Fake football shirts worth £5.5m seized in one of UK’s biggest counterfeiting raids
More than 158,000 items of fake kit seized featuring World Cup semi-finalists England, France and SpainMore than 158,...
‘If we die, we die together’: wife of Ryanair passenger almost sucked through window speaks
Svetlana Grković says she grabbed her husband’s legs while was ‘outside up to his chest’ for two minutesRyanair passe...
Oil price jumps as US-Iran clashes raise odds of interest rate rises
Stock markets fall as analysts price in two quarter-point UK rate rises by the end of the yearBusiness live – latest ...
Johnson government wasted ‘vast’ sums on PPE, Covid inquiry finds
Chair criticises use of ‘VIP lane’ to prioritise PPE contracts for companies with Tory connections in damning reportB...
EasyJet Holidays’ ‘spa’ resort was lacking an on-site spa or gym
We booked the £1,070-a-week retreat because of the facilities, but when we got there they were a round-trip awayLast ...
South East Water to pay £30.5m penalty after multiple failures
Ofwat investigated supplier over supply interruptions, customer failings and for breaching its licenceSouth East Wate...
UK’s alcohol-free beer boom threatened by regulations, trade body warns
BBPA wants content definition for beer to be considered alcohol free to be changed from 0.05% to 0.5%Pubs and brewers...
North Sea oil industry urges Burnham to approve new drilling in UK waters
Lobby appeals to prospective PM’s reindustrialisation agenda as it pushes for Rosebank and Jackdaw approvalThe UK’s N...
US refunds $81bn in Trump tariffs after supreme court ruled them illegal
Government had been forced to pay back duties to companies that imported goods into the US that were hit by Trump’s t...
World Cup and sunshine prompt UK consumers to splash out on beer and online shopping
Despite spending increase in June, Barclays says most people still pessimistic about economyRelentless sunshine and t...
Lancashire chemicals factory facing potential legal claim announces closure
More than 90 residents have expressed interest in contamination claim against AGC Chemicals EuropeA Pfas factory in L...
Airline pilot skywrites ‘I’m bored’ over north-west England
The pilot, who had taken up the Piper Tomahawk to test a replacement part, wrote the message at around 1,100 feetA mi...
JP Morgan boss pressed by US senator about bank’s contact with Jeffrey Epstein
Elizabeth Warren asked Jamie Dimon if he took advice from child sex offender while lobbying against UK tax on bankers...
Britons to use e-gates in Switzerland as Starmer seals £5.2bn trade deal
Roaming charges also scrapped and trading terms continue for medicines, cars, art, jewellery and other goodsBritish n...
VW chief confirms plan to cut 50,000 jobs as board rejects plant closures
Oliver Blume tells staff restructuring proposal includes ‘controversial decisions’ but he has broad supportBusiness l...
First the £10 pint, now the £6.50 flat white: coffee industry faces inflationary pressures
From harvests dampened by El Niño to wage and tax rises, getting coffee beans from crop to cup costs more than everDr...
Yorkshire Water paid us £6,800 by mistake – and said to ‘enjoy’ the money
Only when Guardian Money contacted the company did it discover the cash was wages owed to its staffIn May, our suppli...
Struggling pub landlords given a lifeline by England’s World Cup heroes
One manager expects takings to treble during England’s semi-final with Argentina on Wednesday; while national sales a...
Britons give classic round tomato the red card as coloured and vine varieties score
Premium cherry-on-the-vine are poised to take top spot in Britain’s £1bn-a-year tomato marketFor a long time the clas...
Britain’s cars and SUVs are growing bigger – but there is a way to stop this deadly ‘carspreading’ | Christian Wolmar
Larger vehicles crowd our roads and are far more dangerous to pedestrians. Let’s curb them before they do even more d...
Britain’s biggest community solar farm forced to shut over grid overload fears
Timing of Devon switchoff ‘could not be worse’, says board, as members face an estimated £2m in lost revenue Britain’...
Green MP Hannah Spencer to introduce bill on maximum workplace temperatures
Byelection winner says heatwaves are causing ‘absolute chaos’ and workers need protection from unsafe conditionsThe G...
France and UK to increase staffing at border controls in effort to avert travel chaos
Disruption at Channel crossings expected to rise amid new fingerprint and facial recognition checksFrance and the UK ...