A payments company backed by Nick Candy, the Reform UK treasurer, will this week announce a tie-up with a London-based peer amid a rapidly shifting industry landscape.
Strike action by bin workers which has left rubbish piling up on Birmingham's streets will continue after union members "overwhelmingly rejected" the council's offer in a fresh ballot.
Prisoners housed in separation centres have been stopped from using kitchens following an attack by the brother of the Manchester Arena bomber, Sky News understands.