Nigel Cleall, 52, decided to take the drastic measure after being given one of the controversial air source heat pumps being pushed by the UK government. He says the shoddily installed system – propped up on two bricks – failed to heat
Red tape and waste in Britain’s public services must be slashed to tackle soaring costs and keep taxes down, Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has warned. Mr Hunt is concerned that costs are going “up and up” and says he wants to “slash admin”
The Labour-run Welsh Government is facing fury over its new 20mph speed limit with more than 150,000 people signing a petition demanding it is scrapped. The default speed limit for residential roads was dropped from 30mph to 20mph in a controversial move
Britons face possible water shortages in future because of under-investment in infrastructure, peers have warned. The Lords’ Industry and Regulators Committee (IRC) blasted the Government’s “lack of leadership and deep-rooted complacency” following an inquiry into the water industry. The cross-party peers warned under-investment will
Parents in a town just 45 minutes outside of Dublin have banded together to enforce a smartphone ban for children until they finish elementary school. “It was just the striking results of the rising anxiety, depression and everything we noticed … of
Despite bad weather leaving Britons flooded out this summer, a heatwave could still be on the cards as long-range weather maps show a 40C plume heading towards Europe in the last week of August. Families have been left gutted as the summer
Unions in Nigeria are protesting the increasing price of living under the country’s new President Bola Tinubu. President Tinubu scrapped the subsidies that cost the Nigerian government $5.07 billion and in turn caused prices of many goods in the country to substantially
In defiance of the falling crime overall, Britain is the middle of a knife crime scourge, something the justice system is struggling to keep up with. A total of 49,265 serious offences involving knives were recorded by police in England and Wales
Fresh evidence emerged of the crisis facing Britain’s pubs yesterday with figures showing more than 150 have closed permanently this year. Property analysts said the number being demolished or redeveloped in the first three months of 2023 was up 60 per cent
French energy firm EDF announced that its UK business had profits of more than £1 billion thanks to soaring wholesale electricity prices. As the cost of wholesale gas skyrocketed following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, it had a knock-on effect on electricity prices,