BEIJING, Dec 27 (Reuters) – Profits for China’s industrial firms rose at a sharply slower pace in November, as demand and producer price gains eased in… Via: China's Nov industrial profit growth slowest since…
Latest updates from day two of the fourth Test at the MCGThe Spin’s best Test cricket XI of 2017Email Adam or tweet: @collinsadam 1.33am GMT 115th over: Australia 326-8 (Cummins 4, Hazlewood 0) If England get another wicket in this over the session will be extended and I’ll have to Read more
Compared to last year footfall was down by 4.5 per cent Via: High streets and shopping centres see 'significant' slump in Boxing day sales
Almost 30 critical cases approved for evacuation from besieged area near the Syrian capital where 400,000 people remain trappedMedical evacuations have begun from the Syrian rebel-held enclave of Eastern Ghouta to Damascus, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in Syria said on Wednesday. Related: Charity launches Syria emergency Read more
Mixture of wintry showers and rain expected in parts of the UK Via: Cold snap to hit nationwide as wintry showers expected in parts of the country
Record snowfall over Christmas and Boxing Day has left the city battling a ‘snow emergency’A Christmas storm has dumped a record amount of snow on Erie, Pennsylvania, and surrounding areas, burying homes, cars and gardens under as much as 1.3m (53in) of snow. The National Weather Service office in Cleveland Read more
Kim Jong-sik and Ri Pyong-chol are believed to be involved in moves to switch from liquid to solid fuel and advance ICBM developmentThe United States has announced sanctions on two North Korean officials behind their country’s ballistic missile program. The steps were the latest in a campaign aimed at forcing Read more
Pay squeeze is likely to get worse before it gets better, says Resolution Foundation, with pressure lifting late next yearPeople should not expect pay rises above inflation this year as the stagnation in wages is set to continue until the end of 2018, according to a leading thinktank.The pay squeeze Read more
Comes within days of poll showed 85 per cent of people did not want it to be made legal again Via: Great Thurlow Hunt investigated by police after alleged illegal killing of fox
'It is just another thing that they say they are going to do and didn't do' Via: Grenfell Tower: Extra Christmas money promised to survivors fails to materialise