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Nikhil InamdarBBC News, Mumbai Getty Images The Tata Group, headed by N Chandrasekaran, is facing severe business headwinds A year after the death of Ratan Tata, the Tata Group – a gigantic Indian salt-to-steel conglomerate which he steered into a global, modern, technologically advanced enterprise – finds itself facing a …

Labour’s workers’ rights legislation has been plunged into a parliamentary “ping pong” battle after a series of government defeats in the House of Lords. Peers inflicted defeats on zero-hours contracts, unfair dismissal claims from day one, industrial action ballot thresholds and union members paying a political levy. The flagship Employment …

Laura KuenssbergPresenter, Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg Kamala Harris says she still sees herself as having a political future and may run for the White House in 2028 Former US Vice-President Kamala Harris has told the BBC she may run again for the White House. In her first UK interview, Harris …

“I started off locally with Middlefield Wasps in Aberdeen. I played there from about eight to 14 or 15. That’s when I started getting trials with clubs. “I was at Celtic, Rangers, all these clubs and then I went down to Chelsea a couple of times and eventually Aberdeen came …

Jean MackenzieSeoul correspondent BBC/Hosu Lee Boat owner Hong Suk-hui says the seas are becoming more dangerous Hong Suk-hui was waiting on the shore of South Korea’s Jeju Island when the call came. His fishing boat had capsized. Just two days earlier, the vessel had ventured out on what he had …

The grooming gangs inquiry has been plunged into disarray this week before it has even started, as four survivors have quit the panel and two frontrunners for chairperson have withdrawn. The inquiry was announced in June, but frustrations have grown over the pace of progress towards launching it, with pressure …

Staff at the Bank of England are on alert for potential job cuts in Threadneedle Street after the governor, Andrew Bailey, warned of tough decisions about the institution’s future cost base. Sky News has learnt that Mr Bailey informed Bank of England employees in a memo last week that it …

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Tim Curry didn’t hold back when voicing his opinion of Tom Cruise, with whom he co-starred in Ridley Scott’s 1985 fantasy film “Legend.” Curry played the demonic villain Darkness, who seeks to plunge the world into eternal night, while Cruise portrayed the …

The discount retailer B&M has seen its market value plunge by almost a fifth after a downgrade of up to £40m in annual profit expectations due to an accounting blunder. The company said its chief financial officer was leaving the business while updating the market on its outlook, which had …

Radio presenter Kaye Adams has been taken off her BBC Radio Scotland programme following an internal complaint about her behaviour. BBC News understands an investigation has been launched, though the corporation would not comment on the nature of allegations. A spokesman for Ms Adams said that no complaints had been …

Linsey SmithEast Yorkshire and Lincolnshire BBC/Joe Bilton Jasmine Beverley with one of the few keepsakes she treasures from her unborn son’s time in hospital A mother whose stillborn baby was discovered in a Hull undertakers almost two years after his funeral says she is trying to forgive the man responsible. …

Tessa WongAsia Digital Reporter AFP via Getty Images He Weidong was China second highest ranking official in the military The Chinese Communist Party has expelled nine top generals in one of its largest public crackdowns on the military in decades. Nine men were suspected of serious financial crimes, a statement …

Noor NanjiCulture reporter BBC Spoiler warning: This article reveals details from the fourth episode of The Celebrity Traitors The latest episode of The Celebrity Traitors has taken place, and all we’re talking about is which celebrity can shriek the best. During a challenge, the contestants – including Alan Carr, Celia …

India’s goods exports to the US, its largest foreign market, dropped sharply by 20% in September and nearly 40% in the last four months, as Trump’s steep tariffs took effect, data shows. September was the first full month of Washington’s 50% tariffs on Indian goods, which kicked in on 27 …

Reuters Residents have dug shelters next to buildings to try and shield themselves during the bombardments Satellite images show how Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) is flouting international law by intentionally targeting civilians in the besieged city of el-Fasher – actions that should be considered war crimes, a research …

Steve Jonesat Leeds Crown Court West Yorkshire Police Ian Watkins was sentenced to 29 years in prison in 2013 A provisional trial date has been set for two men accused of murdering peadophile singer Ian Watkins in prison. The former Lostprophets frontman, who was serving a 29-year sentence, was fatally …

Claire Leveque Aren Pearson said Claire Leveque stabbed herself A man accused of murdering his girlfriend in a hot tub has said she repeatedly stabbed herself with a knife. Aren Pearson, 41, allegedly killed Claire Leveque – who was 24 and originally from Canada – in Shetland. He told a …

Speer also claimed to be no different from anyone else in his generation who was seduced by the Nazi leader. “Hitler himself was appearing in a time which was to us young people a time of disillusionment. It was a time, we had no hope for our future, and now …

Forty-two Zimbabwean and Malawian nationals have died after a bus taking them home overturned on a South African road, authorities have said. The crash happened on Sunday night as the bus was moving through “a mountainous section” of the N1 highway in South Africa’s Limpopo province, local transport officials said. …

West Yorkshire Police Watkins was sentenced to 29 years in prison in 2013 Two men have been charged with the murder of paedophile singer Ian Watkins, who was killed in Wakefield Prison. The former Lostprophets frontman, who was serving a 29-year sentence, was fatally injured in an incident at the …