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George Monbiot is absolutely right (Second homes are a gross injustice, yet the UK government encourages them, 23 June). A housing crisis that has been brewing for decades has been hugely exacerbated in tourist areas by the likes of Airbnb, and further compounded by the ludicrous subsidies, incentives and tax breaks made available to second …

I read your piece on mispronunciations with interest (Pass notes, 23 June), but it turned out to be something of a damp squid.Richard PercyWigan, Lancashire An editor on the radio station where I worked years ago rang me to ask if the actors in the play I had just reported on had broken all their …

Amazon and Google are to be investigated by the UK competition watchdog over concerns the tech companies have not done enough to tackle the widespread problem of fake reviews on their websites. The Competition and Markets Authority, which began looking at the issue of fake reviews on major platforms two years ago, will now consider …

One of England’s most popular tourist attractions has apologised after hundreds of visitors to Brighton Palace Pier were overcharged for fairground rides to the tune of thousands of pounds. The pier – which is largely cashless – blamed the fiasco on the processing company Worldpay, which it said had used the date of the transaction …

The BT-owned mobile operator EE is to start charging UK customers to use their phones in Europe, having previously said it had no plans to reintroduce roaming costs after the Brexit trade deal struck at Christmas. New EE customers or those upgrading after mid-July will have to pay £2 a day when they use their …