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FSB warns energy costs pushing small firms to the brink

Rising energy bills and reduced consumer spending is forcing thousands of small businesses into making ‘impossible choices’.

What the papers say – August 20

More travel misery for rail passengers as strike action continues

Patients to be asked to minimise emergency service use over winter

What can households do to offset soaring energy costs?

New smart glasses to help nurses maximise time with patients on home visits

Mexico arrests ex-attorney general in missing students case

Rishi Sunak would ban new smart motorways to end ‘war on motorists’

Liz Truss mocks BBC to sidestep question about controversial report she co-wrote

Noah’s mother ‘humbled’ over calls to name bridge after tragic schoolboy

Rishi Sunak scores own goal with football gaffe

Liz Truss brands Manchester’s Andy Burnham a ‘miserabilist mayor’

Steve Jobs’ Apple-1 computer prototype auctioned for nearly 700,000 dollars

Influencer Andrew Tate banned from Facebook and Instagram

El Shafee Elsheikh’s victims’ families say his silence ‘speaks volumes’

Cineworld ‘prepares to file for bankruptcy within weeks’

US announces new military aid and drones for Ukraine

Finnish PM takes drugs test ‘for own legal protection’ after video leak

James Foley ‘more alive than ever’ eight years on from the day of brutal death

Russian energy giant Gazprom to shut gas pipeline to Europe for three days

Two Russian villages evacuated after fire at munitions depot near Ukraine border

More than 30 aircraft deployed to help tackle major wildfire in Spain

Last Of The Summer Wine actress Josephine Tewson dies aged 91

Man who died in hotel fire had cuts on hands from trying to escape, inquiry told

Blasts behind Russian lines had major psychological effect on Putin – officials

Mendy rape accuser ‘was in WhatsApp group with another alleged assault victim’

Rail union fury at threat to impose changes

Tube strike causing travel misery across London

‘Vital’ bee populations boosted by national park wildflower corridor scheme

NHS bosses make rare appeal to ministers as UK faces ‘public health emergency’

Heritage train company launches service in competition with Avanti West Coast

Sunak’s promise to protect farmland from solar farms criticised

‘Bully’ who murdered new bride and hid her body in suitcase jailed for life

Love Island star partners with Thames Valley Police for women’s safety campaign

Finance watchdog fines Citigroup Global Markets £12.5m for market abuse failures

Almost half of bill-payers struggling with energy costs before next hike – poll

Sir Sean Connery’s Aston Martin DB5 makes £1.9m at US auction

Tory candidates face hustings as Truss accused of wanting ‘devastating cuts’

Labour demands recall of Parliament to tackle soaring energy bills

Self-driving vehicles ‘on UK roads by 2025’ under new Government plans

Man accused of attacking Sir Salman Rushdie pleads not guilty

Reduction in Bali bombmaker’s sentence will cause distress, says Australian PM

Water company bosses got 20% pay rise amid sewage ‘scandal’, say Lib Dems

Health Secretary Steve Barclay considers overseas hiring spree for care homes

‘Humanitarian crisis’ in UK if action not taken on energy bills, say NHS bosses

Two dead after plane collision in California

Excess death figures to be examined amid concerns about lockdown effects

Gerard Butler ‘devastated’ after sudden death of ‘brother in arms’ Darius

Michael Gove backs Rishi Sunak and says Liz Truss is on ‘holiday from reality’

Thomas O’Halloran’s family devastated by death of ‘kind and gentle’ man

Who were the four British terrorists dubbed ‘The Beatles’?

British ‘Beatle’ terrorist given life sentence over deaths of Western hostages

Manchester United’s Sir Alex Ferguson in court to defend Ryan Giggs

Archie Battersbee’s mother seeks meeting with Health Secretary to discuss system