Eight arrested after Extinction Rebellion loses control of fake blood fire hose Eight arrested after Extinction Rebellion loses control of blood fire hose Police said they have arrested eight people after climate change protesters sprayed fake blood over the Treasury this morning. Protesters from action group Extinction Rebellion on an old fire engine tried, with little success, to douse the building in deep-red beetroot water from a hose. Read more: Extinction Rebellion protesters spray 1,800 litres of fake [...]
Saudi energy minister: Oil output restored after attack Saudi energy minister: Oil output restored after attack Saudi Arabia’s energy minister said his country has managed to restore all the oil output that was lost when a series of drone strikes pummelled part of its infrastructure last month. Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman said capacity stands at 11.3m barrels of oil a day, roughly the same as before the attacks. Read more: Petrol [...]
Big energy suppliers drop third of their profit in a year Big energy suppliers drop third of their profit in a year Big Six energy suppliers have lost more than a third of their profits over the last year as they keep losing market share to smaller competitors. EDF, Npower, SSE, Eon and Scottish Power and British Gas, which used to have a near monopoly on supplying energy to households in the UK, saw their share drop [...]
Knife attacker kills four at Paris police headquarters October 3, 2019 Four people have reportedly been killed after a knife-wielding attacker entered a police headquarters close to the Notre Dame in Paris. Anne Hidalgo, the mayor of the city, has confirmed that “several people” were fatally wounded at the site. The attacker was also shot dead by a police officer at the scene. “As we speak, [...]
Extinction Rebellion protesters spray 1,800 litres of fake blood on Treasury building October 3, 2019 Climate change protesters this morning sprayed 1,800 litres of fake blood from a fire engine onto the Treasury. Campaigners from Extinction Rebellion were stood on top of an old fire engine with a banner saying “stop funding climate change”. The group is calling for “a future where our cultures are resilient, regenerative, and built on [...]
Petrol prices fell even as drones struck Saudi oil October 3, 2019 Worries that drone strikes in Saudi Arabia would drive up prices at the pumps for customers seemed unfounded, new data showed as petrol prices fell in September. The cost at the pumps dropped by 0.87p to 127.95 for unleaded petrol, even as diesel rose by a third of a pence to 132.07p per litre. However [...]
Campaigners hail milestone as FTSE boards hire most women in 450 years October 2, 2019 City grandee Dame Helena Morrissey has hailed an effort to bring more women onto the boards of London’s quoted companies as the FTSE 350 hit a major milestone. For the first time in its nearly 450-year history the exchange’s top companies have boards where 30 per cent of the members are women. Read more: Diversity [...]
Hochschild joins rare earth race with $56m deal October 2, 2019 Hochschild Mining joined the race to extract vital components for consumer electronics today as the company penned a $56m deal. London-listed Hochschild said it would buy a 94 per cent stake – it already owns the rest – in a rare earth materials mine in Chile. Read more: China rare earth metals warning sparks market [...]
‘Calling BS’: Libra co-founder hits out at secrecy claims October 2, 2019 The co-creator of Facebook’s new cryptocurrency has hit out at claims that the organisation did not share detailed information on how to tackle crime with its members. David Marcus, a Facebook executive who is overseeing the Libra project, said he was “calling BS” [bullshit] on claims in the Wall Street Journal that Libra kept information [...]
Ofgem replaces boss who stuck around to bring in price caps October 2, 2019 The chief executive of Ofgem who extended his contract to help push through a cap on energy prices, designed to save Brits money, will finally step down in February, it was revealed today. Dermot Nolan, who has been in the post since 2014, will be replaced by the company’s head of systems and networks, Jonathan [...]
