Central Money

A further 452 staff will be made redundant as a result of the collapse of construction giant Carillion last month.

The banking giant becomes the first in the UK to block transactions after the digital currency's dramatic fall in value since December.

A rail operator has signed a £100 million deal for new trains.

Royal Bank of Scotland is to close 62 RBS branches and 197 NatWest outlets will by mid 2018.

Shoppers are set to spend more than £2.6 billion - an 8% increase on the £2.4 billion spent last year - on November 24.

Old notes will still be able to be spent ahead of the cut-off date, or exchanged at the Bank of England once the cut-off point has passed.

Five companies have been shortlisted for the £2.75billion contract to build trains for HS2.

Five companies shortlisted to build 225mph trains for HS2 will be revealed on Thursday.

The move will come as a blow to millions of mortgage borrowers on variable rate deals - but will provide some relief for savers.

The sculpture will live alongside the famous Knife Angel at the British Ironwork Centre in Shropshire.