A third of GPs are in favour of making people pay if they make unnecessary visits to hard-pressed accident and emergency departments.
Next expects to make an annual profit of as much as £700m on the back of the festive season.
First class rail travel could be scrapped on busy commuter routes under plans that would see train companies being paid to provide extra standard class seats.
Facebook is facing a class action lawsuit over allegations that it monitors users’ private messages.
House of Fraser has reported its best Christmas while John Lewis also credited stronger online business for an increase in festive sales.
The chief financial officer at Debenhams has quit the retailer, just 48 hours after it issued a post-Christmas profits warning.
Online music streaming in the UK has doubled in the last year, according to new figures.
Londoners have been treated to the world’s first “multi-sensory” fireworks display as people around the world welcomed in the New Year.
Police in Colorado have increased patrols around marijuana retailers as the state allows the first sales for recreational use in the US.
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