Oil back above $110 after expletive-laden Trump threat to Iran

Oil prices have surged as much as 64% in March – when they reached nearly $120 a barrel – in the biggest monthly gain since 1990 when Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait took both countries’ oil off the market, resulting in an energy supply shock, said Nicolas Daher from the Economist Intelligence Unit.

Kevin PeacheyCost of living correspondent Getty Images The link between toys and sports has proved successful for the sector UK toy sales have risen for the first time in five years, but sellers are braced for the potential impact of any social media ban for under-16s. The value of toy sales rose by 6% last…

Even on a 30-minute drive from Russia’s positions in eastern Ukraine, being visible can be fatal. The buzz of rotors overhead is constant. Fibre-optic cables criss-cross cratered fields. Pick-up trucks are encased in prickly metal cages for protection. In cities such as Kherson, nets are strung across roads and hospitals in an attempt to tame…

Ethan Saunders,Meirand Richard Price,West Midlands BBC Michelle Swift, director of Meir Matters, says they previously ran a similar scheme with slow cookers Air fryers are to be given out free by a community group that has been teaching people how to cook as part of a scheme to help them eat more healthily. Meir Matters…

Faarea Masud & Simon BrowningBBC News Getty Images The number of passengers passing through UK airports will be the most ever seen on any Christmas Eve since records began in 1972, the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) said. It projects over 335,000 people will be flying in the UK on Wednesday, which is up 5% from…