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That's according to data from RAC Fuel Watch The cost of both petrol and diesel fell for the fourth consecutive month in February, yet drivers requiring diesel continue to be overcharged at the pump, according to new data. The price of an average litre of unleaded dropped by another penny to 147.2p, according to data from RAC Fuel Watch, while diesel fell by 3.19p to 167.9p. As a result, the

The independent MP for Bermondsey and Old Southwark “was found to have used abusive language with racial overtones” MP Neil Coyle has been recommended for a five-day suspension for drunkenly abusing two people in a Commons bar, using “abusive language with racial overtones” on one occasion. The Independent Expert Panel found he breached Parliament’s bullying and harassment policy in a report published on Friday over two incidents. One was the

Looking back, the 24-year-old accepts he was a “bad” and “angry” child before being “saved” by basketball after joining a local club in Peckham Grassroots sport coaches continue to play a key role in helping guide children towards fulfilling their potential, according to London Lions player and Uganda international Jonathan Komagum. Research commissioned by the Lions, the capital’s only professional basketball team, revealed 28 per cent of people from ethnic

Three lifeboats from Kent and a French tug were deployed in the Channel on Friday evening after a fire started on a ferry with nearly 200 people on board. HM Coastguard has said it was alerted to a blaze in the engine room of the Isle of Innisfree just after 5.30pm. Irish Ferries, the boat’s operator, said there were 94 passengers and 89 crew members on board, who are all

The former Prime Minister spoke at the Global Soft Power Summit in London Boris Johnson has suggested he may not vote for Rishi Sunak’s new Brexit deal for Northern Ireland, criticising it as “not about the UK taking back control”. The Prime Minister’s chief political rival said on Thursday he would find it “very difficult” to support the Windsor agreement despite claiming some credit for the new pact being brokered.

Older people who take fewer than 2,000 steps a day are three times more likely to have a heart attack or stroke compared with those who take 4,500 steps a day, new research suggests. The study of people aged 70 or older also indicates that walking an additional 500 steps per day, or an additional quarter mile of walking, was associated with a 14% lower risk of heart disease, stroke

Egypt’s antiquities authorities on Thursday unveiled a newly discovered, sealed-off chamber inside one of the Great Pyramids at Giza, just outside Cairo, that dates back some 4,500 years. The corridor, on the northern side of the Pyramid of Khufu, was discovered using modern scanning technology. It measures nearly 30 feet long and more than six feet wide, perched above the main entrance of the pyramid. Archaeologists do not know what

Tapping into the millions of electric vehicles, heat pumps and other devices that are set to be connected to the UK’s electricity grid could save up to £4.7 billion a year by the end of this decade, Ofgem said. The energy regulator set out a skeleton vision of what could be one of the biggest changes in decades to how Britain’s electricity system works. It proposed setting up new bodies

James Maddison is ready to return for Leicester’s crunch relegation battle at Southampton. The forward has recovered from the illness which kept him out of last week’s 1-0 defeat to Arsenal. He also missed Tuesday’s 2-1 FA Cup defeat to Blackburn but has trained ahead of Saturday’s trip to St Mary’s. Maddison’s season has been hampered by knee injuries since November but he is primed to help lead the Foxes