U.S. applications for jobless benefits rose by 11,000 to 219,000 for the week ending February 1, the Labor Department said Thursday. Analysts were projecting only 213,000 new applications. Weekly ...
Outbreaks of bird flu have been confirmed at poultry farms in East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire. Defra said all birds at premises near Pocklington, Alford and Skegness would be culled as a result.