UK petrol prices hit highest level in almost four years as bank holiday getaway looms
UK petrol prices have hit their highest level since 2022, piling more financial pressure on motorists before the bank holiday weekend.
Policy & regulation
Healey’s budget to duck setting a date for 3% defence spending target
Roadmap for increasing department’s share of GDP will be deferred until next year’s review
Asda returns to growth after more than two years
Chair Allan Leighton says lower prices and an improved online service are attracting more shoppers
The chefs turning down the heat by switching from gas to electric
As well as being quieter, cheaper to run and easier to clean, induction cookers can cut kitchen temperatures by up to 10C
Jumping beans: UK shoppers turn to legumes to save cash and improve diet
Sales of beans, lentils and soya bean derivatives on rise while Britons buy less real and fake meat
How Britain’s railways are struggling in the heat – and can they be fixed?
Problems including derailments have hit network during one of the hottest and driest summers on record
How the Iran war unfolded: every attack and oil price change – visualised
From the first US and Israeli strikes six months ago to the battle for Hormuz, this timeline plots how Trump’s war on Iran quickly became a regional conflict with global economic consequences
Venezuela weighs OPEC exit as U.S. ties deepen, Bloomberg reports
Venezuela is closely examining plans to leave OPEC, according to people familiar with the matter, delivering a fresh blow to the oil cartel it helped create more than six decades ago.
What could Meta’s US settlement mean around the world – and what now for other claims against firm?
Other governments could seek similar concessions, while separate legal action is pending in places ranging from Kenya to the Netherlands
Pentagon’s blacklisting of Anthropic was unlawful, US judge rules
Anthropic argued designation as ‘supply chain risk’ could cost the company billions of dollars in lost business and reputational harm
Democrats to investigate ‘miraculous’ rise of Trump Jr’s investment firm
Congressman Jamie Raskin asks president’s son to detail firm’s recent success after he joined 1789 Capital as partner
SEC: 38 Entities Feigned Legitimacy as U.S. Advisers Through False Filings to Lure Retail Investors
Washington, D.C.--(Newsfile Corp. - August 27, 2026) - The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged 38 entities alleging that they made material misrepresentations in Forms ADV filed with the Commission between …
Burnham announces crackdown on rogue bailiffs and ‘cowboy builders’
New rules are aimed at protecting people in debt in England and Wales and stopping homeowners being ripped off
Federal Reserve Board issues enforcement action with former employee of Banco Popular de Puerto Rico
The Federal Reserve Board on Thursday announced the execution of the following enforcement actions listed below:
Ex-Barclays boss denies having sex with a woman dressed as Snow White
The former Barclays boss Jes Staley has denied having sex with a woman dressed as Snow White, after being questioned about an infamous email exchange about Disney princesses with Jeffrey Epstein.
Fed’s Collins sees mixed inflation data, remains open to rate hikes
Boston Fed chief Susan Collins characterized the latest U.S. inflation figures as a mixed bag during an interview on Thursday at the central bank's annual Jackson Hole gathering in Wyoming. While the headline number exc…
Three UK airports hit by cyber-attack with data of 8.7m customers accessed
Manchester, London Stansted and East Midlands airports have been hit by a cyber-attack in which hackers accessed the data of about 8.7 million customers.
CEOs earn 614 times more than workers at US’s 100 lowest-paying corporations
The average CEO of the US’s 100 largest, lowest-paying corporations earned 614 times more than their average worker last year, according to an analysis by the Institute for Policy Studies (IPS).
Bots and bargains: Zara owner launches cut-price Lefties in UK to rival Primark
The owner of Zara is taking on Primark, Shein and the supermarkets with the launch of its cut-price chain Lefties in Britain, backed by an army of robots.
Firm fined for hounding elderly people with nuisance calls claiming to stop … nuisance calls
Elderly Aids Ltd, which sells call-blocking devices, made 758,053 cold calls between May 2024 and February 2025
Nvidia’s blockbuster earnings; Salesforce lifts outlook - what’s moving markets
Investors focused on corporate earnings that outperformed expectations, especially in AI-driven technology and financial sectors.
UK expects Meta to match US child safety measures after $18bn settlement
The UK government expects the Instagram owner Meta to roll out the same protections for children in Britain as those it agreed in the US on Wednesday , as part of a court settlement that could cost the company up to $18…
Meeting of 22-23 July 2026
Ms Schnabel started her presentation with the observation that since the Governing Council’s monetary policy meeting on 10-11 June 2026 financial markets had continued to be driven by the evolving conflict in the Middle…
UK’s small power plants face higher cyber risk into 2030s despite Iran-linked hack
Hundreds of Britain’s smallest power plants could remain at a higher risk to state-sponsored cyber-attacks until the 2030s despite a successful Iran-linked hack last month, it has emerged.