Huge explosion rips through oil and gas field off coast of Azerbaijan

Huge explosion rips through oil and gas field off coast of Azerbaijan amid fears a rig or tanker has been destroyed Explosion allegedly occurred at Umid gas field in Caspian Sea, local media say Video shows the huge explosion lighting up the night sky as fireball erupted There is no official information about what caused … Read more

Single cloud of dust and gas bigger than the Milky Way is in a ‘no man’s land’ for galaxies 

Single cloud of gas that is BIGGER than the Milky Way and has 10 billion times the mass of the sun has been discovered in a ‘no man’s land’ for galaxies An isolated cloud larger than the Milky Way has been discovered in deep space  The gas cloud has a mass of 10 billion suns … Read more

Dozens of police officers and bailiffs surround old gas works as they evict 75 travellers

Dozens of police officers and bailiffs surround old gas works as they begin eviction of 75 travellers from ‘illegal’ encampment They were involved in a stand-off after the travellers were given a notice to leave A nursery urged parents to keep their children at home after the fallout in Bristol It comes nearly a year … Read more

Friends’ Bonnie Somerville arrested for DUI after ‘pulling over on freeway due to gas running out’

Friends star Bonnie Somerville arrested for DUI after ‘pulling over on freeway due to running out of gas’ Police were getting calls around 10pm on Sunday night for a car stopped in traffic on the 405 freeway near Inglewood They claim when officers had arrived to the scene, they found the 47-year-old actress behind-the-wheel of … Read more

Major incident declared after huge ‘gas explosion’ destroys three homes in Lancashire

Major incident declared after huge ‘gas explosion’ destroys three homes in Lancashire as neighbouring properties evacuated Suspected gas explosion has destroyed up to three houses in Lancashire Fire service said units were called to Mallowdale Avenue in Heysham last night Police said a safety cordon has been put in place and residents evacuated By Jack Wright … Read more

British Gas owner to save around £100m thanks to ‘fire and rehire’

British Gas owner Centrica on track to save around £100m thanks to restructuring and ‘fire and rehire’ scheme Centrica said 98% of British Gas engineers had agreed to sign new contracts Group said trading conditions have remained ‘tough’  Business electricity demand dropped by 15% in first quarter The number of boilers that it installed in … Read more

Israeli police fire tear gas and stun grenades at Palestinian protesters on Temple Mount

Israeli police fire tear gas and stun grenades at Palestinian protesters on Temple Mount in third day of clashes amid soaring tensions over planned evictions from Arab homes in Jerusalem Israeli police fired tear gas at Palestinian protesters inside the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound on Monday Police said that protesters hurled stones from the mosque, which … Read more

Huge ‘gas explosion’ on street in Ashford ‘blows off front of house’

Huge ‘gas explosion’ on street in Ashford ‘blows off front of house’ as fire crews rush to scene Four fire crews called to Mill View in Willesborough in Ashford at just before 8am Several people were trapped inside house before being freed, Kent Police said Video shows flames and smoke billowing from house as police … Read more

British Gas promises to do better over Homecare appointments fiasco  

British Gas promises to do more to help vulnerable customers trying to book Homecare appointments By Fiona Parker For The Daily Mail Published: 22:01 BST, 20 April 2021 | Updated: 22:01 BST, 20 April 2021 British Gas has pledged to do more to help vulnerable customers after Money Mail sent it a dossier of nearly … Read more