Boss of £300m used-car firm was ousted after ‘orchestrated plan’ by investors, judge rulesMultimillionaire Peter Waddell is also found to have been properly dismissed from Big Motoring World for gross misconductWire*·July 31, 2026
Tell us: have you installed renewable energy sources in your home? We would like to hear from people who have recently installed renewable energy sources in their home, or considered doing soWire*·July 31, 2026
FTSE 100 on track for best month since first US attacks on Iran five months ago – as it happenedLive, rolling coverage as London’s biggest companies defy Middle East disruption and UK petrol prices rise to around £1.60 per litre, the highest since Donald Trump ordered renewed strikesWire*·July 31, 2026
AI labels to be compulsory on authentic-looking content under EU rulesCompanies must ensure people know when they are interacting with artificially generated images, audio and text designed to look realWire*·July 31, 2026
‘It’s too fast, too big’: speed of climate crisis is devastating crops, say farmersDrought and extreme heat are killing plants, driving up prices while also making some farms economically unviableWire*·July 31, 2026
Sainsbury’s to sell Argos to three retail veterans in £120m dealTrio set up Swift Partners for the acquisition, allowing supermarket to focus on core food businessWire*·July 31, 2026
New solar panels in Great Britain at 15-year high as fossil fuel costs soarBoom in solar farms and home installations in first half of 2026 began shortly after start of US-Israel war against IranWire*·July 31, 2026
Weather tracker: Wisconsin hit by rare tornado and meteotsunamiUnusual atmospheric phenomenon causes widespread damage in US state, while heat continues to grip EuropeWire*·July 31, 2026
UK house prices up just 0.1% in July as buyers remain cautious on interest ratesPrice of average home now £277,542, up from £277,484 the previous month but lower than in May, says NationwideWire*·July 31, 2026
‘We can’t make it better again’: what Europe’s wildfires tell us about the climate crisisIn this week’s newsletter: As France and Spain battle huge fires in this summer of relentless heat, will it be enough to spur us to take action? Wire*·July 31, 2026
HSBC to close all branches and pull out of Australian retail banking marketLondon-based company to sell local loan portfolio to Blackstone but will continue private and institutional banking servicesWire*·July 31, 2026
‘It’s all right for them’: private schools and golf courses stay green despite England’s hosepipe bansAs parks turn brown and paddling pools go unfilled, exemptions mean sports pitches can stay lush – even in school holidaysWire*·July 31, 2026
Country diary: Rumours of glowworms set me off on a twilight stroll <strong>Wellington, Somerset:</strong> Desiccated leaves crunch underfoot and ponds have shrunk to muddy pools. Will I catch a glimpse of bioluminescence?Wire*·July 31, 2026
Soy sauce refills and reused jars: can Philippines’ tingi culture hold back deluge of plastic waste?A zero-waste shop set up by a district council provides plastic-free products at affordable prices in a country that gets through 164m sachets a dayWire*·July 31, 2026
Apple and Amazon report rising revenues as investors turn on some tech stocksBoth tech companies beat Wall Street predictions on revenue in their second quartersWire*·July 30, 2026
The outlook gets better and better at Rolls-RoyceWith fingers in various highly lucrative pies, maybe the firm becoming LSE’s most valuable isn’t as fanciful as it seemsWire*·July 30, 2026
Burnham promises ‘pragmatic’ approach to North Sea oil and gasPM tells reporters the government cannot ignore the energy resource ‘when people are struggling’Wire*·July 30, 2026
The cost and burden of avoiding ‘forever chemicals’ should not fall on parentsLetter: <strong>Kendal Archer </strong>says it is the government’s responsibility to legislate and big agriculture’s responsibility not to cover our food in chemicalsWire*·July 30, 2026
When dating fossils, it helps to be preciseBrief letters: Age-old problem | Soap as shampoo | Talking taxes | Rating Marmite | Washing-up waterWire*·July 30, 2026
Bank of England holds interest rates at 3.75% as inflation fears mountSplit vote comes as Iran war is rekindled and oil price climbs close to $90 a barrelWire*·July 30, 2026
Profits boost for UK defence firms as governments increase spendingShares in Rolls-Royce jump by 5% after it lifts earnings guidance, while BAE Systems also upgrades profit forecastsWire*·July 30, 2026
Bank of England holds interest rates despite Iran war inflation threat - as it happenedLive, rolling coverage of business, economics and financial markets as three members of monetary policy committee vote to raise ratesWire*·July 30, 2026
Raids across UK in crackdown on nuisance car finance textsLaptops, phones and documents seized as information commissioner acts on messages about mis-selling scandalWire*·July 30, 2026
US economy grows sluggish 1.5% in second quarter as inflation tops Fed targetConsumer spending remained resilient even as policymakers kept interest rates on holdWire*·July 30, 2026
Fifteen elephant deaths in Kenya may be due to cyanide poisoningAnalysis of samples collected from carcasses found traces of toxic chemical compound, says Kenya Wildlife ServiceWire*·July 30, 2026
