Higher tariffs likely this week, says US Treasury

Organisers of a Christmas toy appeal are urging people to donate to the project if they are able to, so they can give gifts to thousands of children living in extreme hardship in north and east London. The Hackney Local Buyers Club is running its 12th annual appeal, but fear donations will drop due to…

An evening surge in shoppers keen on Boxing Day bargains drove a decade-high increase in footfall for the annual sales, figures suggest. It was up by 4.4% across all UK retail destinations including high streets and shopping centres compared to the same day last year, according to data from MRI Software. Footfall also remained strong…

The arguments playing out in Moerdijk echo wider dilemmas across the Netherlands. The country is densely populated, and has long struggled to balance competing demands on a finite area of land – housing, farming, nature, transport, industry, and now the infrastructure needed to support large-scale renewable energy projects.

Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) says it has begun a “phased restart” of its operations with parts of its IT system back up and running. The company said it was “working to clear a backlog of payments” to suppliers as it now had increased its processing capacity for invoicing. The carmaker’s production lines have been suspended…