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At least 5,000 jobs in the north of England are at risk after British Steel was put into compulsory liquidation.

China has hit back against the US as the trade war between the world’s largest economies escalates.

Thousands of drivers for cab hailing apps including Uber went on strike today in protest at what they claim are declining wages and poor employment terms. 

Boeing has announced that the fall-out from the crash of two of its 737 Max 8 planes has cost the company at least one billion dollars.

Back to Westminster now – and business leaders have expressed some relief that there will be no Brexit ‘cliff edge’ tomorrow – saying an imminent economic crisis has been averted – but they’re certainly not celebrating yet.

While Brexit may be paralysing the political process, it’s had an unexpected effect on the economy in the past month.

Debenhams has fallen into administration after rejecting a rescue bid from Sports Direct boss Mike Ashley.

As politicians fail again to come up with a solution to Brexit, preparations for no-deal are costing British industry hundreds of millions of pounds. 

We spoke to Steven Armstrong, who’s chairman of Ford Europe and says the firm is spending tens of millions of pounds preparing for a possible no-deal Brexit.

Britain’s top civil servant has warned that a no-deal Brexit would be “catastrophic” for British business. 

Business leaders have already expressed their despair at all the continued uncertainty and frustration, some saying Britain’s already-tarnished reputation has ended the week “in tatters”.

Business owners from up and down the country expressed their frustration at the inability of parliament to agree on any way forward on Brexit.

Boeing has unveiled details of a software fix for its 737 Max aircraft, designed to rebuild confidence and get the plane flying again after two fatal crashes in just a few months.

The gunman’s live-stream of the Christchurch mosque shootings was one of the most shocking aspects of last Friday’s attack.

Are social media firms doing enough to tackle extremism and stop the live-streaming of violence?