Waitrose urges customers not to drink Deeside water over shards of glass risk Food Standards Agency issues product alert for still and sparkling 750ml bottles of Waitrose No 1 Deeside mineral water
Tesla publishes analyst forecasts suggesting sales set to fall Tesla endured tough year in part thanks to some consumers’ distaste for Elon Musk’s embrace of rightwing politics
Eurostar slowly resumes but passengers face more cancellations and delays Passengers told to expect knock-on impacts after power supply problem and broken-down train halted services on Tuesday
ITV agrees to invest £3m in fitness app created by Joe Wicks The Body Coach app, launched in pandemic, will advertise on ITV’s channels and video platform ITVX under deal
London stock exchange beats Wall Street with best FTSE 100 year since 2009 FTSE index closes up 21.5% on New Year’s Eve at end of strong year for global equity markets
UK’s FTSE 100 share index records best year since 2009 – as it happened Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news, as London’s blue-chip share index rises by 21.5% for the year
Sticky inflation, metal prices and the AI bubble risk: key trends to watch in the Australian economy in 2026 Can inflation be tamed without further rate hikes? And will the hot streak for gold and silver continue in 2026?
Fed up: inside Trump’s unprecedented bid to exert control over the US central bank The US president and his allies spent 2025 attacking the Federal Reserve amid a rollercoaster year for the US economy
Drop in energy price cap from April forecast to save typical home £138 a year Predicted 8% cut to upper limit for Great Britain could reduce bills to lowest level in 15 months
How the FTSE 100 ‘dinosaur’ roared back to life Uptick of more than 20% in 2025 was fuelled by share buybacks and helpful breezes in key constituent parts such as defence and mining
Elon Musk’s 2025 recap: how the world’s richest person became its most chaotic How the tech CEO and ‘Dogefather’ made a mess of the year – from his White House tenure to an apparent Nazi salute
Trump family business delays launch of $499 gold smartphone US-made device planned by end of year hit by recent government shutdown affecting shipments
South Yorkshire train passengers face delays after theft of signalling cables Rail services between Sheffield and Doncaster affected on New Year’s Eve after incident at Conisbrough
One pub a day closed permanently in England and Wales in 2025 Data shows 366 pubs have been demolished or converted for other uses this year as cost pressures take toll on sector
China forecast to have sold one in every 10 new cars in UK in 2025 Carmakers such as MG, BYD and Chery are set to pass 200,000 mark in sales, analysis suggests, double 2024’s total