Is it cheaper to get a water meter?
The regulator has said that water companies are again planning to raise household prices.David Black, head of water services regulation authority Ofwat, suggested suppliers wanted bills to rise to fund…
Threads: Over 10 million sign up to Mark Zuckerberg’s Twitter rival
More than 10 million people have signed up to Twitter rival Threads in its first few hours, Meta boss Mark Zuckerberg has claimed.Threads, a “text-based conversation app”, is linked to…
Threads: A simple guide to Mark Zuckerberg’s Twitter rival
The new social media app set to be launched by Facebook’s owner Meta as the “first credible threat” to Twitter is not yet appearing in some app stores in Europe.Threads,…
Here’s what ultra-processed food does to your blood pressure
According to a new study, having a high proportion of ultra-processed foods can lead to highly variable blood pressure between day and night.People whose diet included more unprocessed or less…
Titanic sub: Everything we’ve learned since the crew remained was found last week
The five people who died on the Titanic submersible spent their final moments in the darkness listening to music; it has been revealed.Christine Dawood, whose husband and son died in…
Inside Britain’s newest prison: ‘Greenest’ jail has bar-less windows and state-of-the-art workshops
A new prison designed to help cut crime, rehabilitate offenders and boost the local economy has officially opened in Leicester.Category C prison HMP Fosse Way will house 1,715 prisoners, including…
NHS boss unable to say what boy, 4, should do amid 70-week waiting list
The boss of the NHS was today unable to say what a four-year-old boy with a potential 70-week wait for treatment should do.Amanda Pritchard, chief executive of NHS England, appeared…
Kevin Spacey trial – live: Star ‘performed oral sex on the actor while asleep’, court told.
The Oscar-winning actor Kevin Spacey was a “sexual bully” who abused the power and influence that his reputation and fame gave him to assault four men, a court has heard.Spacey…
Why was this man a government minister for three years without being elected?
As Rishi Sunak knows, a ministerial resignation can be highly damaging to a prime minister.Sunak resigned as chancellor a year ago, which marked the dawn of the end of Boris…
Labour MP Rosie Duffield criticises ITV over news report featuring trans woman.
A Labour MP has criticised ITV over a news item on Thames Water that featured a transgender woman talking about how higher bills affected her as a mother.The segment, shared…