‘Slow steaming’ options for imports gain popularity as coronavirus lockdowns sap demand

Industry forecast to suffer $25bn hit this year as coronavirus changes working life

Appointment comes as tension rises over government decision to restrict 5G rollout

Subsidies and freebies to retain cash-strapped users add to sector’s financial burden

Postponement comes as Swedish group wins 5G core contract after Chinese rival blocked on security concerns 

Spate of arson attacks on telecoms masts fuelled by disinformation over pandemic’s origins

Operators grapple with fierce competition in their battle to boost profits

US telecoms group tries on virtual meeting service for size as demand soars during lockdowns 

Chief of French state-backed company said decision was made with ‘heavy heart’

Chinese telecoms group reports 1.4% rise in first-quarter sales to $25.7bn

Social media giant eyes new audience in India but deal may not leave it with much to take home

Mobile operator’s move could potentially delay sale already affected by coronavirus upheaval

Combining Virgin Media and O2 would reshape British telecoms market

Cable company added Three as a new customer for so-called ‘backhaul’ network

Liberty Global’s buccaneering owner sets his sights on Telefonica’s O2

Deal’s architects say it will improve connectivity, choice and value, but consumers have heard that before

US car rental group backed by billionaire Carl Icahn extends crucial payment deadline

After lockdown, start-ups will need to work with city authorities to keep cars off the roads

Municipal authorities encourage cycling amid fears networks cannot cope with social distancing

Group’s losses hit almost $3bn as consumers travel less but order more food delivery

From greenhouses to screenhouses, these properties will make your green fingers twitch

How discarded laughing-gas cylinders were used to create glitter from litter

The flower is a motif found in writers from Eliot to Proust to Turgenev

From an 18th-century farmhouse in the US to a traditional Deià-style home in Mallorca

Running downstairs is b-o-r-i-n-g when you can slide or use a fireman’s pole instead

Style options distilled from a confluence of African, Arab and Mediterranean cultures

There’s more to the Swedish interiors giant than Billy bookcases

Nooks for books can be created anywhere in the home

Despite good musicianship from both principals, their songs make little impression

Warmly burnished and gently cryptic, this is easy listening at its most enjoyable

New album channels protest music and social comment through Delta blues mythology and psych-rock

Eric Clapton’s collaborator Duane Allman helped transform the song into a bravura rock showpiece

Subscriber numbers surge to 130m as listeners turn to tunes in a crisis

Brian Christinzio’s vocals have the singsong flow of Brian Wilson

An alt-rock concept album whose concept is never clearly defined

The American singer’s album is sexually frank, with harmonies reminiscent of Mariah Carey

A reissue of the group’s 1981 debut recalls a fecund period in Accra’s musical history

The opera singer gets to the heart of the music in tender performances

Singers down the years have been drawn to a mysterious track written by a man who turned his back on music

The annual parade of work by living composers went online, performed from living rooms

Artists such as Travis Scott and Charli XCX are appearing in digital form, watched by audiences of avatars

The British composer interprets the Czech’s piano works with an unsentimental, sharply focused immediacy

Jazz, folk and classical influences merge as the pianist revisits traditional music collected by the Hungarian composer

Analysis shows Bame groups exposed to greater socio-economic and work risks

Leaked Whitehall plan reveals concerns 3 years ago over extra support for sector

Downing Street says any changes will be ‘very limited’ to avoid second peak of infections

Less pollution and fine weather create ideal conditions for studying constellations

UK government in talks with China Railway Construction Corporation

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

Alstom will have its work cut out to get the Canadian group’s margins back on track, but greater scale would help it compete with industry leader CRRC