Indigenous protests over gas project are snarling rail traffic and hurting businesses

Tory manifesto pledge aimed at ‘levelling up’ the regions of Britain faces uphill struggle

The ability of local authorities to plan their own networks will be key to success

First time in five years that rail groups have not paid into state coffers

Termination of Northern contract signals wider problems with privatised system

Naturalist and broadcaster says £106bn rail scheme will destroy 700 wildlife sites

The ripples from slowing Chinese production are felt down the supply chain

UK transport company has come under pressure from US activist to sell school bus and transit divisions

Move comes after Moody’s predicts £400m blow to transport network’s income

Operators warn they will struggle to meet franchise agreements as passenger numbers plunge

Awarding of franchises allows skeleton services to continue on Southeastern and Great Western lines

London Underground and other locally run services were excluded from previous coronavirus aid packages

Transport group also expects its Greyhound bus service to receive US financial support

Support for five networks around England follows coronavirus rescue packages for bus and train sectors

Bakery chain’s proposed trial of 20 shops thwarted by social media response

Tourism in east Africa’s renowned wildlife reserves has collapsed amid the global shutdown

Three quarters of leisure operators say margins too thin to support fewer customers, according to survey

The new chair of the association that runs men’s tennis wants to share out wealth more evenly

Airline’s shareholders support plan to gain state-backed loan guarantees in move to avoid bankruptcy

Taipei says foreign visitors will be allowed to enter once a vaccine is discovered

In China, a shrinking bottom line has intensified the already tense affair of splitting profits

There are 30 brain teasers, including which restaurant’s menu featured the Egg Bender?

Bizarre lyrics, atonal melodies and a ‘koala synth’; Nic Fildes enters the world of algorithm-inspired Europop

Companies must balance costs of staying shut against concerns for staff safety

Social distancing forcing GPs and patients to conduct their consultations online

Pandemic has added to pressure on companies already facing tough financial conditions

Scandal at former FTSE 100 company has damaged reputations of London and the UAE

Boris Johnson’s government was focused on Budget and Brexit — until disease took a grip

Plant-based alternative sales jump 200 per cent in US amid slaughterhouse closures

No pasta machine? No problem. Tim Hayward shows Daniel Garrahan how to make it by hand - just like nonna

Concern in Beijing that accounting scandal could damage other overseas listings

Tyson chairman flags shortages as slaughterhouses and processing plants are forced to shut

Sales rise but company warns revenues will decline as bar and restaurant closures hit beverages

Coffee chain lays down plans for 90% of its domestic market cafés to be open by early June

Fears of food shortages as coronavirus forces facilities to shut and US cases top 1m

Lockdowns and restrictions set to halt Italian coffee maker’s 17-year growth trajectory

Kellogg and Kraft Heinz see chance to win back customers who had shifted to healthier brands

Food and farm industry desperate to shift mountain of produce as pandemic decimates demand

Tim Hayward shows Daniel Garrahan how to grow and feed a sourdough starter before turning it into a home-baked pizza

Steve Easterbrook lost his job after relationship with colleague but kept stock options

Largest US meat company forecasts further upheaval in months ahead

Beyond Meat and Impossible Foods spy retail opportunities as meat industry struggles with virus

Donald Trump wants to reopen meatpacking plants amid fears of food shortages but unions warn of ‘sacrificial workers’

Patrick Jenkins and guests discuss Lloyds Bank and its offshore banking problems, the latest on the regulatory tests facing Facebook's Libra initiative, and how banks have fared in this year's US Fed stress tests.

Contributors: Patrick Jenkins, financial editor, Nick Megaw, retail banking correspondent, Hannah Murphy, technology correspondent, and Kiran Stacey, US regulatory correspondent. Producer: Fiona Symon

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Patrick Jenkins and guests discuss what Citigroup's results tell us about the US bank earnings season, Standard Chartered chief Bill Winters' defiant response to investor criticism of his pay packet, and how banks are tackling the problem of money laundering, With special guest Brandon Daniels of Exiger 

Contributors: Patrick Jenkins, financial editor, Robert Armstrong, US banking editor, David Crow, banking editor, and Caroline Binham, financial regulation correspondent. Producer: Fiona Symon

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Patrick Jenkins and guests discuss a surprise candidate to succeed Ross McEwan as head of Royal Bank of Scotland, Goldman Sachs's nascent Marcus brand and Igor Kolomoisky's bid to reverse the nationalisation of Ukraine's PrivatBank. With special guest Harit Talwar of Goldman Sachs.

Contributors: Patrick Jenkins, financial editor, David Crow, banking editor, and Max Seddon, Moscow correspondent. Producer: Fiona Symon

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Patrick Jenkins and guests discuss the huge cost of the UK's PPI mis-selling scandal, the latest personnel changes at Goldman Sachs and growing unease about the role of Eurofi in shaping Europe's financial sector policy. With special guest Dominic Lindley, director of policy at the New City Agenda.

Contributors: Patrick Jenkins, financial editor, Nicholas Megaw, retail banking correspondent, Laura Noonan, US banking editor and Jim Brunsden, EU correspondent. Producer: Fiona Symon

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David Crow and guests discuss the scandal that has engulfed Credit Suisse, including the apparent suicide of a security consultant involved in a corporate espionage operation for the bank, US bank Wells Fargo's new chief executive, and the merits of the European Central Bank's interest rate policy. With special guest Jean Pierre Mustier, president of the European Banking Federation and chief executive of Italian bank UniCredit.

Contributors: David Crow, Banking editor, Sam Jones, correspondent in Zurich, Laura Noonan, US banking editor, and Patrick Jenkins, financial editor. Producer: Fiona Symon

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Patrick Jenkins and guests discuss HSBC's cost-cutting drive, what to expect from next week's US bank results, and the departure of Vernon Hill from Metro Bank. With special guest Jordi Gual, chairman of Spain's CaixaBank

Contributors: Patrick Jenkins, financial editor, David Crow, banking editor, Laura Noonan, US banking editor, and Nicholas Megaw, retail banking correspondent. Producer: Fiona Symon

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Patrick Jenkins and guests discuss the latest restructuring plans at HSBC and UBS, and the embarrassing mishandling of wills at Lloyds Bank. With special guest Eric Moore, fund manager at the UK's Miton Income Fund.

Contributors: Patrick Jenkins, financial editor, David Crow, banking editor, Stephen Morris, European banking correspondent, and Nicholas Megaw, retail banking correspondent.

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