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The pound has fallen below $1.25 after a trusted survey of service sector firms recorded its first slowdown in output growth for four months. The Markit/CIPS purchasing managers’ index (PMI) for January reported the biggest leap in input costs for more than five years was affecting activity, though business expectations remained strong despite the price pressures. The service sector accounts for more than 75% of UK gross domestic product (GDP) and has been the cog at the heart of the UK’s recovery since the financial crisis. he PMI study followed earlier readings of activity in the manufacturing and construction sectors,…

A French soldier has shot a man after he tried to enter the Louvre museum in Paris carrying a machete and two backpacks. Paris police chief Michel Cadot said the attacker shouted “Allahu akbar (God is greatest)” as he “launched” himself at the soldier in the Carrousel du Louvre area of the popular attraction. The soldier – part of a four-man patrol – fired five times, hitting the man in the legs and stomach and seriously injuring him. The assailant became violent when he was told he could not enter with his bags. Two machetes were found at the scene.…

A petition to stop US President Donald Trump’s UK state visit has gathered more than a million signatures. Numbers of signatories have been rising rapidly since a US clampdown on immigration came into effect over the weekend, causing anger worldwide. PM Theresa May announced the visit during her recent US trip. Downing Street has rejected calls for it to be cancelled as a “populist gesture”. Labour’s Jeremy Corbyn urged the PM to postpone the visit. The petition states: “Donald Trump should be allowed to enter the UK in his capacity as head of the US Government, but he should not…

Denmark’s Novo Nordisk is to invest £115m over 10 years in a new science research centre in Oxford. Eventually employing 100 academics and scientists, the facility will work on new ways of treating type 2 diabetes. The decision to invest in the UK was described by David Gauke, Chief Secretary to the Treasury, as “a vote of confidence in the UK’s position as a world-leader in science and research”. Novo Nordisk said it was attracted by Oxford’s history of “excellence”. Speaking exclusively to the BBC, Novo Nordisk’s executive vice-president and chief science officer Mads Thomsen said the UK’s decision to…

For months, Silicon Valley seemed to be heeding the advice of one of its most powerful figures, billionaire investor Peter Thiel, who said President Trump should be taken “seriously, but not literally”. But at the international arrivals gate at San Francisco airport at the weekend, things were getting very literal, very quickly. What the tech industry had feared might happen, was happening. The impact of President Trump’s immigration ban on tech companies has been immediate. And one by one, the major firms and personalities in this part of the world spoke out with a fervour some felt was long overdue.…

“A few minutes with the Holy Spirit can change your whole life forever.” -Rev Dr Chris Oyakhilome D.D (Three Kinds of Wisdom)

Liverpool striker Divock Origi insists his confidence has not been affected by his recent barren spell in front of goal. The Belgium international enjoyed the best spell of his career in late November and early December as he scored in five consecutive games. However, since netting against Sunderland, Leeds, Bournemouth, West Ham and Middlesbrough, he has gone nine games without a goal. He told Liverpool’s website: “As a striker you always want to score but the most important thing is to keep doing your thing, keep focused, keep playing your game. “If the qualities are there and the instinct is…

The government must enforce the law properly to ban sexist dress rules at work that discriminate against women, say MPs. The demand has come from two parliamentary committees, for Petitions and for Women and Equalities. Their report follows the experience of London receptionist Nicola Thorp, who was sent home from work last May for not wearing high heels. Her parliamentary petition on the issue gained more than 150,000 signatures. The joint report of the two committees, entitled High Heels and Workplace Dress Codes, found that the Equality Act 2010 should ban discriminatory dress rules at work, but in practice the…

Theresa May is to be challenged by MPs to reveal more about the Government’s Brexit plans after her Supreme Court defeat on Article 50. In what could be a testing Prime Minister’s Questions, she will be challenged on the legislation the Government has now been forced to introduce. She will also face potentially embarrassing questions from MPs on the Trident test cover-up row and her meeting with new US President Donald Trump later this week. But the Article 50 legislation will dominate PMQs and Parliamentary business for the next two months, because MPs are planning to table dozens of amendments.…

Donald Trump is set to launch his immigration crackdown with an order enabling construction of his Mexican border wall. The President is expected to sign several executive orders on Wednesday addressing one of his central campaign messages – that illegal immigration to the US is out of control and threatening the country’s security. As well as taking the first steps towards building what may eventually be a 2,000-mile barrier stretching across the southern US, Mr Trump is also expected to target so-called ‘sanctuary cities’, where local officials refuse to hand over illegal immigrants for deportation. He is expected to sign…