Ofgem announcement will ‘strike fear’ into hearts, says Rachel Reeves, amid accusations of profiteering at oil and gas firms The energy regulator is set to approve a record increase in household bills on Friday as pressure mounts for an emergency budget to tackle the cost of living crisis. The industry […]
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Warning comes after the last regular line supplying electricity to Ukraine’s Russian-held Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant was temporarily cut Russia-Ukraine war: see all our coverage What we know on day 184 of the invasion Volodymyr Zelenskiy has said the world narrowly avoided a “radiation disaster” as the last regular line […]
Truss remained loath to ‘bung money’ at those struggling to afford spiralling bills, Sunak said millions may be forced into destitution Liz Truss has doubled down on her reluctance to “bung more money” at those who will struggle to afford spiralling energy costs this winter while Rishi Sunak said millions […]
Interview with health secretary interrupted by woman who accuses him of ‘doing nothing’ about ambulance waits The health secretary has been confronted outside a hospital by a woman who angrily criticised the government for doing “bugger all” to fix record-high ambulance wait times. During an interview with broadcasters in central […]
Conservationists welcome successful breeding season but say birds remain at risk of being illegally killed Nearly 120 rare hen harrier chicks have fledged in England this year, the highest number for more than a century, England’s conservation agency has said. Natural England and its partners recorded 119 hen harrier chicks […]
Plan risks catastrophic failure of cooling systems, says head of Ukraine’s atomic energy company A detailed plan has been drawn up by Russia to disconnect Europe’s largest nuclear plant from Ukraine’s power grid, risking a catastrophic failure of its cooling systems, the Guardian has been told. World leaders have called […]
Former Newsnight presenter says former No 10 communications chief Sir Robbie Gibb on board acting as ‘arbiter of impartiality’ Emily Maitlis has said a BBC board member is an “active agent of the Conservative party” who is shaping the broadcaster’s news output by acting “as the arbiter of BBC impartiality”. […]
Millions of vulnerable people will be harmed without radical policies to ease cost of living crisis, say experts Physical and financial harm will be caused to millions of vulnerable families unless the government takes action to avert a winter catastrophe by cutting energy bills, leading economists have warned. In the […]
Pete Arredondo defended the police response to the massacre in a 17-page letter that also lashed out at state officials The Uvalde school district fired police chief Pete Arrendondo on Wednesday, making him the first officer to lose his job over the hesitant and fumbled response by law enforcement at […]
Vyshgorod district just north of capital hit by explosions, says governor; US president expected to discuss arms shipments with Ukrainian counterpart Revealed: Russian plan to disconnect nuclear plant from grid At a glance: what we know on day 183 of the invasion Continue reading…