Monday, 14 September 2026
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Thames Water is preparing the UK’s only desalination plant to restart operations later this year – but it will not be ready until the winter, long after the current drought is likely to have passed.
A train has derailed in Essex, less than 24 hours after two people were seriously injured in a similar incident in East Sussex.
Andy Burnham’s government has said it will look at cutting electric vehicle sales targets, in proposals that could add millions of tonnes a year to the UK’s carbon dioxide emissions.
BP has answered Donald Trump’s call for oil companies to help rebuild Venezuela’s fossil fuel industry with new plans to develop a large offshore gasfield.
Exclusive: Companies that kept policies did just as well financially, even after Trump’s executive order, as those that didn’t
Paul Taylor, former CEO of Blue Horizon Asset Management (BHAM) has been fined £489,000 and banned from working in financial services by the FCA.
Reform UK leader’s return to Clacton restarts inquiry into £5m gift from cyrpto-billionaire and support from fraudster
Spain grew at 0.7% in the second quarter of 2026 — three and a half times the rate of Germany, France, and Italy combined — and the gap has a structural explanation: Spain generates more than half its electricity from w…
Most owners would consider installing aircon as heatwaves lead buyers to focus on ability to stay cool, Rightmove says
WASHINGTON -- A bipartisan coalition in the US Senate is working to keep momentum behind a sweeping sanctions package targeting Russia and Iran, with lawmakers from both parties arguing that the legislation would send a…
In the sweltering kitchen of the Plimsoll pub in north London, the head chef, Joshua Swinney, has a frozen tea towel wrapped around his neck to combat the heat.
Preliminary findings show fan blade broke off shortly after takeoff on 10 July flight from Greece to Germany
Hit by heatwaves and low rainfall, food producers are finding novel solutions to help crops and cattle survive
Young people out of work or at risk of unemployment in the UK are to join “AI boot camps” where they harness the technology to get a foothold in the workplace.
The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged three Toms River, New Jersey residents for their roles in an affinity investment fraud that misappropriated approximately $47 million from more than 87 investors, who…
Companies in England and Wales get green light for extra spending that will add billions to bills
Tech billionaire’s $158.3bn deal an outlier in report showing widening gap of CEO to worker pay at top companies
State department says it has reached administrative settlement with company’s US arm to resolve breaches
WASHINGTON (AP) — The world's largest aircraft carrier, the USS Gerald R. Ford, broke the U.S. record Wednesday for the longest post-Vietnam War deployment, a nearly 10-month span that saw it take part in both the milit…
August 13, 2026, 3:58 AM EDT. The UAE has reportedly unlocked billions of dollars in previously frozen Iranian assets, including 1.5 tonnes of gold flown out on UAE Royal Jet aircraft. This move saw Bitcoin rebound by 1…
The owner of Sports Direct has bought Harvey Nichols out of administration after the upmarket department store chain warned it could run out of money if it did not find new funding.
According to the latest survey on the use of cash by companies in the euro area published today by the European Central Bank, cash acceptance has rebounded slightly.
An added boost from summer sun and sports fixtures for some businesses helped the UK economy to grow by 0.4% between April and June, according to official data.
Across Europe stock markets are mostly doing better than the FTSE 100 in London.