'It'll be more luck than judgment if lights are on this winter': Stark warning from industry expert as hard-pressed families brace for energy bill surge
(Stock image) European nations face several energy shocks due to the Iran war, record low gas reserves and a water shortage in Norway - but Britain could be uniquely vulnerable.
Unions call for defence cash to be given to workers
The Trades Union Congress (TUC), starting today, will argue 'investment in workers' should come before rises in national security spending.
Teenager has 'potentially life-changing injuries' after an 'unknown substance' is thrown at him in Manchester: Man, 19, is arrested on suspicion of assault
Police said that a man in his mid-teens had a substance thrown at him after getting into an argument with a man.
Veteran crime scene investigator sues police for £100,000 after claiming that dealing with 45 murders a year caused stress and led to him having a stroke
Paul Tebbutt, 68, spent 27 years as a forensic investigator and became a crime scene co-ordinator in 2012.
Rupert Lowe reveals he 'deliberated' over Elon Musk's 'illegal' offer to give Restore Britain 'as much money as we want' but he rejected the donation because of 'optics'
Lowe said on Tuesday that he had rejected Musk's offer made at a fundraiser in Mayfair because of 'optics' - and the fact that it would be illegal to accept a foreign donation.
Emma Barnett quit Today programme after BBC bosses 'rejected her ideas to reduce political coverage in favour of human interest stories'
BBC sources say Ms Barnett, 41, grew frustrated when her ideas about reducing the programme's political coverage for more human-interest items met with resistance
LIBBY PURVES: I warned Emma that Today might not be fun. That car-crash interview with Kemi proved my point
If it had gone well - by which I mean the interview was civil, forensically critical and produced actual information - I would have been pleased to have her do it.
The truth about Britain's CHICKEN obsession: In 1958, it was a luxury only 1 per cent of us ate. Now we consume 1.1BILLION of the birds a year. So why ARE we so addicted - and where does it REALLY come from?
Chicken is the No 1 meat in the UK, by a country mile. The incursion of chicken shops on high streets is proof enough, and figures show the average adult eats 189g of it each week at home.
Defiant RNLI crews vow not to give in to boat demo bullies and stop wearing their badges after being branded 'traitors'
The charity issued the advice following protests in Dover and Portsmouth last weekend when volunteers were targeted after rescuing migrants at sea
Daughter of British citizen and pro-democracy tycoon Jimmy Lai who has been jailed by China reveals she has been diagnosed with an 'aggressive' form of cancer
Hong Kong democracy campaigner and media mogul Jimmy Lai has spent the last six years in prison and was handed what his son described as a 'death sentence' by a court.
SARAH VINE: The women of Piddington don't want their small village overrun by male asylum seekers. So why the silence from Labour's MeToo sisterhood?
Almost ten years ago, the #MeToo movement began with a post on Twitter (now X) by the American actress Alyssa Milano , sharing her experiences of sexual assault and asking other women to do the same.
The greatest battle of 1066: No, not THAT defeat at Hastings but King Harold's blood-soaked rout of a 7ft Viking warlord at Stamford Bridge. Now TV historian Dan Snow reveals how the real site has finally been unearthed after a painstaking search
It was the last great Viking battle, against the greatest Viking invader. On a field in Yorkshire, the Viking age in England came to a decisive end. Two kings clashed. Two of Europe's finest warriors...
TALK OF THE TOWN: Kate Moss's girl Lila ruffles some Gen Z feathers with copycat pose
A freckled, teenage Kate Moss was catapulted from obscurity into superstardom when she appeared on the cover of The Face magazine in 1990, posing on a beach in a feathered headdress.
'We were just as shocked as the fans!': New Strictly Come Dancing hosts reveal surprise after bagging primetime gig
Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman presented the hit British ballroom dancing show for 11 years until their departure late last year.
EU delays its troubled border checks yet again to maintain 'fluidity'
The system requires British and other non-EU citizens to provide fingerprints and a facial scan when they enter the 29 countries in the Schengen zone.
Sunday blues peak at 7pm, new study finds
Scientists have confirmed it is more than just a dip in mood - it is, in fact, a real affliction that affects us physically and mentally and even impacts our behaviour.
ROSS CLARK: Let's dump the concept of identity politics - it's turned into a monster that's pulling society apart
The Government is setting up a new body within the Office for Equality and Opportunity to examine why Britain's white working class isn't doing well.
No. 10 North fiasco: Prime Minister 'struggling' to find time to head back to his beloved Manchester
Mr Burnham announced the new department with great fanfare when he entered Downing Street in the summer - apparently without appreciating the volume of work required in London.
British father flies to Cyprus as he faces court over hotel death of two-year-old son
He is accused of causing death by a rash, reckless or dangerous act, and faces up to four years in prison if convicted.
Riverford founder: Why I ditched management consultancy to farm 3 acres of organic veg in the 1980s
We speak to Guy Singh-Watson, who tells us how he started and grew his organic veg box company Riverford, in our new How We Built It series.