Business news 

Millions enter fuel poverty as energy costs soar

E.ON and Scottish and Southern pile on the pressure after gas and electricity prices rise by up almost 30%

High street sales stage surprise July upturn

Unexpected rise in sales confounds City gloom and sows uncertainty over outlook for consumer spending

Tata will sell assets to pay for UK marques

Indian group to scrap rights issue after making u-turn over £368m fundraising to help pay for Land Rover and Jaguar

Sport News 

Benitez and Parry hold peace talks

The Liverpool manager and chief executive have settled their differences over the Gareth Barry transfer saga

• Window watch: Cissé joins Sunderland

• Benítez looks beyond Barry to Riera

Brian Barwick ousted as FA chief

FA chief executive finally loses boardroom battle at Soho Square while England team endure a frustrating draw at Wembley

Triumphant sailors plot course to 2012

Britain's record-breaking sailing team expect to surpass their incredible medal haul in four years' time in home waters

Comment 

A ration-book view of talent

The GCSE results will bring the usual complaints, but all students can achieve good grades

• Andrew Adonis

Paedophiles may be mad or bad. But not both

If Gary Glitter is a criminal, and not mentally ill, then he has paid the price and we should not punish him again

• Carol Sarler

Sell-off puts a spoke in Brown's wheel

Breaking-up BAA will improve passenger conditions and save Britain from an environmental disaster

• Anatole Kaletsky

Life & Style 

What to wear when it's raining

Raindrops keep falling on our heads, but that doesn’t mean we’ve lost our sense of style

Can your relationship survive the football season?

The season has barely begun and already one soccer widow has blown the final whistle on her marriage. Can yours survive?

Buying property in the world's top resorts

How far will your money go in glamorous destinations like St Tropez and the Seychelles?

Arts & Entertainment 

Connery on Scottish clan McCinema

From its earliest days Hollywood has owed a debt to Scotland and its most prolific talent, explains Sean Connery

An enfant terrible takes French leave

Why has France’s hottest film-maker, the flamboyant François Ozon, turned to English period drama, asks Kevin Maher

Four stars for Stanley Kubrick, the Musical

Could this performance do for the life and works of Stanley Kubrick what We Will Rock You did for the works of Queen?