Manchester's highest-rated restaurant hits back after moaning customer charged £60 for no-show - Manchester Evening News
Chorlton bar The Laundrette had been criticised by the customer
UK train services cut due to Covid staff absences - BBC News
Train operators switch to emergency timetables as a result of high staff sickness rates.
Plastic crisis needs binding treaty, report says - BBC News
Pollution from plastics is a global emergency in need of a robust UN treaty, according to a report.
Lewis Hamilton's Extreme E team wins Sustainability Award - PlanetF1
Lewis Hamilton's Extreme E team has earned the honour of winning the first Extreme E Sustainability Award on offer.
Teenager spent £25 to start her business and now earns £12,000 a day - Daily Mail
Maisie Crompton, 19, who lives in Cambridge, has quit her part-time job at Waitrose after finding success with her own business. She sells products with her designs embroidered.
Energy bills: Martin Lewis warns people will die choosing between heating and eating - The Mirror
The Money Saving Expert Martin Lewis said Britain is facing an "absolute poverty crisis" when energy bills sky rocket and has called for action to shield those most at risk
Aldi shoppers say 69p tea is 'better than sleeping pills' and helps their anxiety - Manchester Evening News
Supermarket shoppers said it gave them 'the best night's sleep in ages'
Couple left in New York with just £20 to spend after hotel mix-up - Wales Online
'I paid for the package holiday in monthly instalments and it was all paid up by March, 2021. But when we got to the hotel they said our room had not been paid for.'
HSBC could change mortgage affordability checks to reflect rising cost of energy bills - This is Money
The lender is said to be considering a change in the way it calculates the size of mortgage a household can borrow, in light of skyrocketing cost of living.
EVs Beat Diesels As Electric Car Sales Ramp Up In Europe - CleanTechnica
EV sales in Europe passed diesel sales for the first time in December.
Six-month trial of a four-day working week to be launched in the UK - Evening Standard
More than 30 companies will take part in a trial of a four-day working week to “herald in a bold new way of working in 2022”, researchers say.
Google buys Renzo Piano's Central Saint Giles for London office - Dezeen
Search engine Google has purchased the Renzo Piano-designed Central Saint Giles office development in central London for £730 million.
