Call to cancel threat of prison for council tax non-payment

The boss of Pinterest has told the BBC the death of Molly Russell is a daily reminder of the urgent need to make social media safer for young people. The app – which functions like a digital notice board – hit the headlines when the 14-year-old, from Harrow, in northwest London, took her own life…

BBC Yazz Gough uses the Re:dish Good Stuff social supermarket in the Reddish area of Stockport A customer of a social supermarket has said she “can afford a few extras for Christmas” thanks to the money she saves there on her weekly groceries. Yazz Gough, who goes to the Re:dish Good Stuff in the Reddish…

Starbucks workers and union members in England, Scotland and eight other countries are set to protest on Wednesday in support of striking US employees, the company’s US union told the BBC. Starbucks Workers United last month launched a strike, which the union said has expanded to 3,000 baristas in more than 100 US cities. Workers…

The Co-op has said the cyber-attack it suffered earlier this year cost it at least £206m in lost revenues. The retailer’s IT networks were infiltrated by hackers in April, resulted in payment problems, widespread shortages of goods in shops, and the loss of customer data. Co-op chair Debbie White said the “malicious” attack had caused…

The US Coast Guard is in “active pursuit” of another vessel in international waters near Venezuela as tensions in the region continue to escalate. US authorities have already seized two oil tankers this month – one of them on Saturday. Sunday’s pursuit related to a “sanctioned dark fleet vessel that is part of Venezuela’s illegal…