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UK issues new ‘extreme heat’ warning for England and Wales
Date: August 9, 2022
By Sachin Ravikumar LONDON (Reuters) -Britain’s weather service on Tuesday issued an amber “Extreme Heat” warning for parts of England and Wales, with no respite in sight from hot dry conditions that have sparked fires, broken temperature records and strained the nation’s infrastructure. The amber warning — the second-most severe after red — will be...
Post pandemic Britons still spend more time working from home – ONS
Date: August 9, 2022
LONDON (Reuters) – British workers are spending more time working from home compared with pre-pandemic times despite the lifting of COVID-19 restrictions, according to official data released on Tuesday that offered a glimpse of what the ‘new normal’ looks like. In March 2020 the global coronavirus outbreak triggered a radical redesign of swathes of the...
Ukraine halted oil flows to Europe over payment issue, Russia’s Transneft says
Date: August 9, 2022
MOSCOW (Reuters) -Ukraine has suspended Russian oil pipeline flows to parts of central Europe since early this month because Western sanctions prevented it from accepting transit fees from Moscow, Russian pipeline monopoly Transneft said on Tuesday. International benchmark Brent crude jumped by $2 per barrel to trade near $98 as the news added to energy...
Russia puts Iranian satellite into orbit
Date: August 9, 2022
MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russia launched an Iranian satellite into orbit on Tuesday from southern Kazakhstan, just three weeks after President Vladimir Putin and Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei pledged to work together against the West. The remote Khayyam sensing satellite, named after the 11th Century Persian poet and philosopher Omar Khayyam, was launched by a Russian...
Factbox-How is Britain’s cost-of-living crisis affecting consumer behaviour?
Date: August 9, 2022
LONDON (Reuters) – As a cost-of-living squeeze on household incomes looks set to worsen in the United Kingdom, here are how consumers are adapting to the rising prices of everything from food to energy: **FOOD: Nine out of 10 Britons say they are increasingly watching what they are spending as sales volumes at supermarkets fell...
Factbox-What help is the UK giving consumers with rising energy bills?
Date: August 9, 2022
LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and the two candidates vying to replace him are under increasing pressure to set out further support for households facing a surge in energy bills to unprecedented levels. The Conservative Party leadership contest between Foreign Secretary Liz Truss and former finance minister Rishi Sunak runs until Sept....