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Hinkley Point B

EDF rules out delaying shutdown of Hinkley Point B nuclear power station

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Inclusive Capital eyes £1.5bn takeover move for housebuilder Countryside

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FTSE’s biggest players take wind out of index’s sails

Walkers in woodland

Platinum Jubilee generation ‘have seen huge changes over their lives’

Supermarket shopper

Prices for cheapest pasta soar 50% as inflation hits poorest households

Hinkley Point B power station in Somerset

Hinkley Point B nuclear power plant could get life extension, minister suggests

A diesel pump

Tank of diesel for typical family car reaches £100 for first time

Sainsbury’s

Sainsbury’s commits to further price-cutting as shopper concerns grow

Elizabeth Line

More than one million journeys made on new central section of the Elizabeth line

Jus Rol

Jus-Rol takeover could see price rises and lower quality, warns CMA

Sir Martin Sorrell

S4 Capital predicts robust demand despite economic slowdown

An oil rig anchored in the Cromarty Firth, Invergordon, Scotland

Ministers warned of ‘millions’ of winter power cuts and rationed supply – report

A woman passes a new mural showing Queen Elizabeth II, by street artist Catman, in East Dulwich, London

Number of women working past 50 shows big increase during Queen’s reign

New Brighton Beach at the mouth of Liverpool Bay, Liverpool (Peter Byrne/PA)

Youth charity secures over £4 million in funding

People looking in an estate agent's window

Average house price hits £250,000 but more sellers applying discounts – index

A train waits on a platform at Bristol Temple Meads station in Bristol (Andrew Matthews/PA)

Rail union leader ‘cannot see a way out from the strikes’

Supermarket receipt

Government ‘dragged kicking and screaming’ to act on cost of living – Labour

Sheep grazing at Chatsworth House, Derbyshire, (Woolroom/PA)

Customers of wool bedding retailer trace products back to the flock