British Gas owner Centrica has bought a gas-fired power station in Wales for £370 million which its boss said will help keep energy supplies “secure and affordable” amid a global spike in gas prices.

Donald Trump posted on social media that the two-month war could soon end and that oil and natural gas shipments could restart.

Campaigners took aim at the group over its profits at a time when households and businesses are suffering from painful price rises.

Polling stations across Scotland have opened as the country elects a new batch of MSPs to Holyrood. Voters have until 10pm on Thursday to cast their ballot in a contest that will decide who Scotland’s ...

The retail chain said uncertainty about the geopolitical situation could weigh on its profits in the year ahead.

The serac is part of the Khumbu Icefall, a constantly shifting glacier with deep crevasses and huge overhanging ice that can ...

Some 19 British nationals were listed as passengers on the cruise, which was sailing from Argentina to Cape Verde, with four ...

Shell has announced a higher-than-forecast surge in profits for the first three months of the year, thanks to rocketing oil prices caused by the Iran war. The oil giant reported underlying earnings of ...

There will be no Triple Crown winner in America this year with trainer Cherie DeVaux deciding against running her remarkable Kentucky Derby hero Golden Tempo in the Preakness Stakes at Pimlico.

Polling stations across Wales, Scotland and parts of England have opened for millions to cast their vote in crucial elections ...

Scots are set to go to the polls on Thursday in the Holyrood election. Polling stations will open at 7am and close at 10pm as voters elect Scotland’s 129 MSPs in local constituencies and on the eight ...

In hot sunshine, they worked hard all day in the sandpit. Led by Cheshire Wildlife Trust staff, they cleared burnt gorse at the edge of the sandpit that was charred in a fire last summer. Volunteers ...