Plug-in solar panels are now legally on sale across UK shops for the first time, after the government confirmed 27 August 2026 as the launch date for the new regime.
The Shein Hong Kong IPO has opened to a bruising reception: shares fell to around HK$43.80 on debut, roughly 10% below the issue price of HK$48.56, implying a market value
Jetstar overhead locker fees, starting at $25 one-way and rising to $52 on longer routes, are just the opening move in what budget carrier chief executive Stephanie Tully has described
Ministers have all but ruled out fresh UK energy bills support before October, when the Ofgem-confirmed price cap will rise by 3.6% for a typical household paying by Direct Debit,
The Meta teen addiction settlement announced on Wednesday is, by the reckoning of several state attorneys general, the largest consumer protection deal struck in the United States since the Big
The Bill Gates human reserved concept, outlined in a 6,000-word essay published on Gates Notes on 26 August 2026, goes further than most observers had anticipated: Gates argues that society
The energy price cap rise confirmed by Cornwall Insight and Ofgem this morning lands households with an average annual bill of £1,723 from October, a 3.6% increase that the regulator
BBC News reports that Spectrum Building leaseholders are trapped in a legal and financial limbo two years after the fire that destroyed their Dagenham block on 26 August 2024, paying
Andy Burnham is weighing changes to Thames Water insolvency law that would reshape the special administration regime (SAR) and, if enacted, clear a path toward the public ownership he has
Why the move from a historical US$11.5 billion figure to US$160.8 billion as of June 2026 requires clearer definitions A larger number needs a different label Michael Gastauer is often
A Venetian island for sale with a Napoleonic fort at its centre has come to market with an asking price of €5.5 million, according to the Lionard Luxury Real Estate
Spot gold's surge past $4,700 an ounce has become the clearest signal yet that the gold inflation and bond market anxiety gripping investors is no longer a sideshow: it is
The Canada-US trade war escalated sharply on 22 August 2026 when Prime Minister Mark Carney personally recalled Canada's negotiators from Washington and walked away from talks that had appeared close
The Canada French language trade dispute has become the fault line that broke weeks of negotiations, and Mark Carney is making no apologies for it. Touring a Quebec shipyard on
Western European subscribers have faced the steepest streaming price rises western Europe has seen from Netflix, Disney+ and Amazon Prime Video, outpacing every other region in the world over the