Barriers to trading goods between provinces could be costing the wider London area as much as $1.4 billion in lost production a year, a national economist says.

It did not end well for Karolina Shiino, the young woman who won the title of Miss Japan two weeks ago. She has just handed her crown back after a scandal-mongering magazine revealed she has been having an affair with a married man – Japanese beauty contests are notoriously prudish about their contestants – but there is an upside to the story. Read More