Festive shoppers face less choice on everything from smart toothbrushes to TVs because of a shortage of microchips and the disrupted shipping network.

Technology giant Philips warns the ‘chips and ships’

Tesco opens its first till-free shop where customers can fill their bag with groceries and leave without needing to queue at a checkout

• Tesco is launching its first checkout-free store today, where

A coroner has accused the NHS of duping the public by referring to unqualified call handlers as ‘health advisers’ after blaming them for the death of a teenager.

Hannah Royle’s father

Bolognese is off the menu at Pizza Express as restaurant chain is hit by problems affecting food supply chain from Italy

• Shortage of ingredients appears to be linked to problems with imports