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The tech giant has been accused of misleading users regarding data privacy linked to the Cambridge Analytica scandal.
The tech giant has been accused of misleading users regarding data privacy linked to the Cambridge Analytica scandal.
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<p>Turnaround initiated by Andy Burnham and led by Steve Coogan could provide blueprint for other neglected areas</p><p>• <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/oct/22/save-high-street-tax-online-sales-burnham-urged">Save high street by creating ‘level playing field’ with online rivals, Burnham urged</a></p><p>The former England footballer Paul Scholes and the actor Steve Coogan stare out from beside a fish and chip shop in Middleton, near <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk/manchester">Manchester</a>. Looming over a mural of the pair – and the whole town – is an enormous former cotton mill that powered its economy a century ago.</p><p>The deafening looms and spindles of Warwick Mill fell silent decades ago, replaced in recent years by TikTok “urban explorers” who share videos of themselves crawling through its abandoned shell.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/money/2026/oct/22/middleton-revival-mill-towns-steve-coogan-manchester">Continue reading...</a>
<p>Exclusive: British Chambers of Commerce president tells PM to ‘level the playing field’ for struggling high streets</p><p>• <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/money/2026/oct/22/middleton-revival-mill-towns-steve-coogan-manchester">How Middleton’s revival could be grist to the mill for Britain’s struggling towns</a></p><p></p><p>Andy Burnham has been urged by one of his most senior former advisers to tax internet sales at a higher rate than those in physical shops to help “level the playing field” for struggling high streets.</p><p>As the prime minister and his chancellor, John Healey, prepare for their first budget next week, <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/andy-haldane">Andy Haldane</a> joined calls for them to take action to stop the shutters coming down on growing numbers of shops across the UK.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/oct/22/save-high-street-tax-online-sales-burnham-urged">Continue reading...</a>
<p>Iran’s IRGC says it hit four vessels in the northern Gulf and three more struck mines near the strait of Hormuz</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/mar/04/maritime-and-port-workers-how-is-the-middle-east-conflict-affecting-you">Shipping workers: how is the Middle East conflict affecting you?</a></p></li><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/live/2026/oct/22/barclays-profits-jump-looming-bank-tax-french-bond-yields-hit-fresh-24-year-high-latest-live-updates">Business live – latest updates</a></p></li></ul><p>Oil prices jumped to a five-month high on Thursday after attacks in Saudi Arabia and hits to tankers in the strait of Hormuz threatened further disruptions to the world’s crude supply.</p><p>Brent crude, the international benchmark for oil prices, rose by 3% to hit $112 a barrel for first time since 18 May.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/oct/22/oil-prices-jump-five-month-high-threats-supply">Continue reading...</a>
<p>Fox News and others have toed president’s line – seemingly hoping unrest abroad will make people vote Republican</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/donaldtrump">Donald Trump</a> sought to capitalize on the scenes of unrest in France, <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/19/trump-france-protests">telling a crowd</a> in Kansas on Monday that “migrants” and “communists” were responsible, and that the scenes were “what the radical ‘Dumocrats’ want to do to America”.</p><p>As Republicans struggle to convince voters across the country ahead of November’s midterm elections, Trump’s allies in the conservative media have followed suit, seemingly hoping that the scenes in France can scare people to the polls.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/22/trump-maga-media-europe-protests">Continue reading...</a>