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LSEG financials

FTSE jumps to highest since January amid slump in sterling

A plane takes off

PM pledges to make tests for holidaymakers ‘as affordable as possible’

The Ever Given after it become wedged across the Suez Canal (Suez Cabal Authority/AP)

Suez Canal boss urges stricken vessel’s owner to settle out of court

Waves from the North Sea crash against the Tynemouth Lighthouse

Britain’s grid is ‘greenest ever’ as bank holiday sees wind and sunny spells

Spring People walk along the seafront in Brighton, East SussexApr 2nd 2021

Retail footfall rises ahead of high street reopenings amid warm weather

An easyJet plane

Government plan will only reopen foreign holidays ‘for people who can afford it’

Canary Wharf at night

Two Credit Suisse bosses leave in fallout from Greensill and Archegos collapses

John Lewis stores reopening on April 12.

Retailers announce April 12 reopening plans for bricks and mortar outlets

New cars

New car sales up 11.5% in March

HomeServe's London-listed shares fell after the news

HomeServe expects £10m profit hike amid US expansion

Demand for new cars grew by 11% last month compared with March 2020

New car sales up 11% in March

Sage Group has sold its Swiss business for £33m

Accounting software firm Sage Group sells off Swiss business for £39m

A BP forecourt sign

BP hits debt target early after making billions from disposals

Iceland shop

Iceland boss backs calls for digital sales tax to aid high street revival

Chancellor Rishi Sunak

Recovery loans of up to £10m available to businesses requiring support

Boris Johnson warned that the UK must be 'realistic' over the resumption of foreign holidays (Yui Mok/PA)

UK must be ‘realistic’ about restart of foreign holidays – PM

GameStop

GameStop to sell 3.5m shares after stock frenzy boosts price

LG sign

South Korea’s LG to exit loss-making mobile phone business