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Fuel prices

Diesel price could hit as high as £3 per litre, MPs told

Russian invasion of Ukraine

Oil and mining stocks put the breaks on FTSE’s rise

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Warning over fraudsters preying on desire to help with Ukraine crisis

General Stock – Newspapers

Kazakh mining giant drops libel claim against Financial Times

The Cuadrilla hydraulic fracturing site at Preston New Road

Government urged to halt sealing of fracking wells amid energy crisis

The solar farm

Solar farm exceeds expectations in powering Swansea hospital

The ONS has revealed its latest basket of goods for calculating inflation

Pet collars and meat-free sausages added to inflation basket but suits out

Electricity pylons

Government mulls plans to ask coal plants to stay open

Savings

Only one in 10 instant access savings providers ‘passing on full base rate rise’

A Ford sign

Ford to phase out emissions from vans in Europe by 2035

The Astra assembly line at Vauxhall’s plant in Ellesmere Port, Cheshire (Peter Byrne/PA)

Manufacturers increasing prices at record rates, study reveals

A person jumps into the water at Compton Lock on the River Itchen near Winchester

Water firms make river pledges after Government pressure

A child jumps over a puddle

Nearly half of children living below ‘acceptable standard’ by April – report

An aerial view of houses

Households saw nearly £17,000 swallowed up by rent and bills in 2021 – research

A woman using a laptop

Stronger payment checks will help protect online shoppers from fraud

Jacine and Paul Rutasikwa

Distillery owner hits out at ‘huge barriers’ faced by black women in business

Architect's impression of the Eden Mill distillery

Drinks firm ‘delighted’ to get green light for new carbon-neutral distillery

Fuel prices

Families hit by rise in annual petrol costs of nearly £400 – Labour