Business news 

Toyota to reduce output at UK plant as sales slide

The Japanese carmaker will reduce production at its Burnaston plant by 15,000 vehicles, as demand falters

Transatlantic airline Zoom collapses

Hundreds of passengers stranded as flights by low-cost airline operating between US and North America are stopped

US shares soar as figures paint better picture

The US economy grew by 3.3 per cent in the second quarter, with the news pushing stocks higher despite analysts' warnings

Sport News 

Capello facing clashes over injuries

England manager upset at being left in the dark over treatment of Steven Gerrard and Owen Hargreaves

• England rocked by Gerrard injury blow

• Threat to coverage of England tie

Murray reprieved after war of attrition

The British No 1 survived a tricky four-set match against Michael Llodra after the Frenchman succumbed to nerves

Fiszman denies Arsenal are spent force

Wenger 'refuses to buy' despite overwhelming evidence that his squad is too young to mount Premier League title challenge

Comment 

Navigating the new global archipelago

The Georgia crisis reveals new rules of international diplomacy. Obama had better learn them fast

• Nader Mousavizadeh

Titan prisons will only brutalise their inmates

I do not often agree with the Prison Reform Trust, but on the proposed construction of giant prisons I do wholeheartedly

• Theodore Dalrymple

Regulating quack medicine makes me feel sick

If alternative remedies are either untested or ineffective, why are we promoting them?

• David Colquhoun

Life & Style 

Introducing the digital waiter

A hi-tech restaurant for the impatient allows you to order and pay using a ‘smart’ tabletop. Giles Hattersley reviews it

Jack Sprat: foraging for mushrooms

I doubt there's a decent fungus hollow now within 50 miles of an urban centre that doesn't look like it has been ram-raided

The Joy of Sex: why you need help in bed

The woman who has updated the Seventies sex classic explains why know-it-all couples still need a helping hand in bed

Arts & Entertainment 

Joan Baez is back

Age has not wearied Joan Baez, the queen of protest, but it’s calmed her down ... a bit, Will Hodgkinson finds

Some Ting in the way the Crystal Castles move

The Canadian duo Crystal Castles are the Yang to the Ting Tings’ Yin, says Pete Paphides, and it can be pretty scary

Skirl power as new bagpipe bands spring up

Bagpiping is on the up and, due to popular demand, lessons are to start even in London. Charlotte Phillips tries her hand