The government must increase its energy bills discount by at least 150% or risk pushing millions of households into financial distress. That is the warning from consumer group Which? ahead of Friday’s announcement of the energy price cap for the three months from October. In May, the government said that it would give every household
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A rocket attack on a train station in central Ukraine as the country marked its Independence Day has killed 22 people, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said. The Ukrainian leader had warned for days that Russian forces might attempt “something particularly cruel” this week. The lethal attack hit the town of Chaplyne in the central Dnipropetrovsk region,
CCTV footage capturing the sound of gunshots during the murder of Olivia Pratt-Korbel in Liverpool has emerged. The video does not show the attack itself but the audio clearly captures the sound of four gunshots. Olivia was killed shortly after 10pm on Monday night after a 35-year-old man, being chased by another man with a
App-based lender Atom bank says its four-day working week trial has been a resounding success. The bank, which is based in the northeast of England, said the trial had been “overwhelmingly positive” for employees, improving productivity and job satisfaction. Recruiting and retaining staff was easier, and there was no negative impact on customer service ratings,
Chinese EV battery maker CATL continues its reign as the world’s largest battery manufacturer after posting robust growth in its Q2 earnings. As the transition to electric vehicles in the auto industry gains momentum, the need to lock up critical EV battery materials is becoming evident. Automakers are scrambling to lock up deals with EV
Angola’s President Joao Manuel Goncalves Lourenco (L) speaks to Russian President Vladimir Putin during their meeting at the Kremlin in Moscow on April 4, 2019. Lourenco’s MPLA has long maintained close ties with Russia. ALEXANDER ZEMLIANICHENKO/POOL/AFP via Getty Images Russia’s long-held ties with the Southern African nation of Angola could be in jeopardy as the
Aug 24, 2022 Sarah Nurse was on vacation, having just helped Team Canada to Olympic gold in Beijing, when the call arrived. It was EA Sports. They were wondering if Nurse was interested in making history. “They asked me if I wanted to be on the cover of NHL 23 and I was like, ‘Sure,
11:00 AM ET As a young hockey fan, Trevor Zegras would dream about pulling off video-game moves as an NHL player. Now he’s on the cover of “NHL 23,” a video game that features a move named in his honor that he made famous as an Anaheim Ducks rookie sensation last season. “It’s weird. I
A virtual “robot rapper” has been dropped by a record label following criticism that it perpetuated racist stereotypes. Just days after announcing it had signed the computer-generated FN Meka, Capitol Music Group announced it had “severed ties” with the project and apologised to the black community for its “insensitivity” and lack of research. It comes
In this article TWTR Parag Agrawal, CEO of Twitter, and his wife Vineeta Agarwal, walk to a morning session during the Allen & Company Sun Valley Conference on July 07, 2022 in Sun Valley, Idaho. Kevin Dietsch | Getty Images News | Getty Images The Securities and Exchange Commission asked Twitter in June for additional
A man shot and injured by the gunman who killed nine-year-old Olivia Pratt-Korbel in Liverpool has been revealed as ‘convicted burglar’ Joseph Nee. The 35-year-old was believed to be the intended target of the balaclava-wearing attacker who chased him along the street before Nee forced his way into the schoolgirl’s family home in the Dovecot
Two astrophotographers have recently revealed an intricately detailed picture of the Moon after working on the project for two years. The image was created by stitching together more than 2,00,000 photos of the Moon over a two-year period. Most commonly, the Moon is seen as a large grey celestial body in the night sky. The new
Police are pursuing a “number of very positive lines of inquiry” as they hunt the gunman who killed a nine-year-old girl in Liverpool. Olivia Pratt-Korbel was shot dead by a masked attacker while inside her home in Kingsheath Avenue, in the Dovecot area of the city, on Monday night. He was chasing 35-year-old convicted burglar
7:00 AM ET Just a few more days before we have honest-to-goodness college football games and the 2022 season is here. ESPN’s preseason All-America team includes some familiar names and some new ones. Included are four players who made ESPN’s 2021 postseason All-America team — Alabama quarterback Bryce Young, Georgia tight end Brock Bowers, USC
Speaking exclusively to Sky News, Taiwan’s Foreign Minister Joseph Wu has issued a stern warning that China in the final stages of a military assault on the island. It comes as China has launched naval and air manoeuvres in and around the island in what it calls exercises. Communist mainland China has long seen Taiwan
Micheal Cohen, Donald Trump’s former personal attorney, tells CNN’s Don Lemon what he predicts the former president’s next move will be following the FBI search at Mar-a-Lago. #CNN #News
Boris Johnson has returned to Ukraine as the war-torn country marks its independence day. The prime minister was pictured in Kyiv with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. “What happens in Ukraine matters to us all,” Mr Johnson said on Twitter. “That is why I am in Kyiv today. That is why the UK will continue to stand
Britain imported no fuels from Russia in June for the first time on record following the imposition of sanctions over the invasion of Ukraine, official data shows. The figure published by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) comes after the UK moved to sever all reliance on Moscow for its power needs in the face
R Kelly offered $1m for the return of a videotape allegedly featuring an underage girl, a former merchandising agent has claimed at the singer’s latest trial. Kelly, who is serving a 30-year prison sentence after being convicted in New York in 2021 on charges of using his fame to sexually abuse fans, is now appearing
Freezing energy bills will not help people who need the most support with the cost of living crisis, according to a government minister. The boss of Scottish Power revealed on Tuesday that he had asked the government to back a £100bn loan scheme to allow energy companies to freeze bills for two years. Keith Anderson