Santander to buy TSB for £2.65bn amid fears of branch closures and job losses

The Spanish bank Santander is buying the British high street lender TSB for £2.65bn, raising fears of job cuts and branch closures across the combined group.The proposed deal, announced on Tuesday evening, is the result of a takeover tussle in Santander’s home base of Spain, with the lender Sabadell having decided to sell TSB as it faces an €11bn (£9.4bn) hostile approach from a rival, BBVA.The deal will still have to be approved by Sabadell’s shareholders, but could result in TSB changing hands in early 2026, the third major ownership shake-up for the lender in just over 12 years

AstraZeneca boss ‘wants to shift stock market listing to US’

AstraZeneca’s chief executive, Pascal Soriot, has reportedly said that he would like to shift the company’s stock market listing from the UK to the US.The boss of Britain’s most valuable listed company has spoken privately about a preference to move the listing to New York, the Times reported. It added that he had also considered moving the company’s domicile.The FTSE 100 company’s share price rose by 2.8% on Tuesday, with most of the increase happening after the story was published

AI companies start winning the copyright fight

Hello, and welcome to TechScape. If you need me after this newsletter publishes, I will be busy poring over photos from Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez’s wedding, the gaudiest and most star-studded affair to disrupt technology news this year. I found it a tacky and spectacular affair. Everyone who was anyone was there, except for Charlize Theron, who, unprompted, said on Monday: “I think we might be the only people who did not get an invite to the Bezos wedding. But that’s OK, because they suck and we’re cool

China hosts first fully autonomous AI robot football match

They think it’s all over … for human footballers at least.The pitch wasn’t the only artificial element on display at a football match in China on Saturday. Four teams of humanoid robots took on each other in Beijing, in games of three-a-side powered by artificial intelligence.While the modern game has faced accusations of becoming near-robotic in its obsession with tactical perfection, the games in China showed that AI won’t be taking Kylian Mbappé’s job just yet.Footage of the humanoid kickabout showed the robots struggling to kick the ball or stay upright, performing pratfalls that would have earned their flesh-and-blood counterparts a yellow card for diving

Novak Djokovic survives stomach bug and dogged Müller to reach second round

At Wimbledon they are calling it the massacre of the seeds. And it has been bloodier than any grand slam in history. On the men’s side, four of the top 10 have been knocked out in the first round. Another four have also fallen in the women’s singles. That makes eight top-10 players in total, a record in the Open era

Wimbledon 2025: Djokovic battles through but Gauff and Zverev crash out – as it happened

And breathe. It’s been a relentless, action-packed day here at Wimbledon, with big names crashing out and British hopefuls wowing the crowds. We’ll do it all again tomorrow, when thankfully it won’t be as hot. Thanks for joining me. Goodnight!Coco Gauff crashes out in loss to Dayana YastremskaJack Pinnington Jones leads historic British chargeJack Draper eases past Báez to set up Cilic clashIce in short supply as SW19 temperatures reach 34CPutintseva raises concern over ‘dangerous’ spectatorKrejcikova fights back to prolong her title defenceMpetshi Perricard breaks serve record … but losesZverev, Pegula, Zheng all make first-round exitsHere’s Barney Ronay on Jack Draper’s emergence as Britain’s new hope at Wimbledon