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Britain's Tesco invests in venture fund to spur food innovation

Housebuilder Vistry slashes profit forecasts as losses balloon

Firm unveils further cost-cutting plan including job losses blaming poor summer sales of private homes Business live – latest updates Vistry Group, one of Britain’s biggest housebuilders, has slashed its annual profit expectations after half-year losses ballooned as it grappled with a £600m pile of unsold homes. Adam Daniel, the new chief executive of the Bovis Homes and Countryside owner, insisted that “the issues can be fixed”, as he set out a detailed turnaround plan that involves pulling out of private sales in south-east England and slimming operations to turn Vistry into a more focused, 12,000-homes-a-year builder. Continue reading...

Sep 24, 2026 · byThe Guardian

Britain's largest banks make first interbank transactions using tokenised deposits

Britain's largest banks have completed what the industry describes as the first transactions anywhere using tokenised deposits to move money between one another, a milestone for a blockchain-based form of bank money that the Bank of England favours over privately issued stablecoins.

Sep 24, 2026 · byEuronews

A bumper year for bugs: as the world warms up, insects are moving northwards

Britain has seen an explosion of migrating insects – in some cases from as far as northern Africa It was a stifling evening in July and Matt Phelps was out for a stroll, when a piercing, whirring noise stopped him in his tracks. As an ecologist, Phelps knows his fauna – and he could think of no UK creature that could emit such a sound. “It was like the classic sound effect of a cricket in a film, a beeping sort of little trilling sound,” said Phelps, who works at Knepp Estate in West Sussex. He returned with entomologist Graeme Lyons to track it down. But the sound, though incredibly loud, “seemed to be all around us … it was very ventriloquial”. Continue reading...

Sep 24, 2026 · byThe Guardian

Barclays, Lloyds and NatWest complete tokenized deposit transactions

Britain’s largest banks have completed what UK Finance described as the world’s first interbank transactions using tokenized deposits, testing blockchain based commercial bank money across mortgage and person to person payments. According to UK Finance, Lloyds Banking Group, NatWest and…

Sep 24, 2026 · byCrypto.news

UK banks make interbank deals with tokenised deposits

Britain's biggest banks have completed the world's first transactions using tokenised deposits to move money between themselves, a boost for a blockchain-based version of commercial bank money that proponents say offers a safer alternative to stablecoins.

Billie Jean King Cup: Spain beat Kazakhstan 2-1, reach semifinals against Czechia

SHENZHEN, China : Spain advanced to the Billie Jean King Cup semifinals for the first time in 18 years by clinching a 2-1 win over Kazakhstan in the decisive doubles match while saving 18 break points Wednesday. Cristina Bucsa and Sara Sorribes Tormo allowed just two of the 20 break chances they faced in a 6-2, 7-5 win over Anna Danilina and Zhibek Kulambayeva. On Friday, Spain will face Czechia, formerly known as the Czech Republic, which brought Wimbledon champion Linda Noskova and Marie Bouzková to Shenzhen. The Czechs beat Britain 2-0 on Tuesday to stay on course for a 12th title in the competition previously called Fed Cup. The United States, which did not qualify for the finals, won a record 18 titles. Spain won it five times in the 1990s and last reached the final in 2008. Jessica Bouzas Maneiro gave Spain a lead Wednesday, beating Sonja Zhiyenbayeva 6-2, 6-2, then Kazakhstan leveled with Yulia Putintseva's 6-2, 3-6, 6-1 win over Bucsa. The other two quarterfinals matches are on Thursday: two-time defending champion Italy faces China; and Ukraine plays Belgium.

Greek PM: deal to return Parthenon marbles could still be reached with ‘political will and courage’

But Kyriakos Mitsotakis says he cannot accept any arrangement that recognises British Museum’s ownership of the sculptures Kyriakos Mitsotakis: Britain would not cut up the Bayeux tapestry. So seize this moment and reunite the Parthenon sculptures in Greece The Greek prime minister has said a deal can still be reached to return the Parthenon marbles with “political will” but his country will not accept a loan in the style of the Bayeux tapestry’s visit from France. Writing for the Guardian , Kyriakos Mitsotakis said Greece “cannot accept any arrangement that would require it to recognise the British Museum’s ownership of the sculptures , or a scheme that would mean we ‘borrow’ parts of our own monument”. Continue reading...

Sep 24, 2026 · byThe Guardian

TV tonight: inside the UK’s response to alleged Israeli war crimes in Gaza

Dispatches gains access to unpublished Whitehall documents. Plus: hippos, googly eyes and yelling at art – it can only be Taskmaster. Here’s what to watch this evening 11.05pm, Channel 4 With Donald Trump cheerleading for a far-right Israeli government, the horror in Gaza has represented an extreme moral and political hazard for successive UK governments since the Hamas attacks of October 2023. However, they’ve played a difficult hand pretty badly. This film gains access to internal Whitehall documents to offer an insight into Britain’s compromised response to alleged Israeli war crimes. Phil Harrison Continue reading...

Sep 24, 2026 · byThe Guardian

Inside France’s Push to Stop Migrant Boats to the U.K.

Thousands of migrants cross the sea between France and England each year, though numbers have fallen amid increased policing.

Sep 24, 2026 · byThe New York Times

Labour’s last chance? The people shaping Andy Burnham’s grand plans for Britain

The new prime minister has declared he wants to end 40 years of neoliberalism. But is he really prepared to be that radical? In May 2025, when Keir Starmer was still prime minister, Labour politicians, campaigners and journalists gathered at the Ministry of Sound in London to watch a series of panel talks and presentations illuminated by the lucid glow of club lights. The day-long event was organised by a campaign group called Compass, and the subjects included child poverty, the Murdoch-owned media and the rise of the radical right. “We felt as though the Labour government was failing, and needed to be pulled into the 21st century,” Neal Lawson, the founder of Compass, told me. The Starmer government’s support for the Conservatives’ two-child benefit cap, its equivocating stance on Gaza and its emulation of far-right rhetoric – crystallised in a speech on immigration, during which the prime minister suggested Britain risked becoming an “ island of strangers ” – were causing Labour supporters to rapidly desert their party. “The Starmer project was so obviously intellectually bankrupt. He was personally so disinterested in ideas and big thinking that I thought, this is never going to fly,” Lawson said. Continue reading...

Sep 24, 2026 · byThe Guardian

‘The eels were climbing out of the water to die’: why did every fish in this idyllic lake perish overnight?

Furnace Brook in East Sussex was home to carp, tench, bream, roach and trout – and 15 trailer-loads had to be buried. The mystery led to a neighbouring farm, and a story of waste, pollution and dirty rivers that reveals a lot about Britain today When Alistair and Diane Gould bought Furnace Brook in 2013, they had big plans. It was an idyllic spot: a stream-fed fishing lake nestled in a secluded valley in the High Weald, East Sussex, surrounded by woodland and fields. “People loved to come fishing here because it’s so beautiful,” says Diane. “Some of them had been coming for so many years that they got to know the individual fish.” Diane moved here from Kent in 2000, when Furnace Brook was owned by a distant relative. Her two younger sons, then 10 and 14, flourished. They would chat to the anglers about the fish they were catching and throwing back in, and sell them bacon sandwiches. Her elder son, Simon, moved from London to join them in 2006 and became a keen angler himself, and then the fishing manager, or bailiff, looking after the fish and the landscape around the lake. Continue reading...

Sep 24, 2026 · byThe Guardian

Why AI won't fix Britain's supply chains

Businesses hoping AI will solve their supply chain problems risk wasting their investment unless they first fix weaknesses in their data, skills and management, according to new research published in the Benchmarking: An International Journal.

Sep 24, 2026 · byPhys.org

Britain's Banks Pick Tokenized Deposits Over Stablecoins. Here's Why the BoE Is Cheering

UK banks complete first interbank transfer of tokenised deposits as the Bank of England favors bank tokens over stablecoins. The post Britain's Banks Pick Tokenized Deposits Over Stablecoins. Here's Why the BoE Is Cheering appeared first on BeInCrypto .

Sep 24, 2026 · byBeInCrypto

Meghan Markle's Friend Gives Peek at Her & Prince Harry's Life in U.K.

Life in the United Kingdom certainly suits Meghan Markle. Nearly a month after the Duchess of Sussex moved to England with husband Prince Harry and their kids Archie, 7, and Lilibet, 5, her close...

Sep 24, 2026 · byE! Online

Tony Blair says Britain should work towards rejoining EU in next 10 years

Andy Burnham under pressure to revisit Brexit as poll suggests pledge to rejoin could boost Labour’s electoral chances Britain should work towards rejoining the EU in the next decade, Tony Blair has said, adding to growing pressure on Andy Burnham to abandon Labour’s reluctance to revisit the 2016 referendum. The former prime minister has urged Burnham to use his 10-year plan in November to put the country’s membership of the union back on the table, a decade after it voted to leave. Continue reading...

Sep 23, 2026 · byThe Guardian

Blair presses Burnham to back return to a reformed EU

The former British prime minister says Brussels must be on a "credible path to reform" if the U.K. is to rejoin the bloc.

Sep 23, 2026 · byPOLITICO Europe

Banking patterns could help identify people experiencing financial abuse, UK study finds

Telltale signs of financial abuse, such as depleted savings, increasing debts and declining credit scores, can be identified in bank records, according to an analysis of U.K. banking data published in Nature. The findings reveal up to 373 indicators of financial behavior that could help pinpoint customers who may be experiencing economic abuse.

Sep 23, 2026 · byPhys.org

Britain's Bank Lobby Kicks Out Coinbase: Are Lenders Shutting Crypto Out?

UK Finance ends Coinbase's membership as British banks and crypto firms clash over payments. Coinbase can appeal. The post Britain's Bank Lobby Kicks Out Coinbase: Are Lenders Shutting Crypto Out? appeared first on BeInCrypto .

Sep 23, 2026 · byBeInCrypto

International Emmy Nominations: United Kingdom Leads This Year’s Tally; Canada’s ‘Heated Rivalry’ Doesn’t Make the Cut

The United Kingdom led all territories in nominations at this year’s International Emmys, landing 14 nods total — including Disney+’s “A Thousand Blows” in drama and Netflix’s “Man vs. Baby” in comedy. Brazil followed, with nine nominations, then Spain with five. Meanwhile, not making the cut was Bell Media/Crave’s “Heated Rivalry,” although a Bell Media […]

Sep 23, 2026 · byVariety

Milei threatens at UN that Argentina will take ‘matters into our own hands’ on Falklands

Argentinian president accuses United Nations of being filled with ‘parasites’ in bellicose general assembly speech Javier Milei has condemned the UN as he warned that Argentina would take “matters into our own hands” in its dispute with Britain over the sovereignty of the Falkland Islands. In a caustic speech at the general assembly in New York, the Argentinian president criticised the UN for being ineffective when it came to the long-running tensions over the British overseas territory in the south Atlantic known in Argentina as the Malvinas. Continue reading...

Sep 23, 2026 · byThe Guardian

EU warns UK not to put itself in a corner on Brexit reset

European officials warn the U.K. would be playing a high-risk game if it delays an upcoming summit over Brussels’ protectionist push.

Sep 23, 2026 · byPOLITICO Europe

Report calls for government to introduce a charge on disposable cups

Around 2.5 billion single-use cups are used in the U.K. every year, yet fewer than 1% are recycled. They contribute to litter, contaminate recycling streams and increase waste management and street cleaning costs for local authorities and taxpayers.

Sep 23, 2026 · byPhys.org

Security and fees hold back deeper crypto use among wealthy investors: Nexo report

Nearly 67% of affluent investors across the United States, United Kingdom and Argentina have owned crypto, but only 4.7% have integrated digital assets deeply into long term financial planning, according to new research from Nexo. According to Nexo’s “The Future…

Sep 23, 2026 · byCrypto.news