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Eve Connor,North East and Cumbriaand Andy Watson,in Sunderland BBC The new Leaf will be built in Sunderland and powered by batteries also manufactured nearby Car manufacturer Nissan has started building its new electric Leaf at its UK factory. The government said it was the first new high-volume car to be built in the country since…

A landmark deal to cut global shipping emissions has been abandoned after Saudi Arabia and the US succeeded in ending the talks. More than 100 countries had gathered in London to approve a deal first agreed in April, which would have seen shipping become the world’s first industry to adopt internationally mandated targets to reduce…

Natalie ShermanBusiness reporter Bloomberg via Getty Images Price increases in the US eased in recent months, as costs for items including hotels, milk and some kinds of clothing fell. The latest figures from the Labor Department showed prices rose 2.7% over the 12 months to November. That pace was down from 3% in September and…

Emer MoreauBusiness reporter Getty Images A quarter of all first-class post was delivered late last year Royal Mail has been fined £21m after almost a quarter of first-class post arrived late, Ofcom has announced. It is the third-largest fine the communications watchdog has ever issued and follows its investigation after Royal Mail missed its targets…