Warmer winter hits profits at British Gas owner Centrica

The government will underwrite a £1.5bn loan guarantee to Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) in a bid to support its suppliers as a cyber attack continues to halt production at the car maker. Business Secretary Peter Kyle said the loan, from a commercial bank, would protect jobs in the West Midlands, Merseyside and across the UK….

Michelle Lawrie samples about 32 plates of peas a day – and then has more for tea. Ms Lawrie works as a quality manager at frozen food company Birds Eye at the firm’s processing factory in Hull. She checks the condition of the harvested produce and says the long spell of warm, dry weather has…

The number of reported passenger assaults on the rail network has more than tripled in the past 10 years, according to official figures. Between April 2024 and March 2025 found there were 10,231 reported assaults, up 7% on the year before, the Office of Rail and Road’s annual report into health and safety found. Ten…

Oil prices fell to a three-week low on Tuesday as senior US officials raised hopes of a deal with Iran to reopen the key Strait of Hormuz waterway. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent both announced talks had progressed to allow shipments potentially to resume as soon as this week….