Brighton & Hove Albion goalscorer Kaoru Mitoma reacts to the 1-1 draw at Manchester City

Revenues jumped 40% to nearly £2bn after debt-ridden utility hiked water bills sharply in April Thames Water has reported a leap in half-year profits to £386m after bills rose by nearly a third, even as it warned it faced huge funding uncertainties that could result in a rapid collapse into government control. Britain’s biggest water company on Wednesday said it had swung into profit for the six months to September, after losing £230m in the same period in 2024. Continue reading...

Prof David Miles tells MPs the messaging given by the chancellor was

Judge last week’s budget in the light of our bold plans to sweep away red tape, tackle inactivity among young people and pursue a closer trading relationship with the EU, says prime minister Keir Star...

Watchdog’s flagship report says rise in low-carbon electricity will make transition ‘inevitable’, despite Trump’s calls to carry on drilling Renewables will grow faster than any major energy source in the next decade, according to the world’s energy watchdog, making the transition away from fossil fuels “inevitable”, despite a green backlash in the US and parts of Europe. The world is expected to build more renewable energy projects in the next five years than has been rolled out over the last 40, according to the flagship annual report from the International Energy Agency (IEA). Continue reading...

The BBC belongs to all of us, and it is under attack as never before. The government must defend it from its enemies, within and without, says Liberal Democrat leader Ed Davey

Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how

Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how

Dartford representative James Buchan says ‘devastating’ immigration plans had created a lot of fear and anxiety A Reform UK councillor has defected to the Conservatives saying he became “uncomfortable” in Nigel Farage’s party. James Buchan, who sits in the south-east London borough of Dartford, said he struggled with the idea of facing his relatives while a member of a party whose anti-immigration policies spread fear. Continue reading...