Its cheaper to ship gluten-free food from UK than buy it in Guernsey

Danielle KayeBusiness reporter Michael Nagle/Bloomberg via Getty Images It’s been a roller-coaster year for financial markets – but US stock investors are heading into 2026 on a high note. US President Donald Trump’s global trade tariffs sent shockwaves through markets in the spring. But by summer, the US saw record highs fuelled by strong company…

AI-generated music has long been a concern for fans and artists. Musician Alex Winn tells BBC Newsbeat he thinks the incoming feature is a “really good thing”. “It almost separates the people who have created music properly from the people just using AI,” says guitarist Winn, who plays in the North East band Swindled. The…

The government is poised to announce a climbdown on forthcoming increases to the business rates bill faced by pubs. In the coming days the government is expected to say it will make changes to how pubs’ business rates are calculated, resulting in smaller rises to bills. Treasury officials say they have recognised the financial difficulties…