5 Things You Need To Know, Today, on Wednesday 11th May 2022
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5 Things You Need To Know, Today, on Wednesday 11th May 2022
5. Elon Musk says if his bid to buy Twitter is successful he will reverse Donald Trump's ban from the platform.
The richest man in the world agreed a $44bn (£34.5bn) takeover bid with the Twitter board last month.
4. Toyota says it will suspend operations at more production lines at its factories in Japan this month due to the coronavirus lockdown in Shanghai.
The firm says the production halt will come into effect on Monday and stay in place until of end of next week.
3. Apple has announced it is discontinuing its music player, the iPod Touch, bringing to an end a device widely praised for revolutionising how people listen to music.
When the first iPod was launched in 2001, it could store 1,000 tracks.
2. An advertising campaign for Tesco Mobile which used the names of foods as substitutes for expletives has been banned.
The newspaper ads, Twitter posts and outdoor posters used words like "shiitake" and "pistachio" instead of swear words.
1. An estimated 1.5 million households across the UK will struggle to pay food and energy bills over the next year, as rising prices and higher taxes squeeze budgets.
The National Institute of Economic and Social Research (NIESR) predicted the UK will fall into recession this year & called on Chancellor Rishi Sunak to do more to stop people sliding into debt and destitution.
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