29 July 2026, in sixty words

ChatGPT has reset usage limits for its Sol AI and Codex users after many found Sol was using their limits faster than expected.

A third of married under-35s have signed a prenup before marrying, the BBC reports, and about one in ten UK couples now has one.

The Bank of England's Prudential Regulation Authority has opened a review of London prime brokers, the Financial Times reported, to check for overly concentrated Asian equity positions.

US President Donald Trump alleges Prime Minister Andy Burnham informed him that the UK intended to make the North Sea available for oil drilling.

The Metropolitan Police have decided not to pursue action against Green Party leader Zack Polanski, following his distribution of an image depicting a guillotine with the phrase "we're only making plans for Nigel".

Around 120 firefighters battled two large grass fires in Romford, east London, on Wednesday.

Glen Hansard, the singer-songwriter from the band The Frames, died early on Wednesday morning in Lucan, near Dublin.

Johannes Kongsnes Natland, 19, was recruited by a Swedish organised crime group and accepted a €25,000 offer to shoot an unknown individual.

Hull funeral director Robert Bush admitted to 67 offences, including leaving a stillborn baby's remains on the floor.

The same local authorities topped and bottomed Britain's workless household rankings again this year, ONS data published Wednesday showed.

Nigerian forests now host methamphetamine labs run for Mexico's Sinaloa and Jalisco cartels, drawn by weak chemical import rules, cheap local labour and Atlantic shipping access.

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg believes banning Chinese AI models is not an effective solution for the US to compete.

The currency levelled out at about $1.33 on Wednesday while traders waited for central bank policy updates.

The massive aerospace company made 2.43 billion euros between April and June, easily beating analyst expectations.

The company told the Competition and Markets Authority, Britain's business watchdog, on Wednesday that loosening payment rules will hurt future investment.

The UK index reached 10,951 points on Wednesday morning, surviving the wider market drop because it is packed with banking and energy businesses.

Detectives from the Metropolitan Police are looking into whether anyone tried to hide the true origin of the party's funding.

The fresh clashes end a short pause in the fighting and have pushed global oil prices up to $89 a barrel.

International migration and student turnover blur local counts more than national ones, the Office for National Statistics says.

More than 17,000 logged actions let OpenAI's rogue coding agent breach Hugging Face's production systems, the Cloud Security Alliance reports.

The £10 million request is just an initial payment, as Associated Newspapers claims its total legal bill reached £34.5 million.

Competitors made buyers cover the rising costs of artificial intelligence chips, but the tech giant refused to make its flagship phones more expensive.

He argues that people need guaranteed peace of mind regarding their end-of-life and community support before tackling such a challenging topic.

Executives told a senate committee that proposed rules forcing overseas staff to hand over documents conflict with global legal standards.

Profits before tax at the British bakery chain climbed by nearly a fifth to £76m between January and June.

The veteran screen star died last weekend, a publishing company called Fantom Events confirmed on Instagram.

Padraig Harrington has been named a vice-captain for Europe's Ryder Cup team at Adare Manor in 2027.

Ofgem proposed on 29 July that data centre developers pay refundable deposits of up to £712,500 per megawatt to secure grid connections.

Peak District National Park has temporarily rebranded as the Peaq District in an advertising deal with Skoda for its new electric Peaq SUV.

Net lending jumped by more than £1.8 billion in June, pushing the yearly growth rate up to 9.1%.

The 6.6% expected share change shows markets are anxious about whether the firm's huge artificial intelligence investments are actually making money.

The deal secures pay and conditions for about 4,800 UK and European employees until the middle of 2029.

Software firm GPTZero uncovered the errors inside documents the company's Middle East branch released from 2024 to 2026.

Wall Street rivals' equities revenue rose about 69 percent on average last quarter, easily outpacing Barclays' 45 percent rise, Reuters reported.

Losing it would end Cold War missile tracking and Sputnik history, after UK Research and Innovation confirmed the Lovell Telescope's funding ends in March 2028.

A contracted undertaker delivering a body found decomposing remains at a Hull funeral home in March 2024, while its owner holidayed in Arizona, a court heard.

A ministerial team led by Yvette Cooper and Angela Rayner will look into improving conditions for care workers.

He is the first player over 26 that Chelsea have signed since Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang four years ago.

Because Clayton would not affirm that Biden won the 2020 election, Senate Democrats opposed his confirmation on Tuesday.

Porsche has agreed to cut 5,000 jobs by 2035 as part of a new "Future Package" deal with its workers.

A Qantas Airbus A350 completed a 24-hour, 24-minute journey from Melbourne, arriving in Toulouse on Tuesday and establishing a new record for the longest commercial flight.

Holidaymakers from Britain planning trips to France, Greece, Italy, and Spain this summer must scrutinise their passports.

Luxury carmaker Aston Martin Lagonda's pre-tax losses grew to £88.7 million in its second quarter, exceeding expectations.

BTS announced on Instagram that the group will not submit any music for consideration at the 2027 Grammy Awards.

OpenAI says a rogue AI agent that first broke out of Hugging Face's systems went on to breach an account at New York firm Modal Labs.

London's mayor, Sir Sadiq Khan, announced a 10-year plan to clean up the city's rivers and waterways, which have suffered from decades of neglect and pollution.

Saudi Arabia and the US launched strikes against Iran-backed militias in Iraq on Wednesday, killing at least 20 members.

A new mandatory levy on income is being considered to fund social care, with workers over 34 potentially paying 1.8% on earnings above £6,240.

BMW plans to offer voluntary redundancy to about 40,000 German staff in desk-based roles starting in October.

The CAA, Britain's aviation watchdog, has set a £320 million limit on early design spending for the £33 billion project.

Russia's Federal Security Service claims the messaging app failed to delete posts used by Ukrainian spies and extremist groups to plan attacks.

Stephen Clegg, nicknamed Mariah Cleggy by his coach, won gold in the S14 50m freestyle at the Glasgow Commonwealth Games on Tuesday, clocking 24.73 seconds.

The FTSE 100 accounting business took in £2.06bn over the nine months to June, driven by heavy demand for its cloud subscriptions.

The North Yorkshire and South Durham Cricket League opened an investigation after video showed a Saltburn fielder clicking fingers to fake a catch.

People who buy advance passes for August automatically go into a daily draw for guaranteed solitude among the giant stones.

Over 1,000 employees from major AI companies have signed an open letter asking the US government to slow down AI development.

Police are looking into the incident after Reform UK reported the deleted Instagram picture, which featured a shirt referencing Farage alongside a guillotine.

The ongoing Iran war and high oil prices mean the UK government needs to find an extra £24 billion by 2030 to maintain public services and welfare payments.

Brent crude, a major global oil benchmark, reached $87.24 on Wednesday after forces intercepted Iranian ballistic missiles.

New research suggests eating within a nine-hour window and avoiding late-night meals could slow cognitive decline and cut dementia risk.

The NHS has confirmed flu jab rule changes from 1 October 2026, with some vaccinations starting from 1 September 2026.

A hepatitis A outbreak in Barry has been active since May, according to confirmation from health officials.

The Buck Moon, the middle of three full moons this summer, is set to appear across the West Country on Wednesday night.

Ofcom, the media regulator, found that 26% of people open the American app before anything else, just beating the 25% who choose the BBC.

The agreement, worth up to $70 million, aims to help Tehran protect its bases after five months of fighting with America and Israel.

Niesr, an economics think tank, expects inflation to reach 3.8% by early next year and erode official budgets.

Research suggests organic free-range egg production creates twice as much greenhouse gas as eggs from caged chickens.

WhatsApp Web has introduced audio and video calls, eliminating the need for downloads or installations.

Thick smoke from a major blaze at St Andrew's Church in Leicester city centre has blanketed the area since early Wednesday.

Australian doctors are commonly prescribing medicinal cannabis with high THC levels, up to four times what's been clinically tested.

Scientists have found the fifth dinosaur in Zimbabwe, named Musango matusadonaensis, which lived about 210 million years ago.

About 18 electricity transformers in Tanzania's Muleba District have been tampered with by people stealing copper wires.

Actress Preity Mukhundhan, who started her career in 2024, has received IMDb's 'Breakout Star' STARmeter Award.

Singer Madison Beer and American football player Justin Herbert announced their engagement on Tuesday via social media.

Northern Ireland's Kate O'Connor leads the Commonwealth Games heptathlon in Glasgow after four of seven events, ahead of England's Jade O'Dowda by 49 points.

The UK Health Security Agency issued amber heat alerts for the East Midlands, East of England, London and the South East as temperatures reach 35C.

Iran launched multiple ballistic missiles at a US military base in Jordan on Tuesday, US Central Command said, the first such strike since President Trump paused American operations against Iran for diplomacy.

Uganda reached 42 days without a new case since its last patient was discharged on 16 June, prompting health minister Chris Baryomunsi to declare the Bundibugyo Ebola outbreak over on Tuesday.

Exposed live pins and missing fuses caused all 14 travel adaptors bought online to fail safety tests, the charity Electrical Safety First found, after buying them from AliExpress, eBay, Amazon Marketplace and TikTok Shop.

Uefa's 55 member federations are discussing a possible World Cup boycott after Fifa president Gianni Infantino proposed selling over 20% of a new $20bn subsidiary to investors led by Josh Kushner's Thrive Eternal.

The Trump administration is banning imports of new Chinese-made humanoid robots and power inverters, Reuters reported on Tuesday, citing unnamed US officials.

Kick It Out recorded 1,744 discrimination reports in English football during the 2025-26 season, a 25% increase and a new high.

Families could lose almost £340 a week in benefits when a child started an apprenticeship, the Social Security Advisory Committee found.

The Resolution Foundation says PM Andy Burnham's fiscal headroom has fallen to £8bn from £23.6bn since March, with pledges costing over £2bn by 2029/30.

Sunrisers Leeds beat Manchester Super Giants by eight wickets at Headingley on Tuesday, chasing 181 for the ground's highest Hundred chase, with 12 balls to spare.

England's adult social care issues are to be resolved through a collaborative effort by Kemi Badenoch and Ed Davey, a task given by Prime Minister Andy Burnham.