Stay-at-home Brits fuel Just Eat sales bonanza: Orders up 32% in first half of 2020 as people turn to takeaways By Matt Oliver For The Daily Mail Published: 21:50 BST, 12 August 2020 | Updated: 22:29 BST, 12 August 2020 Just Eat revealed booming order numbers and sales as people stuck at home during the … Read more
Rail chiefs call for rises in road tax and aviation fuel levy to slash carbon emissions and encourage more people to travel by train Rail Delivery Group propose increasing fuel duty for the first time in a decade They also want to raise taxes on road and aviation fuel to cut carbon emissions AA argued … Read more
BP boss admits ‘socially challenged’ fossil fuel industry is seen as ‘bad’ as he vows to slash production by 40% in drive to become carbon neutral by 2050 Bernard Looney, 49, says he knows the industry is perceived as ‘bad’ by society Last year alone, BP was responsible for 415 million tons of carbon emissions … Read more
Skeet Ulrich and Megan Blake Irwin have fuelled rumours they have split after only three months of dating. The Riverdale star, 50, and the Australian model, 29, have unfollowed each other on social media and also removed photos of one another from their respective Instagram platforms – suggesting that they have gone their separate ways. … Read more
Oil tanker runs aground off Mauritius spilling 4,000 tons of fuel into its turquoise sea – as luxury holiday island declares ‘state of environmental emergency’ Around 4,000 tons of oil have been spilt into the Indian Ocean near Mauritius Panama-registered MV Wakashio ran aground on a coral reef at at Pointe d’Esny Mauritius Prime Minister Pravind … Read more
Millions of drivers were overcharged fuel by up to £10-a-tank in lockdown Millions of drivers were overcharged by as much as £10 per tank of fuel Petrol prices fell off a cliff in April after US crude oil crashed into negative values But a probe found that larger filling station groups had saved millions By … Read more
Thousands of hard-up pensioners face food and fuel poverty as their free TV licences are scrapped from today, campaigners warn More than 3million UK households will be asked to pay the £157.50 annual fee 500k pensioners could qualify for a free licence but are unaware, study finds They could be forced to choose between having … Read more
Ken McMeikan knows how to get his point across to politicians. While running high street chain Greggs in 2012, he made George Osborne scrap his plans for a ‘pasty tax’ on hot takeaway goods by climbing a stepladder outside Downing Street dressed as a baker and blasting his opposition to the policy through a megaphone. … Read more
Danica Patrick and Aaron Rodgers fuel break-up rumors as racing driver ‘unfollows’ NFL star on Instagram By Justin Enriquez For Dailymail.com Published: 20:14 BST, 16 July 2020 | Updated: 20:36 BST, 16 July 2020 Has COVID-19 quarantine claimed celebrity couple’s relationship? Danica Patrick and Aaron Rodgers have fueled break-up rumors after the 38-year-old former racing … Read more
First stop Venus! NASA proposes using the planet to slingshot the first crewed Mars mission to save fuel and time NASA is eyeing the 2030s for the first crewed mission to Mars Now, scientist propose astronauts do a fly by of Venus along the way Astronauts could use Venus’s gravity to slingshot the craft towards … Read more