Author: LoveWorld UK

Shell is said to be reconsidering its decision to pull out of a proposed oil field off the coast of Scotland as Britain tries to shore up its energy security while Putin’s invasion of Ukraine sends fuel prices soaring and experts warned that the UK cost of living crisis ‘hasn’t arrived yet’ because inflation has higher to go. Work on the proposed Cambo oilfield development off the west coast of Shetland was paused in December after the energy company decided to withdraw from the project, concluding the economic case for investment was ‘not strong enough’. Shell made the decision last year to withdraw when the price…

The Raine Group, the US Bank handling the sale of Chelsea, could be in a position to take its preferred bidder to the government for approval by the end of this week if the process moves smoothly over the next 48 hours. Potential buyers spent Monday waiting anxiously to find out if they had made it to the next stage of the process. Raine has been assessing the merits of each bidder since the deadline to make offers for Chelsea passed last Friday and the expectation is that the bank will have reduced the field to a shortlist of three groups…

Liverpool and Manchester City fans have united in their condemnation of the “shambolic” travel arrangements for their FA Cup semi-final at Wembley next month. Leading supporters groups from both clubs said they were appalled as the Football Association began liaising with Network Rail after it emerged no direct trains to London from Manchester and Merseyside are scheduled over the Easter weekend. Engineering work dictates that trains from Liverpool Lime Street will terminate at Rugby and those from Manchester Piccadilly at Milton Keynes, forcing fans to either travel by road, air or contemplate circuitous cross-country rail journeys that make day-return trips virtually impossible. Avanti West Coast on…

Oil prices jumped more than $3 on Monday, with Brent above $111 a barrel, as European Union nations consider joining the United States in a Russian oil embargo, while a weekend attack on Saudi oil facilities caused jitters. Brent crude futures climbed $3.74, or 3.5%, to $111.67 a barrel by 0739 GMT, adding to a 1.2% rise last Friday. U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude futures rose $3.98, or 3.8%, to $108.68, extending a 1.7% jump last Friday. Prices moved higher ahead of talks this week between European Union governments and U.S. President Joe Biden for a series of summits…

As violent winds battered the Californian desert across the weekend, disturbing countless tennis players in its wake, a new American champion emerged from the chaos of the BNP Paribas Open. Taylor Fritz, 24, finished the tournament of his life by holding his nerve in the tightest moments to upset Rafael Nadal 6-3, 7-6(5) and win his first Masters 1000 title in Indian Wells. In the women’s singles, Iga Swiatek further built on her exceptional start to the season and her profile as the most promising young player today as she defeated Maria Sakkari 6-4, 6-1 to win her second consecutive WTA 1000…

Labour has urged the business secretary to launch legal action against P&O Ferries over its “scandalous” decision to sack 800 workers without warning, which the party said is a criminal offence. Shadow transport secretary, Louise Haigh, deputy leader Angela Rayner and shadow business secretary Jonathan Reynolds have written to Kwasi Kwarteng, asking if he will begin proceedings for what they called the “scandalous action” of the ferry company. Under section 193 of the Trade Union Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992, employers who want to make more than 100 people redundant have a duty to notify the business secretary of their plans, before giving notice to…

A coroner in the United Kingdom has determined that a woman died from a side effect caused by the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine. The woman was identified as 34-year-old Kim Lockwood, who had complained of a headache eight days after taking the shot in March of 2021, South Yorkshire Coroner Nicola Mundy told the BBC in a statement on March 16. The coroner said her condition quickly deteriorated, and she was pronounced dead 17 hours after being admitted to the hospital, eight days after getting the shot. Mundy said Lockwood was “extremely unlucky” in developing a “sudden and catastrophic” bleed on her brain. Her death…

“I have good memories of the Bernabéu,” Xavi Hernández had said and here was another one for the collection. “Historic,” he called it and it may have given him even more satisfaction than all those other nights as a player. His first visit as Barcelona’s coach, the man entrusted with their revival, saw a run of five consecutive clásico defeats come to a close with an astonishing 4-0 victory at their greatest rivals. An ideologue committed to his footballing faith, he always believed but it still wasn’t supposed to be this good this soon. Two goals from Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and one each…

Priti Patel’s plans to process asylum seekers abroad are facing a Conservative rebellion next week, with MPs calling the proposal “clearly ridiculous” ahead of a vote on the nationality and borders bill. Amendments circulated among senior Tories include attempts to scupper government plans to set up offshoring centres and a proposal to instead create a global resettlement scheme to accept 10,000 people a year from war-torn regions. Rebels believe they could gather the support of dozens of MPs on Tuesday, when the controversial bill returns to the Commons, after a softening in attitudes in the wake of the Ukrainian refugee crisis. They remain…

NICOLA STURGEON’S “secrecy” over SNP plans for taxpayer cash is set to be overhauled with a radical new bill. Scottish Conservative leader Douglas Ross said his party will introduce a new Member’s Bill at Holyrood under the name “Open the Books Bill”, aimed at making the Scottish Government’s finances more easily accessible and transparent. The new Bill was announced as the Scottish Tory Conference kicks off in Aberdeen on Friday. The Bill proposes the Scottish Government publish an updated version of the Budget every three months with a statement from the Finance Secretary. It would also mean the SNP produces a value-for-money analysis on…