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More than 400,000 properties across the UK and Ireland remain without power after the battering by Storm Éowyn, with repair efforts hampered on Sunday by continuing strong winds and rain.

In Northern Ireland about 101,000 households and businesses were without power while in Scotland the figure was 20,000.

The Republic …

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Andrew Moss despairs, even now, when he thinks back to the end of January 2020. It was a painful, traumatic time for anyone building an export business in the UK.

On 30 January, the World Health Organization declared Covid-19 a public health emergency of ­international concern. The ­following day, the …

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Panama canal

But four days into Donald Trump’s second …

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In her early 30s, the Londoner is …

About 40,000 people in Scotland remained without electricity on Saturday night in the aftermath of Storm Éowyn and some may have to wait several days before it is restored, according to an energy distribution director.

As of 4pm on Saturday, about 28,000 Scottish Power customers were without power, while as …

One of the world’s oldest retailers, WH Smith, has confirmed it is in talks to sell its city- and town-centre stores, which it has described as the “hub of the high street”.

First established in 1792 in Little Grosvenor Street in London by Henry Walton Smith and his wife, Anna, …

Almost three years ago, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine wiped out Europe’s largest source of gas and shocked global energy markets, setting the stage for quarter after quarter of better-than-expected earnings for the fossil fuel producers ready to profit from the volatility. Now those returns are beginning to cool.

But as …

When Jeremy Wotherspoon laced up his skates and took to the ice, his field of vision narrowed. His world fell silent except for the deep cuts of his blades.

On a good day, he would move at blistering speeds. On better days, he would travel faster than anyone else on …

Nearly a million properties are without power across the island of Ireland after Storm Éowyn swept in strong gusts that damaged buildings and blocked roads.

A man died after a tree fell on his car in County Donegal on Friday and fallen trees and debris blocked a number of main …