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Morrisons takeover

Morrisons owner set to sell 87 petrol stations to close £7bn takeover

A manufacturer at work

UK manufacturing remains steady but warning signs remain

A Wizz Air plane

Wizz Air flies 3.6m passengers in April amid surging demand

Tesco sign

Uber Eats couriers to make rapid Tesco deliveries

McColl’s store front

McColls shares to be suspended over debt negotiations

A Card Factory store

Birthdays to be more expensive as inflation raises card prices

Post Office closures

Post Office workers stage national strike action today over pay

People queuing outside John Lewis on Oxford Street in London

John Lewis launches recruitment drive amid online growth

Keir Starmer visit to Worthing

Worry over bills ‘keeping people up at night’ – Starmer

Margrethe Vestager speaks during a media conference at EU headquarters in Brussels

EU moves forward in antitrust case against Apple

A pair of wedding rings

One in six divorcees ‘did not realise pension could be affected by splitting’

The White Swan, Ockbrook

Heineken to create more than 700 jobs in £42m pubs investment

A cargo ship sails through the town of Ismailia, Egypt

Suez Canal chief says April revenues hit all-time record

An oil facility in the Cromarty Firth

Cabinet rift appears over prospect of windfall tax on oil and gas profits

Bank of England

Bank of England set to hike interest rates to 13-year high amid cost crunch

A report by EY said that profit warnings among UK-listed firms surged in the latest quarter

Profit warnings surge as cost inflation hits UK firms

Oil rigs – Cromarty Firth

Ministers pressure North Sea oil and gas firms to invest profits

Rail tracks

UK Government must act to avoid widespread rail strikes, says Scottish minister