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The Bank of England has once again been forced to step in again to boost its emergency bond-buying scheme.

Transform Trade charity says British-based companies are among main bringers of cases based on bilateral investment treaties UK companies operating overseas are afforded far greater legal protections than the citizens of the countries they invest in, leading to corporations getting away with human rights and climate change abuses, a report has found. The Transform Trade charity says the majority of UK bilateral investment treaties (BITs) contain no mention of climate change, the environment or human rights, meaning companies are not held accountable for violations. Continue reading… ​Transform Trade charity says British-based companies are among main bringers of cases based on…

Red Bull have been found guilty of breaching Formula One’s budget cap regulations. Red Bull It  has hit back at the FIA after they were found guilty of breaching the sport’s cost cap in 2021 and have hinted that they will appeal the decision. Christian Horner’s team have confirmed they will consider ‘all the options available to us’ as they reel from the shock of being found guilty.  It had been confident they would avoid any sanction for breaching the cost cap, given their firm belief they had fallen below it however this was quashed by the FIA. The sport’s governing…

Siva Kaneswaran completes the 2023 line-up (Picture:Getty/REX) The Wanted’s Siva Kaneswaran has been confirmed as the final celebrity taking part in Dancing On Ice 2023. The Glad You Came hitmaker, 33, will join the likes of The Vivienne, actress and DJ Patsy Palmer, football’s John Fashanu, Love Island winner Ekin-Su Culculoglu, Olympic gymnast Nile Wilson, Coronation Street’s Mollie Gallagher, Towie star Joey Essex, and comedian Darren Harriott. Liberty X singer Michelle Heaton and Hollyoaks actress Carley Stenson are also on the bill. Talking about the upcoming gig on Tuesday’s Good Morning Britain, he told presenters Richard Madeley and Susanna Reid: ‘ Honestly I don’t know…

Jess has moved on with her new man (Picture: Matt Monfredi Ltd) Married At First Sight UK’s Jess Potter has announced she’s in a new relationship after calling things off with Pjay Finch, who she met and married at the altar. Jess and Pjay – despite their love for Harry Potter – had a pretty turbulent relationship on the show, starting with Jess and her mother-in-law making it pretty clear they weren’t impressed with Pjay’s job as a stripper. So much so in fact that Jess herself stormed off at the revelation, threatening not to go on their honeymoon. While…

To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Jamie Lee Curtis had a tearful response after reading Kanye West’s comments about the Jewish community.  Grammy-winning rapper Kanye, 45, has come under fire over the past week for wearing a White Lives Matter shirt and proceeding to make allegedly anti-semitic comments on social media, prompting Twitter to block his account and Instagram to restrict his posts.  Twitter took action and removed a tweet from the rapper that ‘violated rules’ on Saturday, and reportedly featured him writing: ‘I’m a bit sleepy tonight…

  “What a petty thing – it was two old women having a little tiff and you’d think World War Three had broken out.” ​”What a petty thing – it was two old women having a little tiff and you’d think World War Three had broken out.” 

Unemployment rates are at their lowest level in nearly 50 years, the latest official figures show.

Give it a try (Picture: kalejunkie / TIKTOK) A foodie influencer has shared a clever hack to cut an avocado into quarters – and fans are going wild. Gone are the day of getting the green fruit (yes, it’s a fruit) all over your work surfaces and, let’s face it, ourselves. Nicole Keshishian Modic’s simple technique breaks the avocado into four and means the skin peels off easily. And, of course, Nicole picked up the hack from TikTok. ‘Everything I learned in life, I learned on TikTok,’ she joked. @kalejunkie Everything I learned in life, I learned on TikTok 😆…

The bodies of Kate Donohoe and her son Vincent were found on Saturday (Pictures: Facebook) The ‘heartbreaking’ deaths of a mum and her baby son in Dublin last weekend are being treated as a murder-suicide.  Kate Donohoe, who was in her 40s, and seven-month-old Vincent were found dead in the upstairs bedroom of their home in Clonee on Saturday afternoon.  Irish police were alerted by a friend of Ms Donohoe’s who became worried when they were unable to get in touch with her in the previous 24 hours.  It is believed the pair, who were alone in the property, may…