Global sales of smartwatches have fallen for the first time, new figures indicate, in large part due to a sharp decline in the popularity of market leader, Apple.Market research ...

PAChancellor Rachel Reeves has earmarked "several billion pounds" in draft spending cuts to welfare ahead of her Spring Statement, according to the BBC.When asked about the welfare budget, the ...

Tom EspinerBusiness reporter, BBC NewsGetty ImagesShares in electric car maker Tesla have slumped more than 9% after EU and UK sales fell by almost half in January.The drop in ...

Daniel WainwrightData journalist, BBC VerifyBBCThe number of new homes in England continued to fall during the first six months that Labour was in power, analysis by BBC Verify suggests.The ...

WH Smith has revealed a drop in High Street sales amid talks of selling 500 of its UK shops.Its High Street sales fell 6% in the 21 weeks to ...

Borrowing costs for the UK government have plunged, as an unexpected drop in inflation at home and in the US raised bets that central banks will cut interest rates ...

Rania KatafDamascus resident Rania Kataf said "I finally took a breath"Residents in Damascus have told of an anxious wait for news on what was happening in Syria's capital city ...

There were questions over India's batting coming into the series, after being bowled out for 46, 156 and 121 in their 3-0 defeat by New Zealand. Opener and captain ...

BBCWill mortgage rates fall?Asks Melania BenincasaOf course, we don’t know the answer to this for sure, but the rates on new, fixed deals have been dropping in recent months.In ...

Footage of strong winds were captured around Aldershot shortly after middayA tornado has swept through a Hampshire town, causing damage to properties and trees to fall down. The Tornado ...

Getty ImagesFalling mortgage rates may, at last, be bringing some relief to embattled homeowners and first-time buyers.In a market described as "frenetic", lenders are locked in intense competition for ...

In Australia, foreign students are said to bring in more than 30bn Australian dollars a year ($20bn; £16bn), and it is a market that Australian universities have been targeting ...