Periodically, I electrify readers with a drama about energy bills. Before you switch off, let me assure you that utilities companies are masters of suspense.…
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UK installs record number of public electric vehicle chargers
The UK has installed a record number of public electric car chargers this year, as companies race to keep up with the growing number of…
View More UK installs record number of public electric vehicle chargers‘I’m happy we’re not killing them any more’: Ireland’s last basking shark hunter on the return of the giants
The ambush was simple. A spotter on a hill would scan the sea and when he saw the big black fins approach, he would shout…
View More ‘I’m happy we’re not killing them any more’: Ireland’s last basking shark hunter on the return of the giantsFraudsters editing vehicle photos to add fake damage in UK insurance scam
A surge in fraud cases in which photos are manipulated to show fake car crash damage is alarming insurers and helping to push motor insurance…
View More Fraudsters editing vehicle photos to add fake damage in UK insurance scamUK house prices fall unexpectedly for second month in a row
UK house prices have fallen unexpectedly in April for a second consecutive month, according to the building society Nationwide, as interest rate uncertainty and more…
View More UK house prices fall unexpectedly for second month in a rowNationwide stops lending on some flood-risk properties
Britain’s biggest building society has stopped granting mortgages on some properties where there is a high risk of flooding but said this affected only “a…
View More Nationwide stops lending on some flood-risk properties‘It’s pretty gloomy out there’: new NFU chief Tom Bradshaw fights to give food producers a better deal
‘This is the first time I’ve had my lawn cut by somebody else,” says Tom Bradshaw, the new president of the National Farmers’ Union. Just…
View More ‘It’s pretty gloomy out there’: new NFU chief Tom Bradshaw fights to give food producers a better dealRoyal Mail pauses fines for ‘fake’ stamps after apparent flaw in fraud scanners
Royal Mail has suspended controversial fines for letters with stamps it deems counterfeit after claims that it was penalising the public for its own inadequate…
View More Royal Mail pauses fines for ‘fake’ stamps after apparent flaw in fraud scannersFrom petri dish to plate: meet the company hoping to bring lab-grown fish to the table
The redbrick offices, just north of Hamburg’s River Elbe and a few floors below Carlsberg’s German headquarters, are an unexpectedly low-key setting for a food…
View More From petri dish to plate: meet the company hoping to bring lab-grown fish to the tableUN-led panel aims to tackle abuses linked to mining for ‘critical minerals’
A UN-led panel of nearly 100 countries is to draw up new guidelines to prevent some of the environmental damage and human rights abuses associated…
View More UN-led panel aims to tackle abuses linked to mining for ‘critical minerals’