‘Young audiences are less scared of it’: why London jazz clubs are expanding and thriving against the odds

As the Jazz Cafe and Ronnie Scott’s expand, and Blue Note eyes its arrival, proprietors say there’s an energy in the scene – but financial pressures remain

Southern Water apologises for catastrophic spill of plastic biobeads in Sussex

Resulting pollution on Camber Sands beach poses threat to wildlife including dolphins and seals

How could Zohran Mamdani pay for his bold agenda for New York? We broke it down

A look at the realities the mayor-elect will face to pay for his progressive policies – and whose support he needs

Antidepressants are trendy. That’s a double-edged sword

It’s great the taboo is fading. But as TikTok influencers tout them, it’s a slippery slope to the memeification of disorders

Lloyds the landlord: how the bank quietly became a big rental property player

Bank has a £2bn rental property portfolio via its Lloyds Living arm, amassing 7,000 properties so far with plans to add 43,000 more by 2030

Billionaire Tory donor gives £200,000 to Reform UK

JCB chair Lord Bamford hands equal amount to Tories and Reform to support parties he says ‘believe in small business’

Metro Bank’s credit file markers are adding to the pain of our son’s death

Bank refuses to remove late payment markers after we were twice late repaying our mortgage in last months of his life

Growth in global demand for ‘green’ office buildings slows amid Trump policies

Fall reported by Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors as UN calls for accelerated action in buildings sector to meet global climate goals

US private equity giant poised to take over online retailer The Very Group

Barclay family set to lose another part of former business empire, once known as Littlewoods, to Carlyle Group

Last Christmas, you gave us first class: Royal Mail turns Scrooge with gift to staff of second-class stamps

Switch comes amid first festive season since Daniel Křetínský’s takeover of parent company IDS

I’m as capitalist as they get but Medicare for all is the best hope for US healthcare

With the US government shut down over impending rises to insurance premiums it’s clear the status quo cannot continue

‘Set up to fail’: ATO outsourcing to private call centres focused on boosting profit not helping Australians

Consumer advocates raise significant concerns as union says contractors use lower-paid staff to boost profit

UK banks still committed to climate goals, Bank of England executive insists

Exclusive: David Bailey plays down concerns after HSBC and Barclays quit UN-backed Net Zero Banking Alliance

Utah’s oldest LGBTQ+ bar closes amid workers’ union push: ‘We feel extremely disposable’

Workers at the SunTrapp – opened in 1973 in Salt Lake City – claim the shuttering was a ‘stunt’ to prevent unionization

UK divisions of ticket resale website Viagogo hit with £15m bill over tax shortfall

Company already under scrutiny on ‘secondary ticketing’ amid outcry over touts using such platforms to exploit fans