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With most UK homes still heated by gas, we compare gas boilers and heat pumps on cost, efficiency, carbon impact and system types

The real-world savings from heat pumps depend on what you’re replacing, how your home is insulated and how you use your heating

The world didn’t just change overnight—it upgraded, auto-renewed, and charged your card while you weren’t looking. What once felt like a lifestyle choice has quietly transformed into a requirement for keeping a job, raising a family, or simply existing without daily frustration. Somewhere between dial-up tones and paper maps, modern…

New high mark set despite havoc in March when fire at a National Grid electricity sub-station closed down airport

Just 20 countries produce 80% of the world’s oil, gas and coal. Since 2019, researchers have released regular reports analysing how these governments plan to continue drilling and mining for fossil fuels – and how those plans diverge from the global climate goal set out in the Paris Agreement, which…

Electricity, gas, water—whatever your household leans on, one thing is undeniable: those utility bills keep creeping higher, even when you swear you haven’t turned on a single extra light. It feels like a financial magic trick, and not the good kind. You’ve been careful, maybe even obsessively so, monitoring thermostats,…

Superheat was at CES 2026 to showcase what it describes as “a water heater that pays for itself.” Instead of a resistive heating element, it warms your H2O with heat generated by a Bitcoin ASIC miner.

IN FOCUS: With temperatures as low as -15C in some parts of Ukraine, vulnerable residents tell Alex Croft that life under Russian assault is as difficult as ever

As we move through a particularly cold January 2026, many retirees are finding that their winter utility bills are higher than ever. With residential electricity...