5 h. ago Major energy company offering 80 hours of free electricity from next month

The firm is offering free electricity in exchange for customers reducing energy consumption at peak times

Science

8 h. ago Major energy firm giving away up to 80 hours of free electricity

The next round of Sunday Saver will run from June 2 until July 13 - but you won't be registered for it automatically, instead, you need to sign up through your EDF account

Science

3 d. ago Cannes Film Festival is hit by blackout caused by 'sabotage' as police hunt perpetrators

The Cannes Film Festival was briefly brought to a halt following a major power outage that has struck south-eastern France just hours after a fire at an electrical substation overnight.

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4 d. ago Major energy provider announces money saving tariff that could save you £200

The new Octopus Energy tariff is available to tenants in social, affordable, and shared ownership housing where properties are equipped with solar panels and Octopus-optimised batteries

Economics

5 d. ago Unions confirm Dumfries and Galloway Scottish Water workers to stage seven day strike

The walk out will begin on June 2 after officials accused the utility company of 'playing games' over a pay offer.

Economics

6 d. ago New York Narratives tour centers Muslim experiences, history in the city

In 2023, Asad Dandia created New York Narratives, a walking tour company that offers tours through New York’s Muslim neighborhoods

Politics

7 d. ago Trump administration to allow work to continue on $5bn New York wind farm

Governor lobbied Trump in a series of phone calls, and will now allow new gas pipeline capacity to move forwardUS politics live – latest updatesThe Trump administration has lifted a stop work order on a $5bn wind farm off the coast of New York after negotiations with the state to resume the major clean energy project, but cancelled plans for a gas pipeline could also be revived.The month-long stop work order on the Empire Wind project came amid Donald Trump’s targeting of the wind industry in the first 100 days of his second term as the US president pushes a pro-fossil fuels agenda. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Shares in China's CATL, world's biggest EV battery maker, surge in Hong Kong after $4.6 billion IPO

Hong Kong-trade shares in CATL, the world’s largest maker of batteries for electric vehicles, have jumped after the company raised around $4.6 billion in the biggest initial public offering globally this year

Economics

8 d. ago Energy bills set to change this summer in major boost for millions of UK households

It's another knock-on effect of Donald Trump's aggressive tariff policy

Economics

8 d. ago Major UK energy supplier handing households free electric on exact day each week

To earn the free electricity, you have to switch your electricity use away from weekday peak hours each week (4pm to 7pm)

Science

8 d. ago Energy bills 'set to fall' this summer in major boost for millions of homes

The latest forecast from analysts at Cornwall Insight say energy bills could fall by around 7% to £1,720 a year for the typical household from July

Economics

1 week ago Epic takes on Steam with Mega Sale, including free game available right now

Looking to pick up some PC games to play this Summer? Epic has you covered, with the company behind Fortnite offering a huge slate of deals in its Mega Sale

Politics

1 week ago Tesco hikes price of meal deal as expert warns 'shoppers will go elsewhere'

The supermarket has increased the cost of its The Pizza Company offer - which includes a pizza, side and dip - from £6 to £7

Economics

1 week ago Brits can bag one of 10,000 free pints today – see full list of 637 boozers serving them

Community pub company, Craft Union, is celebrating its 10th anniversary by offering a free drink to the nation, with more than 600 boozers offering up the lovely gift

Politics

2 w. ago Dear Jobs Guru: ‘I’m gutted recruiters offered me a new job then changed their minds’

Worker Aimee was offered a new job in January – then the company decided it couldn't afford her. Now she wants to know her rights. Our Jobs Guru James Innes is here with some much-needed advice

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2 w. ago Steven Wilson review – an interstellar sound voyage with Floydian grandeur

Bristol BeaconOn his first solo tour in seven years, Wilson transports a rapt audience through three hours of prog, bubbling electronica and time-bending post-rock blissA few feet above Steven Wilson’s head, the universe expands and contracts. His attention, though, is on a bank of equipment, from which he’s attempting to pull sounds that match the interstellar scope of the visuals spread across the gargantuan screen that hangs over him. Across the course of almost three hours, he does so with remarkable regularity.Appearing initially in profile, all in black and ensconced in a keyboard array that makes it look like he’s fallen to Earth in a pod, Wilson’s opening move during his first solo tour in seven years is to play his recent concept record, The Overview, in full. Its two vast songs (one 23 minutes, the other 18) are musings on our cosmic insignificance greeted with rapt attention by an audience relishing his return to prog after a run of works that tested his mettle in art-roc...

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2 w. ago Major energy company to pay thousands of customers compensation

Energy regulator Ofgem has ordered the firm to pay compensation following an "unacceptable" failure

Economics

2 w. ago World’s largest EV battery maker CATL to raise at least $4bn

Chinese company’s Hong Kong offering set to be biggest listing globally this year

Politics

2 w. ago Britain's richest plumber Charlie Mullins blasts new American owners of his former firm after they axed popular apprenticeship scheme

Mr Mullins has since revealed he regrets handing over the reigns of the company to the US private equity firm and has offered to fund a legal case by the 16 apprentices who are losing their jobs.

Politics

2 w. ago Rümeysa Öztürk, detained Tufts student, released from federal custody – US politics live

Turkish national and PhD student was arrested by US agents in March over her pro-Palestinian political speechLarge institutional investors have massively increased their holdings of Trump Media and Technology Group (TMTG) in recent months according to SEC filings, with many enlarging their positions by hundreds of millions of dollars.The revelations raise further questions about big business’s desire to curry favor with Donald Trump and his administration via the enterprises he has maintained or commenced. TMTG runs the Truth Social social media platform – on which the US president himself posts almost daily – as well as financial services and a film and TV streaming service.Donald Trump’s refusal to divest from his publicly traded company has predictably prompted huge investments from wealthy special interests that could use a favor from the president.Institutional Wall Street investors and even a foreign company with business before the administration have effectively offered a fo...

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