half. Report: Price hits winner as 10-man NI edge...
The all-Republican commission abandoned a lawsuit accusing PepsiCo of providing Walmart with pricing advantages. The U.S. Federal Trade Commission on Thursday dismissed a price discrimination lawsuit against the drink and food giant PepsiCo, a move that former FTC Chair Lina Khan, who served under former President Joe Biden, called “disturbing behavior.” The lawsuit, filed only...
Gov. Newsom of California is determined to see the high-speed rail system completed or at least started, but the bad news just keeps rolling in like a freight train (pun intended). Newsom is in the process of pushing for next fiscal year’s budget and as part of that process he has announced a plan to...
Kash Patel and Dan Bongino sat down for a wide-ranging interview with Maria Bartiromo, and of all the issues discussed, the one that stuck out to me was the snippet about Russiagate. The FBI is Ground Zero–as important as the Clinton Campaign’s push to get the Steele Dossier into the public, it was the FBI...
Well, yes and no. Maybe. It depends on how you look at it. And it depends on what the results will be. It’s hard to say. It’s complicated. How is that for a non-answer? Pretty good, eh? There’s a reason for my not giving a definitive answer, because the way drug pricing worldwide works really...
Barbie maker Mattel says it will put up the prices of some of its toys in the US as President Donald Trump’s tariffs increase its costs. The firm also says it will cut the number of products it makes in China for the American market. At the same time, car making giant Ford says the...
Ollie Price scored a career-best 253 not out and became only the third Gloucestershire batsman in history to score a double-century against Lancashire to help his side take a 139-run first-innings lead in the County Championship match at Old Trafford. Replying to the home side’s 450, the visitors were 589-8 at the close and their...
Caroline Lowbridge BBC News, East Midlands Reporting fromCastleton and Mam Tor Getty Images Almost a million people walk up Mam Tor every year, according to the National Trust Of all of the hills to choose from in the Peak District, Mam Tor has become strangely popular in recent years. But why is this happening –...
Liv McMahon Technology reporter Peter in Lancashire Peter says “nothing will be going to waste” from his hugely discounted Co-op purchase. A suspected glitch on Thursday evening saw some Co-op product prices reduced by as much as 100% on the delivery app Deliveroo. The pricing error allowed some shoppers to get products – including jars...
Natalie Sherman Business reporter, BBC News Getty Images The White House has hit back against a reported plan by Amazon to detail the price impact of Donald Trump’s trade tariffs to its customers, calling it a “hostile” political act. Amazon told the Washington Post it had looked into itemising the costs for customers using Amazon...
Faarea Masud BBC Business reporter Getty Images Falling petrol prices drove UK inflation down by more than expected in the year to March. Inflation was 2.6%, down from a rate of 2.8% in February, according to official data. But the fall may only be temporary as analysts say it’s expected to spike from April as...
Sony has raised the price of its PlayStation 5 consoles worldwide, citing “challenging” market conditions. The price of the digital edition of the PS5 console in the UK has increased by £40 to £429.99. Its cost for European customers has risen by approximately €50 to €499.99. The company pointed to high inflation and “fluctuating exchange...