UK unemployment hits 5.2%, highest rate for nearly five years

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…

Three members of Ben & Jerry’s independent board will no longer be eligible to serve in their roles, after the ice cream company introduced a new set of governance practices. These include a nine-year limit set on board members’ terms. Chair Anuradha Mittal, who earlier said she had no plans to resign under pressure, is…

David SilverbergTechnology Reporter Getty Images The US has fewer but more “tech dense” farms according to a government report Jake Leguee is a third-generation farmer in Saskatchewan, Canada. Since his grandfather bought the 17,000 acres in 1956, the Leguee family has grown canola, wheat, flax and green lentils. As a child, he watched his father…