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5 Things You Need To Know, Today, on Wednesday 8th March 2023
5. Twitter chief executive Elon Musk has apologised over an exchange he had on the platform with an employee.
It came after worker Halli Thorleifsson tweeted to Musk saying: "Your head of HR is not able to confirm if I am employed or not".
4. The head of the manufacturing sector's lobby group has demanded a "reset" in the UK's relationship with the European Union, claiming international suppliers have increasingly turned their backs on the country.
Stephen Phipson, chief executive of Make UK, told the organisation's annual conference that political turmoil in the UK had exacerbated supply chain strains caused by Brexit and the COVID pandemic.
3. The UK is set to ratify a controversial free-trade agreement with Australia as soon as this month, the country's High Commissioner to Australia has said.
Signed in 2021, the deal has been criticized by some UK officials for being "one-sided", including Prime Minister Rishi Sunak when on the campaign trail for the top job last year.
2. Two old coal-fired power plants have begun generating again as the UK experienced its coldest night of the year so far.
The plants had been put on standby in case of shortfalls, but started feeding power into the grid yesterday afternoon.
1. The RMT union has called off planned strike action at Network Rail on 16 March, after receiving a new pay offer.
The surprise development will raise hopes of a breakthrough in the long-running dispute between rail workers and the rail industry, which had appeared deadlocked.