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  • Changes for Buy Now Pay Later shoppers under new rules

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    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/d55c/live/e2e009b0-7ec0-11f1-8439-ebc9c5f19300.jpg”] Getty Images Shoppers using Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) services have stronger rights but some will be refused loans, as new rules come into effect. From Wednesday, BNPL lenders must have regulator approval to operate, giving shoppers more access to refunds and independent rulings on unresolved complaints if things go wrong. Providers…

  • Heating oil customers to get compensation after cancelled orders and price hikes

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    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/6cb5/live/a97b22b0-7f95-11f1-ac71-510b51a60620.jpg”] Getty Images Heating oil customers who had their orders cancelled and prices raised when the US-Israel war with Iran broke out will get compensation, the competition watchdog has said. Some 1,700 households were forced to “re-order at significantly higher prices or go without fuel” costing them up to £350, the Competition Markets…

  • Trump retreat over Hormuz tolls suggests struggle to end Iran war

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    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/87df/live/cb49bc70-7fc8-11f1-82bc-eb96a9eb8087.jpg”] Getty Images Donald Trump’s latest Iran War demand lasted all of 24 hours – and suggests a president searching for unorthodox ways out of a difficult position. On Monday morning, in a social media post announcing the resumption of an American naval blockade on Iranian shipping, he said that all vessels transiting…

  • Music fans have spoken – who should be in the Scottish Rock and Roll Hall of Fame?

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    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/70ed/live/3c9541d0-7f72-11f1-b976-0b9c15b0ccfc.jpg”] Getty Images Some of the biggest names in Scottish music are supporting a bid to take over Glasgow’s troubled Centre for Contemporary Arts (CCA) and revamp it as a Scottish Rock and Roll Music Hall of Fame. The group ScotsRock says it wants to take over the building in Sauchiehall Street and…

  • Congress takes next step to make daylight saving time permanent

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    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/8854/live/13a1fe10-7fce-11f1-82bc-eb96a9eb8087.jpg”] Getty Images The US House of Representatives has voted to make daylight saving time permanent by passing the Sunshine Protection Act on Tuesday. In a 308-117 vote, the bill will remove the need for Americans to change their clocks twice a year and put the US under time currently observed between March…

  • Midnight social media curfew proposed for older UK teens

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    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/d5c4/live/12555540-7f8b-11f1-a47a-d94293d2b0e4.jpg”] Getty Images Older teenagers in the UK will face an overnight social media curfew, the government has announced – though they will be able to opt out of it by changing their account settings. It would means apps such as Instagram, TikTok and YouTube being set to be unavailable by default to…

  • ‘Miracle on the Hudson’ pilot Captain Sully reveals Alzheimer’s disease

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    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/fb4b/live/641e8450-7fd1-11f1-b5b3-6171818181a0.jpg”] Getty Images The heroic pilot who safely ditched a stricken airliner in a New York City river in 2009 has been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease. Captain Chesley ‘Sully’ Sullenberger III, 75, shared the update on his personal website, writing that he was recently diagnosed and it is at an early stage. “For…

  • Starmer becomes first UK PM to receive top French honour

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    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/97df/live/7d859a10-7fb2-11f1-9c5f-190f51e64b46.jpg”] Simon Dawson / No 10 Downing Street Macron praised Starmer’s contribution to Ukraine and the security of Europe Sir Keir Starmer has become the first serving UK prime minister to be awarded France’s top honour, the Legion d’honneur. He received the award at the end of a meeting of the so-called Coalition…

  • India vs England: Shubman Gill & Axar Patel lead tourists to ODI win

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    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/branded_sport/1200/cpsprodpb/a407/live/5cbc3eb0-7fa8-11f1-bee8-53ce494e1abc.jpg”] England’s one-day woes continue with India defeat To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. This video can not be played Figure caption, England comfortably beaten by India in first ODI By Stephan Shemilt Cricket Correspondent at Edgbaston Published 14 July 2026, 18:53 BST Updated 5 hours ago…

  • Man Utd sign Youri Tielemans from Aston Villa on five-year deal

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    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/branded_sport/1200/cpsprodpb/d655/live/78c94320-7fb5-11f1-9c5f-190f51e64b46.jpg”] Man Utd sign Tielemans for £35m from Aston Villa Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Tielemans is Manchester United’s third signing of the summer ByBen Collins BBC Sport journalist Published 14 July 2026, 18:39 BST Updated 3 hours ago Manchester United have completed the signing of Youri Tielemans from Aston Villa on a…