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British Gas increases prices by 18 per cent
Both gas and electricity prices will see a steep increase next month. British Gas blames the rise on the unrest in the Middle East and North Africa, and the increased consumption in Asia.
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British Gas hikes energy bills by 7 per cent
Millions of British Gas customers face higher utility bills as the energy supplier confirms tariffs face a 7 per cent hike. A consumer groups tells Channel 4 News the rise will be met with “dismay”.
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British Airways plane bursts into flames on Las Vegas runway
One passenger tells Channel 4 News of the moment the BA flight suffered catastrophic engine failure moments before take off.
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British worker killed in attack on Algerian gas facility
Algerian media reports a British national has been killed in an attack by Islamist militants on a BP-run gas field in the north African country, with British workers amongst others who were kidnapped.
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Sunak claims North Sea gas ‘four times’ less polluting than imports
On the day he announced hundreds of new North Sea oil and gas licenses prime minister Rishi Sunak told reporters that producing natural gas in the UK is “better for the climate” than importing it from abroad. He said that’s because it’s “far better to have it here at home rather than shipping it here…
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Would new North Sea oil and gas make Britain more energy independent?
The government will grant hundreds of new licences to extract oil and gas from the North Sea, Rishi Sunak said on Monday. The initial decision was announced last year, but Mr Sunak reiterated the plan this week alongside “millions of pounds” for so-called “carbon capture and storage” technology — which the government says would help reduce…
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Revealed: Secretive corporate group guiding British Museum
Leading figures from large corporations, including oil giant BP, are members of an influential but almost entirely unaccountable group advising the British Museum in secretive meetings, Channel 4 News can reveal.
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Wholesale gas prices hit record high before falling after Putin intervenes
The energy squeeze on British households looks set to intensify after wholesale gas prices shot up spectacularly this morning, rising by more than a third at one point. But prices then dropped back after an intervention from President Putin.
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UK has only 5-15 days left of CO2 for meat production in worst case scenario, says British Meat Processors Association
How serious are the warnings of imminent shortages? Nick Allen, chief executive of the British Meat Producers Association spoke to us.
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Revealed: Fossil fuel companies lobby UK government for gas ‘compromise’ ahead of COP26
Some of the world’s largest fossil fuel companies have lobbied the UK government to support a gas “compromise” ahead of the COP26 UN conference, Channel 4 News can reveal.
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Labour MP Chris Williamson: ‘No irrefutable evidence of Douma gas attack’
Labour MP Chris Williamson discusses the alleged chemical weapons attack in Syria which prompted British military action against the Assad government.
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Las Vegas eyewitness Tony Dumbleton: ‘People were shouting there’s an active shooter’
Tony Dumbleton, a British fireman in Las Vegas with his wife, discusses what he experienced.
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Dash for gas: climate change activists target oil giants
Seven climate change protesters are arrested following a day of wide-spread demonstrations against government fossil fuel policy.
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Gas and electricity bills – the key questions
We are paying too much for our gas and electricity and millions could have saved up to £234 a year if we had switched supplier or changed tariff, according to a competition inquiry.
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FrackCheck: is it safe to drill for shale gas?
A multinational is pouring money into the search for shale gas deep under the British countryside. But what are the real risks of “fracking”?