Coach services could be cut due to record diesel prices, UK operators warn

Rising fuel costs are pushing hundreds of firms out of business, threatening school transport, firms say

Holiday cottage company insisted on a death certificate to amend our break

Sykes Holiday Cottages showed no empathy and insisted on paperwork we didn’t have so soon after my husband’s death

From hotel suites to virtual reality, museums turn to licensing deals as costs rise

Natural History Museum and British Museum among cultural institutions leveraging collections and exhibitions

‘I didn’t know what to do’: collapse of providers of high-end digs leaves students in shock

Cost of living crisis and drop in international students hits market for purpose-built accommodation

British government ‘complacent about food as a national security matter’

Experts say country does not have plan to feed people in a crisis and is unprepared for future shortages

Strikes by North Sea oil workers could ‘severely disrupt’ UK fuel supplies

Union says staff left with no choice but industrial action after breakdown in pay talks with Texas oil firm Apache

Retailers are making returns harder. A carpet seller taught me why that’s a mistake

A standard business practice offsets future costs by funding a reserve for returns – but many small businesses don’t do it

Republicans say they hate communists. So why do they like Donald Trump?

Trump supporters may be surprised to learn the state takeover of means of production is not driven by the left

A cargo ship, 20 crew, and a huge stash of cocaine: the seafarer imprisoned for smuggling – on no evidence

After Turkish police found drugs on board the Phoenician M, the ship’s chief mate, Ali Albokhari, was sentenced to 30 years in prison. His wife is still fighting to free him

Burnham’s plans for social care and its workers are admirable but changes must come quickly

Money is needed now for a system that has left families including mine struggling their way unsupported and forgotten

MS Now connects ‘blue dots’ at Texas fan event: ‘I always feel hope when I watch them’

Network at receiving end of White House press ban recently chose red state to host fan event as part of broader outreach

‘The violence is off the scale’: staff and passengers at risk as assaults on trains in Great Britain soar to record high

Cases of abuse, spitting, head-butting and sexual harassment, have spiked as transport police numbers have dwindled

Costa’s coffee shops return to profit with iced drinks and matcha on the menu

Costa Ltd reports operating profit of £20m in year to 31 December 2025 after losses of £13.5m in 2024

Ministers explore how to stop regional leaders misusing planned new spending powers

Labour wants to make sure mayors and council chiefs in England can be held to account for extra revenues devolved to them

UK car industry faces ‘difficult trade-off’ between Chinese and EU markets

Britain under pressure to put tariffs on cheap Chinese vehicle imports ahead of protectionist trade measures