Four fire engines and an aerial platform are being used to tackle the fire on a vessel at Albert Dock in Hull Crews from Humberside Fire and Rescue are tackling a blaze on a ship docked in Hull. The service said it was called to Albert Dock at 10:22 BST and four fire engines, an...
Tom Espiner Business reporter, BBC News Getty Images River Island plans to close 33 shops in the UK in a move which puts hundreds of jobs at risk. The clothing retailer said more people shopping online and higher costs to run stores were behind its proposals to creditors. It also wants its landlords to cut...
Oli Constable BBC News, Yorkshire Watch: Undercover BBC reporter tries to buy illegal vapes Nearly two weeks on from a ban on the sale of single-use disposable vapes in the UK, many shops have been found still to be openly selling the illicit items. Almost half of the 21 stores which an undercover BBC reporter...
Kevin Peachey Cost of living correspondent BBC Shops and services may have to be forced to accept cash in the future to help protect vulnerable people who rely on it, MPs have said. A Treasury Committee report into cash acceptance stopped short of recommending a change in the law, but said the government had to...
Sakshi Venkatraman and Imogen James BBC News, Washington DC BBC Jorge Prudencio says the price of his Colombian-imported coffee is rising The price for a cup of coffee in the US is going up as tariffs put the squeeze on local café and bakery owners. Some US businesses say the queues for a morning latte...
Police raided 265 businesses, including barbers, mini-marts and vape shops Police officers smash through the back doors of a bright, modern barber shop in the market town of Shrewsbury. Inside they immediately detain two men – who we are later told are Kurdish asylum seekers. Both men are later released. It is the first of...
One of Exeter city centre’s two remaining post offices is about to close at the same time as the retailer providing the other is sold, raising the prospect that the city centre’s last Post Office counter may soon disappear. The Sidwell Street Post Office, operated by Morrisons, will close at the same time as the...