38 m. ago Warning to those who have thermostat in hallway as energy bills soar

Where you keep your heating controller could see you paying hundreds of pounds more

Events

44 m. ago Kate Bush, Imogen Heap and Damon Albarn among 1,000 artists featured on silent AI protest album

Project features recordings of empty studios and recording spaces, which musicians warn could become the reality should new AI proposals go ahead

Events

51 m. ago Save up to £534 on your energy bills in just minutes by following this simple fridge trick

Energy experts believe cleaning this part of your fridge could save you money

Economics

55 m. ago Millions more households to get £150 energy bill discount as Ofgem price cap rises again

The Warm Home Discount gives you £150 off your electricity bill, normally between October and March, and plans to expand the scheme will see millions more people eligible for this help

Economics

58 m. ago When It Rained for a Million Years by Paul Farley – thrilling leaps of imagination

An impressive collection of poems – largely set in industrial wastelands and musing on time and distance – makes the mundane magicalThe deluge of abstract thought in Paul Farley’s sixth collection, When It Rained for a Million Years, flows impressively far and wide. In this startlingly imaginative work, blood runs backwards and language itself has eyes – somehow, each word on the page “looks back, puzzled, like it dwells / on distances – between dip / and driving quill”.The “distances” these poems span are unremarkable in geographic terms. Farley is fond of scruffy car parks and cooling towers, PO boxes and photocopiers, taxi cabs and chimney stacks. I cannot always follow the beauty he sees in bus timetables or in a study of stacked chairs. But although the height of glamour involves a flying visit to the dismal grey of Heathrow, this subverted play on grandeur only renders his imagery more sublime. In one poem, a flag memorably “shivers like / a bolt of silk on a bed of nails, / o...

Politics

59 m. ago More than 1,000 musicians including Kate Bush and The Clash release 'silent album' to show the impact Labour's damaging AI plans would have on the music industry

Massive stars including Kate Bush, Annie Lennox and The Clash are among those who have collaborated on the project designed to warn that Labour's proposals would see the industry fall silent.

Culture

68 m. ago Energy price cap explained as Ofgem announces third hike in just six months

Millions of households will see their energy bills rise again after Ofgem announced its new price cap for the first half of 2025, with prices set to go up from April 1

Politics

73 m. ago ITV Good Morning Britain's Susanna Reid halts show for 'breaking news' as energy prices soar

Susanna Reid and Richard Madeley delivered a "breaking news" update amid a "third consecutive" energy bills price rise.

Culture

78 m. ago This country hasn’t had a census in nearly 40 years – millions more now live here

The final results of Iraq’s first census in nearly 40 years show the population has reached 46.1 million

Politics

82 m. ago Gatwick expansion ‘would benefit consumers even if Heathrow gets new runway’

The Civil Aviation Authority announced support for the West Sussex airport’s proposed new commitments.

Politics

93 m. ago Merz makes moves to build coalition as German parliamentary groups meet for first time since election – Europe live

Friedrich Merz aiming to build government before Easter after winning most votes in Germany electionDeutsche Presse-Agentur, the German news agency, has ruled that the new expected coalition between the conservative CDU/CSU union and the Social Democratic party will no longer qualify as a “grand coalition”, or GroKo, as it was known in Angela Merkel years.This is to account for the reality that the two are no longer the largest parties in the new Bundestag – with the far-right Alternative für Deutschland now the second largest, ahead of the SPD, after the elections on Sunday. Continue reading...

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96 m. ago Killer farmer Tony Martin who shot dead teenager leaves behind huge seven

Farmer Tony Martin (pictured), who was jailed for murder but released after three years, left behind an estate of around £5million. It remains unclear who will inherit the windfall.

Events

97 m. ago Man who ‘begged’ NHS for weightloss jabs drops nine stone after going private

Mark Spurr dropped nine stone after starting weekly Mounjaro jabs eight months ago

Economics

1 hour ago Household energy bills to soar by average of £111 from April 1 as Ofgem increases price cap

This is 9.4% or £159 higher than this time last year

Economics

1 hour ago New plans to expand £150 Warm Home Discount to help over six million people next winter

Around three million more families would qualify for energy bill discounts under new proposals from the UK Government.

Economics

1 hour ago Georgina Hayden’s coronation cauliflower and egg salad – recipe

A punchy and substantial seasonal salad Historically, February is the month when I really embrace the joy of staying in. I want to see friends and family, but I’m also not too fussed about leaving the house. It’s too cold to be checking train times and organising diaries – come to mine and we can curl up in the warm. It’s also the time of year when I most crave comfort and nostalgia: school-style traybakes with cream (or custard, if you must) and retro dishes such as glazed ham, egg and chips. This coronation cauliflower salad is well within that theme: it’s retro and familiar, but also seasonal and worthy. Continue reading...

Politics

1 hour ago Look at Donald Trump and his gang of broligarchs – and tell me we don’t need a wealth tax | Brian Cox

I played a fictional billionaire on TV. It’s time world leaders got serious about taxing the real onesBrian Cox played Logan Roy in HBO’s Succession and is a supporter of Patriotic Millionaires InternationalYou could be forgiven for thinking the second coming of Donald Trump was fiction. Unfortunately, it’s not – the threat he and his “broligarchs” bring to people around the world is very, very real. Last month Trump, surrounded by his uber-rich friends, was inaugurated the 47th president, while his political supporters sat outside in the cold – the perfect metaphor for who really matters in this presidency.Among the clique were the three richest men in the world: Jeff Bezos, Mark Zuckerberg and top dog Elon Musk, who personally poured $277m into Trump’s election campaign, increasing his own wealth by $170bn as a result.Brian Cox played Logan Roy in HBO’s Succession and is a supporter of Patriotic Millionaires International Continue reading...

Politics

1 hour ago Energy bills set to rise by average of £111 to £1,849 a year from April

Latest hike in prices blamed on higher wholesale energy prices by regulator Ofgem

Economics

2 h. ago Energy calculator: Find out exactly how much more you'll pay as Ofgem announces new price cap

The new Ofgem energy price cap means that the typical household will pay £1,849 annually for gas and electricity, for a standard dual-fuel direct debit plan

Economics

2 h. ago Energy bills to rise again from April in bitter blow to millions of cash

The energy price cap will increase by 6.4 per cent from £1,738 to £1,849 from April 1 for a typical household in England, Scotland and Wales, Ofgem announced today.

Economics