BBC News Lindt has partially U-turned on its decision to hike prices after Easter chocolate sales dropped. The Swiss chocolate maker said a “necessary groupwide” price surge of 11.8% was one of the reasons revenue shrank in the first half of this year, particularly in the UK, Germany, and Switzerland. It also blamed weaker Easter […]
BBC News An Israeli air strike has killed six members of one family in Gaza City, according to local medics. Video footage showed the family’s apartment on fire overnight in the western al-Sabra neighbourhood. The brother of Firas al-Masri told the BBC that he had been burnt to death along with his wife, Salsabeel, and […]
BBC News B&M Retail Ltd has been fined £2m over serious food hygiene offences at three stores in Birmingham including foodstuffs gnawed by mice. The company was prosecuted by Birmingham City Council after complaints led to inspections being carried out by its environmental health service between November 2024 and October 2025. Locations included St Andrew’s […]
BBC News After 10 days of exchanging strikes with the US over control of the vital Strait of Hormuz waterway, Iran’s leaders may appear to have three choices. None offer a clear route to victory. The first is to accept much of what Washington wants: guarantee free and safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz […]
BBC News Anthony Taylor has announced his retirement from refereeing with immediate effect after a 20-year career and 831 matches. The 47-year-old’s final game was Spain’s 1-0 win over Portugal in the World Cup last 16 on 6 July. Taylor, who was a prison officer before becoming a professional referee, was first added to the […]
BBC News Physical season tickets are a thing of the past in the Premier League. Clubs now use digital systems where fans download tickets to their phones. The change has been accompanied at many clubs by stricter rules on how, and how often, ticket holders can transfer their tickets to other people. At Manchester United, […]
BBC News If the government has to set aside more cash for paying debts and interest, it may have less to spend on public services. Some economists fear the government is borrowing too much, at too great a cost. Others argue extra borrowing helps the economy grow faster – generating more tax in the long […]
BBC News The actions of the Argentina players on the pitch were heavily criticised by former England internationals. Ex-England captain Alan Shearer said: “Paredes threw two or three haymakers into someone’s face. He went for them. There is no place or space for that. “We know how much it means to them and we know […]
BBC News Bodycam and dashcam footage shows a police officer rescue a man seconds before his car was engulfed in flames near Dallas, Texas. Corporal Joshua Swisher was conducting a traffic stop on a motorway when he was alerted to a nearby vehicle emitting smoke. Shortly after directing the vehicle to the emergency lane, flames […]
BBC News An incident on a Ryanair flight which saw a passenger partially sucked out of a plane window may have been caused by “foreign object damage” to an engine, said the airline’s boss. Michael O’Leary said an initial investigation into the incident on 10 July between Greece and Germany suggests “it looks like a […]
