Business
Labour mayors in England vow to cap tourist tax at 5%
Reform UK and the Conservatives have criticised plans for the new levy on visitors' overnight stays.
10 Sept 2026 1 min 0
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Kamala Harris to campaign with Ossoff in Georgia
The former vice president is heading to the battleground state as some Democrats have kept their distance.
10 Sept 2026 1 min 0
UK
Watch: Is the Bayeux Tapestry exhibition worth the hype?
Crowds have been flocking to the British Museum to see the Bayeux Tapestry as it's on public display in the UK for the first time since it was created nearly 1,000 years ago.
10 Sept 2026 1 min 0
Politics
Badenoch denies housing benefit cuts plan would make people homeless
The Conservatives say £4bn could be cut from the housing benefit bill to help fund increased defence spending.
10 Sept 2026 1 min 0
Business
Oil, gas and borrowing costs surge as fears over Middle East escalate
The price of oil jumps to $105 a barrel amid signs the Iran war will not be resolved quickly.
10 Sept 2026 1 min 0
Politics
Ex-Tory campaign chief pleads guilty over election bet
Anthony Lee passed confidential information to his wife Laura Lee about when the 2024 election would be held.
10 Sept 2026 1 min 0
UK
NHS reports busiest ever summer as heatwaves drive up hospital admissions
Record demand for A&E units, ambulance services and NHS 111 shows extreme heat having unprecedented impact on health, experts say The NHS came under its most intense strain ever as a result of the summer’s five heatwaves, amid warnings…
10 Sept 2026 1 min 0
UK
Gruffalo Granny illustrator says rise of AI images 'worrying'
Axel Scheffler speaks to the BBC alongside author Dame Julia Donaldson, who reads an extract from their new book.
10 Sept 2026 1 min 0
Business
Air traffic chaos and compensation: 'Shutdown cost us more than £1,000'
Flight disruption has ruined holidays and left passengers sleeping on airport floors - so what are their rights?
10 Sept 2026 1 min 0
UK
Labour shifts on Israel, but what difference will it make? – podcast
It has been a huge week for Labour as Ed Miliband shifted the party’s stance on Israel by announcing sanctions on the illegal settlements in the West Bank and describing what is happening as ethnic cleansing. What is behind this shift,…
10 Sept 2026 1 min 0
UK
E-bike crime crackdown leads to 187 arrests
Footage released by the Met shows officers using high-powered Sur-Ron bikes to pursue suspects.
10 Sept 2026 1 min 0
AI
Powering AI is an architecture problem
On July 22, 2026, a transmission line fault in Ashburn, Virginia—the heart of the world’s largest data center cluster—knocked more than 3 gigawatts of load off the grid in seconds. And it wasn’t the first time. Two years earlier, a single…
10 Sept 2026 1 min 1