Hobbycraft issues full recall of asbestos-tainted children’s play sand
Craft retailer says there is ‘risk to health’ after some vials in Giant Box of Craft set contained fibrous tremolite asbestos
Rayner urges government to stand firm over £250 ground rents cap
Former deputy PM warns against ‘vested interests’ trying to block measures for leaseholders in England and Wales
‘It’s a hospitality-wide problem’: night-time traders react to business rates relief plan
Gyms, pharmacies, restaurants, cafes and convenience store owners question why only pubs and live music venues should get help in England
EU-India deal ‘accelerated’ over past six months amid Trump’s tariff threats – Europe live
Wide-ranging deal will cut tariffs to zero over seven years as Modi hails ‘largest free trade agreement’ in India’s history
Pubs and live music venues to get support after business rates backlash
Package worth at least £80m a year for England and extra to come for Wales and Scotland receives mixed reaction
Treasury announces business rate support package worth more than £80m a year – as it happened
Treasury minister says under the new measures, every pub in England will get 15% off its new business rates bill from April, in a package worth average of £1,650 each
At Davos, tech CEOs laid out their vision for AI’s world domination
Tech chiefs waxed poetic about AI to delegates at Davos. Plus, the ‘human’ drama of AI startups and why Tesla is thriving in Texas
‘Wake up to the risks of AI, they are almost here,’ Anthropic boss warns
Dario Amodei questions if human systems are ready to handle the ‘almost unimaginable power’ that is ‘potentially imminent’
Can’t decide on a food delivery? Just Eat launches AI chatbot to help you choose
Delivery firm aims to overcome ‘choice overload’ using voice assistant in its UK app, with global rollout planned
‘Mother of all deals’: EU and India sign free trade agreement
Tariffs cut to zero for many industrial products, including iron and steel, plastics, chemicals and pharmaceuticals
Pike River review – families fight for justice in sobering true-life tale of New Zealand mining disaster
The friendship between two grieving women lies at the heart of this meticulous retelling of the 2010 catastrophe in New Zealand that killed 29 men
Eurostar sent a £120 voucher instead of the £1,744 it owes me
I was stranded in Brussels after a power failure, but the promised refund for hotels, food and transport failed to arrive
First of its kind ‘high-density’ hydro system begins generating electricity in Devon
Project employs technology that can be used to store and release renewable energy using even gentle slopes
Starmer’s fraught visit to China will tell us what he really thinks of the UK’s place in the world
Does Britain have any leverage over human rights or security concerns or is it a decaying nation that cannot risk trade relations, asks professor of global history Peter Frankopan
Trump says he will impose new tariffs on South Korea as he criticises delays in trade deal
US president says tariffs on automobiles, lumber and pharmaceuticals will rise to 25%, accusing Seoul of not living up to a trade deal struck last year