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  • El Nino heatwaves to ‘fuel inflation next year’

    Economics

    The ‘Super El Nino’ triggering record temperatures across Europe could add a full percentage point to inflation next year, hampering central bank efforts to slow down price rises, a top investment bank has warned. According to an analysis by Jefferies, harsh weather unleashed by the meteorological phenomenon will pose “an inflationary threat” next year and […]

    Firefighter in helmet and uniform watching a blazing forest fire at night, red glow in the sky

  • As it happened: Stocks rise despite new tensions in Strait of Hormuz; Oil price climbs

    FTSE 100 Live
    Bustling shipping activity in the Strait of Hormuz with tankers and cargo ships navigating Iranian waters.

  • Government urged to refuse £1bn British Steel repayment to Chinese former owner 

    Politics
    Labour's Jonathan Reynolds unveiled the industrial strategy in June.

  • No 10 backs ‘vertical drinking’ in Soho pubs

    Hospitality
    Pub-goers 'vertical drinking'.

  • PwC’s Embankment HQ to get major makeover ahead of Canary Wharf move

    Property
    Architectural rendering of a modern building with a curved roof, balconies, and a landscaped terrace with city skyline views.

  • Apollo snaps up Easyjet after Castlelake walks away

    Aviation
    EasyJet airplane at airport terminal with passengers boarding, representing airline industry and travel news updates

  • Family feud: London estate agent Winkworth sues chair over plot with wife to oust son from board

    Property
    Winkworth estate agent For Sale sign in front of a brick building, indicating property prices and availability.

  • Mexico breaks ranks and dents Uefa-led bid to oust embattled Fifa kingpin Infantino

    Sport Business
    Gianni Infantino, FIFA President, smiling as golden confetti falls around him

  • Citi chief’s cowed Trump comments reveal corporate America’s tightrope

    Banking
    Jane Fraser, Citi CEO, speaking at a podium with a microphone, wearing glasses and a purple top.

  • Competition watchdog clears Paramount Warner Bros acquisition

    Media
    Paramount, Netflix, Warner logos; media giants intensifying streaming competition and strategic industry shifts

  • UK debt ‘hits £3 trillion’ milestone

    Economics
    Houses of Parliament in Westminster showcasing historic architecture under a clear sky, central to UK government and politics

  • Row erupts over Tory plan to stop Soho pub goers standing up 

    Hospitality
    Bustling Soho street scene with vibrant storefronts, diverse pedestrians, and iconic London architecture under clear skies

  • TfL greenlights Wayve’s autonomous vehicles in the City

    Tech
    Wayve autonomous vehicle navigating a busy London street with iconic cityscape in the background

  • ‘Hard work ahead’: Diageo shares soar as Drastic Dave’s cost savings lift investor spirits

    Markets
    Diageo is expected to reveal a drop in profits for the past year

  • Mark Kleinman: English football’s New Deal heads into injury time

    Business
    Mark Kleinman is Sky News' City Editor and writes a column for Morning Wire

  • Serco chief hits back at New Statesman’s outsourcing jibes

    Politics
    New Statesman magazine cover, How Britain Lost Control, with a crowned lion held by a hand, over a city skyline.

  • WPP slashes jobs as revenue continues to fall

    Media
    WPP has had a difficult start to the year.

Editor's Picks

  • AI firms targeting London’s rare book shops in ‘dystopian’ hunt for training data

    AI
    Bloomsbury has reported results ahead of consensus expectations

  • Peak chicken? Domino’s hatches plan to swoop into fried chicken market

    Retail
    Dominos Chick N Dip box with crispy chicken strips, red hot sauce, ranch dip, and a cheesy pizza.

  • UK’s AI watchdog flags new OpenAI and Anthropic cyber alarms

    AI
    Smartphone displaying the Claude by Anthropic AI assistant app, showing the app icon and interface.

Opinion

  • The BBC shouldn’t push Londoners to accept antisocial phone behaviour 

    Opinion

    Life is already hard enough. The public don’t need commentators telling them that playing music out loud on public transport is a kind of performance art, writes Matt Kenyon A few years back, I was sitting on a Chiltern Rail train opposite a woman who didn’t realise her headphones weren’t properly plugged in, as her […]

    Passengers inside a graffiti-covered London Underground train car, some looking at phones, others observing the interior.

  • Britain’s problem isn’t too much Thatcherism, but too little

    Opinion
    Margaret Thatcher smiling outside 10 Downing Street during her tenure as UKs longest-serving Prime Minister in the 20th ce...

  • Policing alone won’t solve London’s shoplifting epidemic

    Opinion

  • Hiscox finance chief: London’s AI adoption is too slow

    Opinion

  • Andy Burnham is on course to rack up the second highest debt interest bill on record

    Opinion

  • Think your tax affairs are settled? Think again.

    Opinion

  • Is it ever ok to wear shorts to the office?

    Opinion

  • In Jason Arday, Cambridge is discovering the dangers of DEI

    Opinion

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  • What’s on in London August

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  • Commonwealth Gold Medallists Return to the Court That Helped Inspire London

    Partner
    Team England athletes and dignitaries celebrate the Kings Baton Relay for Glasgow 2026 at a London sports festival.

  • The GCC’s AI strategy: Inside the region’s $150bn race

    Partner
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  • Why AI governance can’t wait: Seven steps every security leader should follow today

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  • Who’s buying your business? Don’t wait until you’ve built it to decide – here’s why

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  • 5 Reasons to support City Giving Day 2026

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Sport

  • Champions Cup rugby team hacked in ransom attack with player data at risk

    Sport Business

    Champions Cup rugby club Stade Francais has said it is the victim of a cyber attack, with reports stating players’ identity documents are being held to ransom. Cybercriminals have reportedly threatened to release documents relating to players, having already unveiled a number of identifiable documents belonging to 18 players. “Immediate containment, investigation and recovery measures […]

    Rugby player in a pink uniform running with the ball, pursued by an opponent in a black jersey.

  • Norwegian FA chief Klaveness cools Fifa election talk and takes swipe at Blatter

    Sport Business
    A smiling woman and a man in a suit holding a red, white, and blue soccer jersey with the Norway emblem.

  • Mexico breaks ranks and dents Uefa-led bid to oust embattled Fifa kingpin Infantino

    Sport Business

  • BBC to broadcast Alexis Ohanian co-founded all-female athletics series Athlos

    Sport Business

  • Sorry Hearn, Northampton Saints idiots if they pay Pollock £1m

    Sport Business

  • How sevens and Olympics can be commercial rugby lifeline

    Sport Business

  • Liverpool owners tipped to sell – but not to Amazon boss Bezos – by former CEO

    Sport Business

  • Fifa crisis: Is it possible to defend Infantino’s World Cup sell-off plan?

    Sport Business

Life&Style

  • A tribute to wine legend Matthew Jukes by his friend Libby Brodie

    Life&Style
    Libby Brodie and Matthew Jukes raising a toast at a celebratory event, smiling and holding a glass, conveying joy and success

  • Cats musical review, Regent’s Park: Purrrfectly exquisite nonsense

    Life&Style
    Grizabella in a shaggy white costume with cat ears, performing Memory from Cats musical at Regents Park Open Air Theatre

  • Rolls-Royce Spectre Series II review: Driving a Rolls on a racetrack – yes, really…

    Life&Style
    Light blue Rolls-Royce Spectre electric coupe driving fast on a race track under a cloudy sky.

  • Russian propaganda website hit with record ‘pink slime’ payout at High Court

    Life&Style

  • What’s on in London August

    Sponsored

  • The forgotten masterpiece that helped shape the modern English language

    Life&Style

  • How padel courts became a must-have for upscale hotels and members’ clubs

    Sport Business

  • Dante Mayfair at Claridge’s review: How about a five-martini dinner?

    Life&Style

  • Vauxhall Mokka GSE review: on-track in the most surprising car of 2026

    Life&Style

  • Thunder Call set to Strike in Shergar Cup Sprint

    Sport

    SATURDAY’s Shergar Cup Sprint (3.20pm) looks set to be one of the highlights of the card, with a competitive field lining up over six furlongs at Ascot. Favourite THUNDER CALL brings the strongest form into the contest and looks difficult to oppose. William Haggas’ colt has done little wrong this season, making a winning return […]

    Thoroughbred racehorses with jockeys galloping on a green track, blurred crowd in foreground

  • Moore can set Ozat on Road to victory at Shergar Cup

    Sport
    Jockey in green and dark green silks, wearing a green helmet, smiling with goggles around his neck

  • Twilight and Thunder the Calls at Shergar Cup

    Sport
    William Haggas, a man with gray hair and blue eyes, smiling and wearing a tan coat and patterned tie

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    Partner
    Pickleball in Guildhall Yard last year as part of the launch of the London Sports Festival

  • Protecting the truth in a shifting communications compliance environment

    Partner
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  • Alibaba.com brings CoCreate Pitch to Europe:

    Partner
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