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The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have announced that they are to step down from their positions as senior royals and furthermore, they will be spending more time in North America.

Paula Nickolds is to step down from her role as managing director of the John Lewis Partnership, after the retailer issued a profit warning which cast the payment of annual staff bonuses into doubt.

Chief executive of International Airlines Group [IAG], Willie Walsh, has announced that he will step down from the board in March and retire on June 30 this year.

UNISON, the largest trade union in the United Kingdom and an affiliate of the Labour Party, has today endorsed shadow Brexit secretary Sir Keir Starmer (Holborn & St Pancras) to become the next leader of the party.

The shadow secretary of state for business, energy and industrial strategy Rebecca Long-Bailey (Salford & Eccles) has become the sixth candidate to enter the race for the leadership of the Labour Party.

The Basketball world is mourning the death of David Stern, the former commissioner of the US National Basketball Association [NBA], who passed away at the age of 77.

Outgoing Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has said that he will not openly endorse any of the candidates to succeed him as leader of the Labour party.

Never a figure without some controversy following him – very often but not always originating with Twitter – Elon Musk has once again defied personal and business critics alike as Tesla enters the new decade on a high.

The prime minister of Australia Scott Morrison has come under increasing criticism from politicians and members of the public alike as the country faces one of its most devastating bushfire seasons in recent history.

With the beginning of a new year and with the return of parliament next Tuesday, the race for the leadership of the Labour Party and thus leader of the opposition, has started in earnest. Many within and without the party have placed the blame for losing the general election squarely with Jeremy Corbyn and his allies on the left of the parliamentary party, and as a result, many MPs and members have been seeking out a standard bearer from the more moderate wing of the party.