Volkswagen to cut 50,000 jobs as profits drop

Jersey’s government has released its budget for 2027 to 2030, with a number of targeted measures designed to help families with the cost of living. These include increasing the number of free hours of nursery care for two to three-year-olds from 15 hours to 20 hours, and doubling the parental grant, external to £1,800 for…

Daisy BodkinBBC Radio Wiltshire Positive Community Action Karen Knight makes warm and nutritious meals from her own kitchen A community group has vowed to continue tackling food poverty after cooking 8,000 free meals for vulnerable people. Wiltshire’s Positive Community Action (PCA) was set up to address deprivation and social isolation across the Marlborough and Pewsey…

At first glance, the quarterly results of Alphabet, the parent company of Google, were not at all bad. Total revenue grew 25% compared to last year, hitting $127.6bn. It was buoyed by the ongoing success of Google Cloud, where revenue grew by 103% to almost $31bn. However, profits at the company fell by a considerable…

Primark has said it plans to launch a home delivery service in Britain, four years after it made its first foray into e-commerce. The retailer did not say when it expects to launch the service, but it has bought a warehouse in Sheffield from to enable it to ship products to homes. The company said…

The chancellor will also announce how much the state pension will increase by next year. It looks likely to top £13,000 a year with the full, flat rate expected to increase by £488 a year in April due to the triple lock guarantee. One thing that has already been announced is that pensioners who rely…