• Friday newspaper round-up: Anthropic, BBC, crypto investors

  Friday 28 Aug 2026

  (Sharecast News) - A clampdown on "rogue bailiffs" has been launched by Andy Burnham amid concerns that vulnerable people are being overcharged and face aggressive behaviour. In the latest in a series of "everyday fixes" to ease the cost of living and "make Britain fairer", the prime minister said he was strengthening the rules that apply to bailiffs in England and Wales to better protect people in debt. He also announced measures to target "cowboy" tradespeople, including builders who rip off homeowners. - Guardian

• Thursday newspaper round-up: Thames Water, Epstein, Macquarie Group

  Thursday 27 Aug 2026

  (Sharecast News) - Levels of a toxic "forever chemical" rose to 13 times the legal limit during Thames Water pilots for a controversial multimillion pound water recycling scheme that will pump millions of litres of treated sewage into the River Thames during drought. The data from the pilots is in stark contrast to public comments from Thames Water that their water recycling project in south-west London will not harm the riverine environment. - Guardian

• Wednesday newspaper round-up: Canada tariffs, national lottery boss, Meta glasses

  Wednesday 26 Aug 2026

  (Sharecast News) - Canada has announced it will impose tariffs on a wide range of key American industries including cosmetics, dairy, wood products and outdoor equipment in the coming weeks, as it retaliates roughly "dollar for dollar" against levies imposed by the US. In a strong Canadian countermove to tariffs levied by Donald Trump, which took effect on Saturday after trade talks collapsed the day before, Canada's finance and industry ministers on Tuesday called the measure a "focused response" to what they see as unfair trade practices. - Guardian

• Tuesday newspaper round-up: Trump tariffs, European insurers, high streets

  Tuesday 25 Aug 2026

  (Sharecast News) - Donald Trump announced a new 50% tariff on automobiles and crucial raw materials from Canada, the latest deterioration in trade relations between the two neighbours with historically strong economic ties. The US president said that the increased tariffs would start on 1 January 2027 on all cars, trucks, automobile parts and steel. He also derided the nation's tariffs on American farmers, writing on social media that Canada has been "ripping off" the US "for years". - Guardian

• Monday newspaper round-up: UK productivity, Shein, Poundland

  Monday 24 Aug 2026

  (Sharecast News) - Productivity in the UK - a vital measure of economic health - is growing more strongly than official figures suggest, according to analysis from the Resolution Foundation. The thinktank suggests the chancellor, John Healey, may have inherited an economy finally starting to emerge from the long shadow of the 2008 global financial crisis. Productivity measures the economic output produced by each worker, and is a crucial determinant of growth. - Guardian

• Sunday newspaper round-up: Mayoral powers, wind farm applications, Iranian hackers, Reform-Conservative coalition, JLR, WPP, Reform crypto donors, US sanctions

  Sunday 23 Aug 2026

  (Sharecast News) - Andy Burnham was poised to hand England's devolved mayors sweeping new powers to take control of major planning decisions, enabling them to "call in" large‑scale developments and grant upfront permission for projects to proceed. According to the Guardian, he measures, backed by ten of the 14 mayors, would apply to schemes of more than 150 homes, commercial sites over 15,000 square metres, or buildings taller than 30 metres. The move brings regional leaders into line with London mayor Sadiq Khan, who received similar powers earlier this year to unblock stalled housing sites.

• Friday newspaper round-up: Cash stocks, Specsavers, TfL

  Friday 21 Aug 2026

  (Sharecast News) - The number of banknotes in circulation in the EU is increasing despite widespread smartphone payments, new data shows, with wildfires ripping through parts of Europe fuelling demand for an emergency stash of cash. While cash plays second fiddle to contactless payments in many cities across Europe, the amount in circulation is actually going up, Philip Lane, the chief economist of the European Central Bank (ECB), said at the MacGill summer school conference in Ireland. - Guardian

• Thursday newspaper round-up: US debt, Oxfam, Mark Zuckerberg, KPMG

  Thursday 20 Aug 2026

  (Sharecast News) - US debt reached $40tn for the first time on Wednesday, the US treasury department said, after the government deficit doubled over the last decade. The treasury's latest debt balance showed $40.047tn on Tuesday afternoon, the highest in US history. The milestone marks years of government spending that grew under both Donald Trump and Joe Biden. During his first term, Trump approved $8.4tn worth of debt, with a huge chunk going to Covid-19 relief spending, while Biden approved $4.3tn worth of debt, according to the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget. - Guardian

• Wednesday newspaper round-up: OpenAI, tariffs, Thames Water, Land Securities

  Wednesday 19 Aug 2026

  (Sharecast News) - The UK is vulnerable to food price shocks because of its dependence on imports of fruit and vegetable from countries even more exposed to the climate crisis, researchers say. Much of Britain has sweltered under a record five heatwaves this year and endured drought and wildfires, with the hot, dry conditions damaging crops and reducing yields of domestic produce. However, the UK relies on countries under even greater climate pressure for supplies of some of its most popular fresh foods, according to a report from the Food Foundation charity published on Wednesday. - Guardian

• Tuesday newspaper round-up: Government borrowing costs, US tech crash, civil servants

  Tuesday 18 Aug 2026

  (Sharecast News) - Government borrowing costs in several advanced economies hit their highest level since the 2008 financial crisis, or even earlier, on Monday as investors feared the Middle East crisis would keep inflation persistently high. Concerns over rising prices and government spending pushed up the cost of debt issued by Paris, Berlin, Washington DC, Tokyo and London as investors fretted that rising prices would push up interest rates. The yield, or interest rate, on 30-year French bonds rose to its highest level since September 2008 at 4.8558%, up one basis point (0.01 percentage point), LSEG data showed. - Guardian

• Monday newspaper round-up: Water companies, asking prices, legal industry

  Monday 17 Aug 2026

  (Sharecast News) - Water companies could be allowed to raise bills for customers during periods of drought under proposals being considered by the sector's regulator for England and Wales. Suppliers would be permitted to factor "water scarcity" into bills as part of efforts to reduce consumption under Ofwat's plans, which are being likened to surge pricing - the practice where private hire firms raise taxi fares at times of higher demand. - Guardian

• Sunday newspaper round-up: Cost of living, Royal estates, Reform welfare cuts, water surge pricing, Jo Bamford, Heathrow

  Sunday 16 Aug 2026

  (Sharecast News) - British households are facing a renewed cost‑of‑living squeeze, with inflation expected to jump in July as soaring energy bills feed through into official data. Economists told The Guardian they expect the headline rate to rise to around 2.9%, up from 2.6% in June, driven by sharp increases in gas and electricity costs linked to the Iran conflict's impact on global energy markets. The figures, due from the Office for National Statistics on Wednesday, come as the Bank of England weighs whether to raise interest rates as early as September amid concerns that stubborn inflation could become entrenched.

• Friday newspaper round-up: Elon Musk, Thames Water, Avant Homes

  Friday 14 Aug 2026

  (Sharecast News) - Young people out of work or at risk of unemployment in the UK are to join "AI boot camps" where they harness the technology to get a foothold in the workplace. The government's latest attempt to address the crisis in Neets - young people not in work or education - involves turning to a technology that many view as a potential threat to employment. - Guardian

• Thursday newspaper round-up: Greenland, Morrisons, Cisco Systems

  Thursday 13 Aug 2026

  (Sharecast News) - Greenland authorities have forced a US oil company connected to Donald Trump to postpone drilling wells in the Arctic territory, defying claims by the US president's envoy that Americans could be extracting crude by next year. Amid Trump's imperialist threats, tensions have been rising on Greenland's eastern coast after the oil company brought drilling equipment ashore in July without permission, drawing a "strong warning" from the government. - Guardian

• Wednesday newspaper round-up: Heatwaves, AI data centres, CoreWeave

  Wednesday 12 Aug 2026

  (Sharecast News) - Repeated debilitating heatwaves this summer are likely to have cost the UK economy more than £4bn in lost economic output by the end of July, new analysis shows. Green thinktank Verdant had suggested June's unseasonally hot weather had an economic cost of £2.36bn. Updating its assessment to include last month's high temperatures, it finds a £4.4bn hit to output. - Guardian

• Tuesday newspaper round-up: consumer confidence, easyJet, Thames Water

  Tuesday 11 Aug 2026

  (Sharecast News) - Consumer confidence hit its highest level in almost two years in July, according to research that indicated the closing stages of the men's football World Cup and more people holidaying in the UK lifted summer spending. A truce in the Middle East conflict in June and the arrival of a new prime minister in No 10 also gave a lift to consumers after a long period of heightened uncertainty. A long-running monthly consumer spending survey by Barclays showed that 30% of those surveyed felt confident about the strength of the UK economy in July - representing a 21-month high and a six-percentage-point improvement on June. - Guardian

• Monday newspaper round-up: Harvey Nichols, Heathrow, Lloyds Banking Group

  Monday 10 Aug 2026

  (Sharecast News) - Andy Burnham has promised a series of measures to tackle the cost of living, including a ban on fake discounts and making it easier for people to escape unwanted subscriptions. The crackdown on "rip-off" business practices is expected to benefit consumers to the tune of £400m a year and will be the first in a range of "everyday fixes" to be implemented in the coming months. - Guardian

• Sunday newspaper round-up: EU, UEFA, VitHit, foreign takeovers, DPD, Strait of Hormuz, North Korean troops

  Sunday 09 Aug 2026

  (Sharecast News) - Britain could seek to rejoin the EU's single market under a new post‑Brexit framework presented to Andy Burnham, according to The Telegraph. The plan, drafted by former Conservative MP Nick Boles and circulated among senior officials including national security adviser Jonathan Powell, would see the UK offer extended defence guarantees across Europe in exchange for access to the bloc's free‑trade zone. The proposal outlines a "European Confederation" linking the single market with Nato commitments, with countries such as Ukraine, Switzerland, Norway and the Western Balkans invited to join.

• Friday newspaper round-up: Gas power stations, Apple, Raleigh

  Friday 07 Aug 2026

  (Sharecast News) - Trains across parts of north-west England have ground to a halt after a power failure hit the signalling centre controlling the railway in the region. Passengers awaiting Northern and TransPennine trains have been advised not to travel, with widespread cancellations and other services delayed by more than an hour already. - Guardian

• Thursday newspaper round-up: AI models, bank taxes, AstraZeneca

  Thursday 06 Aug 2026

  (Sharecast News) - Advanced artificial intelligence models have stunned the UK's AI Security Institute (AISI) by carrying out a hacking campaign against real people during a cybersecurity test. The institute said the incident was unprecedented and involved sending targeted emails to software developers in an attempt to pass a cyber challenge. - Guardian

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