A WIND turbine is on fire with thick black plumes of smoke billowing over a large area of Hull.

A HOSEPIPE ban has been put in place for Sussex and Kent as South East Water says it has "no choice but to restrict use".

ARCHIE BATTERSBEE'S life-support treatment is set to be withdrawn this morning, though not before his parents have made one more effort to save his life.

A HUGE plume of smoke has been seen rising into the sky near the Lakeside Shopping Centre in Essex after a fire broke out on a nearby industrial estate.

GOVERNMENT advisers have suggested that British households allow their neighbours to compare their energy usage bills in order to reduce bills and avoid shortages this winter.

OIL PRICES fell by around one percent early on Wednesday ahead of a meeting of OPEC+ producing countries.

MILLIONS OF households in the UK are likely to be affected by the second hosepipe ban which might come into effect from August 12, a news report has claimed.

RISING FUEL COSTS have had Brits struggling to afford the ever-rising cost of living and now major supermarkets have been failing to cut petrol prices.

MILLIONS of Brits will face the heat of the cost-of-living crisis unless the Government raises the support for households immediately, a leading think tank warned on Wednesday.

TAXPAYERS have been left with a £500million bill after it was reported that thousands of businesses who received Rishi Sunak's Covid loans have gone bust without paying the money back.