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Volunteers have been given the first doses of a new drug being trialled to help prevent and treat COVID-19, pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca has said.

Furniture retailer DFS has reported better than expected trading as consumers spend more on their homes - but cautioned on "significant uncertainty" ahead.

Teleconferencing software Zoom has confirmed a partial outage impacting video meeting and webinars on Monday.

Large UK businesses could be banned from using products grown on land that was deforested illegally under a new law being proposed by the government.

KFC will suspend its Finger Lickin' Good slogan after 64 years because it "doesn't quite fit" with coronavirus hygiene messaging.

Three executives at mining giant Rio Tinto are to miss out on millions of pounds worth of bonuses after it destroyed two sacred indigenous sites in Australia.

London Zoo is close to securing a £20m lifeline from one of Britain's biggest banks after seeing its income decimated by the site's first enforced closure since the Second World War.

Tens of thousands of jobs in the travel sector have been lost since the start of the pandemic and more will go without government support, an industry body has said.

Tesco says it is creating 16,000 new permanent jobs in the UK as it sees "exceptional growth" in its online business.

Shares in BT have jumped after Sky News revealed that the telecoms giant's board was preparing to defend it against a potential £15bn takeover bid.