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Best home energy efficient lighting: eco-friendly low-cost bulbs

Best home energy efficient lighting: eco-friendly low-cost bulbs

Hospitality & Hope South Shields CE Brian Thomas and staff Pipa Betterton and Gillian Weatherburn.

Mum collapses from hunger after walking two miles to food bank

The Marks and Spencer light-up gin bottle (left) and Aldi’s light-up bottle (right). M&S are suing Aldi for allegedly infringing the design.

M&S and Aldi face off in court over festive gin bottle fight

LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND - NOVEMBER 24: University of Liverpool staff and supporting students take part in a rally as strike action hits universities on November 24, 2022 in Liverpool, England. Staff at 150 universities across the UK are participating in a series of strikes over pay, working conditions and pension cuts. The strikes are scheduled for November 24, 25 and 30. (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

University lecturers stage first day of strikes: full list of dates

Christine Borton with her son Dayjanta Samuels. See SWNS story SWLNpresents. Cost of living crisis laid bare after mum heartbreakingly reveals her son won't be getting any Christmas presents this year

Mum’s heartbreak at having to tell son he won’t get Christmas presents

How does your city score for sustainability?

Ad Feature How does your city score for sustainability?

Costa Coffee is one of several high street chains to release their autumn menu

Will Costa Coffee close for Queen’s funeral? Plans explained

Selfridges will be closed on Friday. (Photo by GLYN KIRK/AFP via Getty Images)

Shops announce closures following death of Queen Elizabeth

How much an energy price cap freeze could save you

How the energy price cap varies according to where you live

The average household in Glasgow could spend almost £3,000 per year on their energy bill when the new price cap comes into effect in October, analysis suggests.

Time of use tariffs: when are the best times to use appliances?

Campaign calls for 1m people to refuse to pay energy bills in October

Solar panels: cost, installation explained - how much can they save?

What is Ofgem? The regulator setting energy price cap explained

‘Zombie’ Government’s response to energy price rise criticised

These areas have the greatest proportion of energy crisis hotspots in England and Wales.

15 energy crisis hotspots in England and Wales

The cost of living crisis has made it harder for those experiencing domestic abuse to flee their abusers.

Cost of living crisis leaves domestic abuse victims ‘stuck’

A closed underground station (Getty Images)

Tube driver’s salary UK: how much do TfL drivers earn?

Unions launch campaigns to fight back against cost of living crisis

‘Tax supermarkets’ profits and bring in price controls’ MPs urge

Forty-five million in UK to be ‘plunged into fuel poverty this winter’

Proposals supported by Chancellor Nadhim Zahawi could help households to save money this winter (Photo: Getty Images)

Energy bills could be ‘slashed by £400’ under plans to lower price cap

Broadband and phone bills may be slashed in new cost of living scheme

Sir Keir Starmer has vowed to extend windfall tax to freeze family fuel bills this winter (Photo: BBC)

Starmer vows to extend windfall tax in ‘emergency’ cost of living plan

Rail fare increase in England will be below current inflation rate

The Premier League’s most expensive replica shirts for 2022/23

The price cap on energy bills could top £5,000 next year, new forecasts suggest (Photo: PA)

Warning energy bills will cost households two months’ wages next year

Gross domestic product fell by 0.1% between April and June (Photo: Getty Images)

UK economy shrinks by 0.1% as experts warn a recession is coming

Chancellor Nadhim Zahawi and Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng will speak to energy bossess

Government to ‘knock some heads together’ in energy bills crisis talks

Six million UK homes owe an average of £206 to their energy provider (Photo: Adobe)

Households owe £1.3bn to energy suppliers ahead of winter bill hikes

Energy bills are forecast to remain above £3,350 until at least 2024

Charities warn of people’s “desperate methods” to save on energy bills

DWP issues scam warning to everyone due £326 cost of living payment

Households across Britain could face an annual energy bill in excess of £3,600 this winter (Photo: Adobe)

Household energy bills forecast to hit more than £3,600 this winter

Rishi Sunak has pledged to scrap VAT on energy bills

Rishi Sunak pledges to scrap VAT on energy bills in shock U-turn

Only a handful of goods and services dropped in price last month.

10 products bucking the trend by getting cheaper

Joseph Quinn as Eddie Munson (Credit: Netflix)

Netflix adds immersive new feature - but there is a catch

Discover more about the benefits of solar panels and heat pumps and how you can take action for climate

Ad Feature New grant could help you save on energy bills

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Happy Birthday to M&S Percy Pig

The John Lewis Partnership has announced it will reinstate staff bonuses

Why John Lewis is reinstating its staff bonus and how much it is

Thirty items are available at selected Asda stores.

Asda selling Gucci items for as little as £12 at its George outlets

Pretty Little Thing has launched its ‘Pink Friday Sale’ (Credit: Pretty Little Thing)

The Pretty Little Thing Black Friday 2021 sale is now live

Tesco’s website and app have gone down after a suspected hack (Photo by Paul Ellis/AFP via Getty Images)

Tesco website attack leaves shoppers unable to order

Resolver consumer expert Martyn James talks through what to do if there are problems with your heating this winter. (Pic: Shutterstock)

Turning up the heat: what to do if your heating isn’t working

Army tanker drivers are delivering supplies to petrol stations hit by the fuel crisis (Photo: NIKLAS HALLE’N/AFP via Getty Images)

How fuel shortages were secretly building at forecourts before crisis

Fuel supply: forecourt closures and petrol prices explained

Overall food prices have risen by 0.2% during the last year - but prices for individual food groups are up to 13.4 higher%.

Revealed: 20 food and drinks with the biggest price increases in the last year

McDonald’s customers can get 25 percent off their entire meal on Monday 10 May when they order through the fast food chain’s app. (Pic: Shutterstock)

McDonald's Monday deal: here's how to get 25% off the entire menu for 24 hours

All stores in England will have to increase the price of single-use plastic bags (Shutterstock)

Price of a plastic bag to double from 5p to 10p in all shops across England

Ikea has launched a 'Buy Back' scheme in England (Shutterstock)

Ikea will now buy back old furniture - here’s how the scheme works

Shoppers queue outside Primark in Nottingham

Primark will repay £121 million in furlough money - despite a fall in profits

Undated handout photo issued by Marks & Spencer of its Colin the Caterpillar cake.

Colin v Cuthbert: M&S declares cake war on supermarket rival Aldi

Aldi has released a list of products delayed by the Ever Given blockage (Photos: Getty)

Aldi reveals full list of every product shortage due to Suez blockage

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Travellers will soon be able to take more liquids on board planes (Images: Getty / Adobe)

Airport becomes first in UK to scrap 100ml liquid in hand luggage rule

An average pack of 20 cigarettes costs £12.84, according to the latest data from the Office of National Statistics (ONS), meaning a £1.55 increase. (Pic: NationalWorld)

Average packet of cigarettes to cost upwards of £14 after the Budget

Marek Hecko was handed a life sentence with a minimum of 26 years (Photo: Essex Police)

Drunken killer gets life for murdering man as he slept with ex-lover