MPs working from home during lockdown charge taxpayers for the extra gas and electricity

MPs have been charging the taxpayer for extra gas and electricity while working from home during lockdown. Members of Parliament claimed £9.1 million in expenses despite working largely remotely during the first 2020 lockdown, compared to £8.2million in 2019.   Between the stay at home order announced on March 16 and pubs reopening on July 4, … Read more

British Gas owner Centrica manages to curb customer exits for the first time in years

British Gas owner Centrica manages to curb customer exits for the first time in years with 6.9m clients staying put By City & Finance Reporter for the Daily Mail Published: 21:53 GMT, 14 January 2021 | Updated: 21:53 GMT, 14 January 2021 The owner of British Gas has put the brakes on the number of … Read more

Meg Ryan opts for a laid back look as she stops off at a gas station during outing in LA

Meg Ryan opts for a laid back look in a black top and blue jeans as she stops off at a gas station during outing in LA By Sean O’grady For Mailonline Published: 08:35 GMT, 13 January 2021 | Updated: 08:35 GMT, 13 January 2021 She is a successful film star with a career spanning … Read more

British Gas engineers start five-day strike

British Gas engineers have started a five-day strike amid a dispute over accusations of a ‘fire and rehire’ policy. GMB, the union representing employees of British Gas, said the strike will cause ‘massive disruption to customers in the depths of winter’. It said several members were mounting socially distanced picket lines across the UK after being ‘provoked’ … Read more

Crawley gas leak: 700 people evacuated from their homes at night

‘Major’ gas leak forces more than 700 people out of their beds into freezing night air as emergency crews battle to make area safe ‘Significant’ gas leak reported at a black of flats in Crawley just after midnight  More than 700 residents have had to be evacuated from the apartments today  The cause of the … Read more

‘Major’ gas leak forces more than 700 people out of their beds

‘Major’ gas leak forces more than 700 people out of their beds into freezing night air as emergency crews battle to make area safe ‘Significant’ gas leak reported at a black of flats in Crawley just after midnight  More than 700 residents have had to be evacuated from the apartments today  The cause of the … Read more

Organic and regular meat produces same greenhouse gas emissions

Organic meat is NO better for the environment than regular meat and produces the same amount of greenhouse gas emissions, study finds Experts from Germany calculated the environmental impact of different meat Organic farming reduces emissions in not using fertilizer-grown animal feed Yet the slow growth rates and diminished yields serve to counter these savings In … Read more

Environment: Organic meat produces the same amount of greenhouse gas emissions as regular meat

Organic meat is NO better for the environment than regular meat and produces the same amount of greenhouse gas emissions, study finds Experts from Germany calculated the environmental impact of different meat Organic farming reduces emissions in not using fertilizer-grown animal feed Yet the slow growth rates and diminished yields serve to counter these savings In … Read more

Rihanna films video with a stunned fan after crossing paths at a ‘random gas station’ in Barbados

Rihanna films social media video with a stunned fan as they cross paths at a ‘random gas station’ in Barbados… days after singer returned home for Christmas By Jason Chester for MailOnline Published: 13:42 GMT, 22 December 2020 | Updated: 13:42 GMT, 22 December 2020 Rihanna left a delighted fan speechless on Monday after they … Read more

More than 7,000 British Gas engineers will go on strike for five days from January 7

More than 7,000 British Gas engineers will go on strike for five days from January 7 in row over pay and conditions, GMB union says The strike will be followed by further stoppages to be announced later The announcement follows a 9-1 vote in favour of industrial action  The union said British Gas has set … Read more