The Latest Breaking News from BCC

Solar-powered weather station at Hyderabad school

This station is going to be useful in recording day-to-day weather details and help users in taking preventive measures

The Hindu · Sep 28, 2022

Jacob Rees-Mogg hints schools and hospitals could get help with energy bills beyond six months OLD REDIRECTED

Six months of support ‘doesn’t cut it’, business secretary warned

The Independent UK · Sep 21, 2022

Bristol pubs face outdoor seating slash from October

It comes on top of soaring energy rates and a post-Covid slowdown

Bristol Post · Sep 3, 2022

Business group calls for greater Ofgem powers to support firms facing soaring energy bills

Unlike consumers, there is no cap in place for commercial energy bills

Birmingham Post · Aug 25, 2022

UK firms fear CO₂ shortages; agricultural inflation soars; US jobless claims drop – as it happened

Pubs and farms concerned about supplies as CF Fertilisers UK prepares to pause ammonia and carbon dioxide production due to high natural gas prices

The Guardian - UK · Aug 25, 2022

Economists demand urgent action on energy bills to avert ‘catastrophe’

Millions of vulnerable people will be harmed without radical policies to ease cost of living crisis, say experts

The Guardian - UK · Aug 24, 2022

BCC calls on Government to boost Ofgem’s powers to support firms

The business group has said action must be taken quickly to ‘protect businesses, livelihoods and jobs’.

The Independent UK · Aug 24, 2022

North Belfast public realm works stopped because of 'concerns over structural issues' in building

"It’s pretty worrying. It says the beams have significant corrosion"

Belfast Live · Aug 24, 2022

Council spied on local parents who complained about 'disturbingly poor' SEN programme

Council officials put together files of personal information obtained online after concerns were allegedly raised by a parent carer group over members carrying out "conflicting" lobbying activities

Daily Mirror · Aug 21, 2022

Bangkok governor seeks ways to prevent rail station jams after escalator injuries

The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) will work with mass transit rail operators to better manage commuters at congested stations after almost 30 riders were hurt in a rush to enter a BTS Skytrain station.

Bangkok Post · Aug 21, 2022