Entries by BBC News

Gold tops $5,000 for first time ever, adding to historic rally

Gold is seen as a so-called safe-haven asset that investors buy in times of uncertainty and low interest rates.

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Gold tops $5,000 for first time ever, adding to historic rally

Gold is seen as a so-called safe-haven asset that investors buy in times of uncertainty and low interest rates.

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Two charities get £300k to support older residents

Independent Age has given £149,997 to Citizens Advice Swale and £150,000 to Age UK East Sussex.

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Caribbean cannabis growers eye budding domestic sales and exports

Producers in Jamaica and Antigua hope that increasing liberalisation will lead to higher revenues.

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Caribbean cannabis growers eye budding domestic sales and exports

Producers in Jamaica and Antigua hope that increasing liberalisation will lead to higher revenues.

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‘Low pay and boredom led me to get a secret second job’

Imtiaz had a public sector job but said the pay was low, he took another job in the private sector.

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Food project to ‘sneak’ kidney beans into diets

It is an addition to Hearth Earth's surplus curry offer, which it serves in five locations across Oxford.

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Good Bad Billionaire

How Gymshark's Ben Francis went from pizza delivery boy to the UK’s youngest billionaire

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Davey says war bonds would help to speed up UK defence spending

Liberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey says the bonds would give the public an opportunity to "support patriotically our defence".

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Should smartphones be locked away at gigs and in schools?

Some artists already ban phones at their gigs while some headteachers say locking them away helps children learn.

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