‘An evolving era of play’: UK toy sales rise for first time since pandemic

Film and TV tie-ins, Lego sets and Toniebox speakers help push sales 6% higher in 2025, after five years of no growth

Economic blackout day planned in Minnesota to protest ICE surge

Unions, faith groups and local leaders urge residents not to work, shop or go to school after killing of Renee Good

US treasury secretary says at WEF in Davos that countries and companies should pause and ‘let things play out’

Shops, restaurants and hotels particularly hit by slowdown in hiring, as unemployment remains at 5.1%

The cinema chain didn’t warn me clearly when I went to see Avatar: Fire and Ash that I needed to register my number plate

Total pay of the qualification body’s top six executives has risen by 240% to £6.2m since charity sold it

Plans to speed up airspace changes for Heathrow expansion could mean industry influences decisions on noise and routes

Chancellor, who flies to Davos on Tuesday, will announce changes aimed at encouraging global firms to bring highly skilled staff to Britain

Government, Bank of England and FCA criticised for taking ‘wait-and-see’ approach to AI use in financial sector

Exclusive: Campaigners claim changes will let companies ‘off the hook’, as government prepares to unveil new white paper for water industry

Europe could use powerful but untested law amid pressure over Greenland – but it could also lose out from a trade war

Traders have learned to live with the US president’s rhetoric, but the EU’s measures could go beyond tariffs and into capital markets

The Democratic representative plans to introduce a bill halting subsidies and tax advantages for the super-rich

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European carmakers among hardest hit with US president’s talk of Greenland-linked trade levies also pushing down the dollar