EDF Energy plans 10.8 percent increase on UK household gas and energy prices in move that challenges Bank of England policy.

The fifth of the big six energy companies to announce their price plans to customers, EDF Energy has confirmed that they will hike up the price of gas and electricity by 10.8 per cent from 7 December.

British Gas raises gas and electricity prices by six percent.

Fire alarms were triggered at the Fessenheim nuclear power station after a blast of escaping steam left two workers with hand burns.

Francois Hollande has made his first trip to Britain since becoming elected President of France.

APR Energy is scheduled to release its preliminary earnings for the fourteen month period ended December 31, 2011 on Monday as it delayed reporting a month due to complexities which resulted a share price fall of more than 25 percent. However, the group reported a summary of preliminary results on March 20, 2012.

Deputy prime minister Nick Clegg announces agreement that could save households £100 a year.

Deal between two countries will see new generation of nuclear power plants built in UK.

UK retailers group says discounted luxury goods pushing up consumer confidence.

Energy giant second to slash domestic electricity bills by five percent for 5.3 million customers.

EDF's 5% gas tariff reduction puts pressure on rival 'big six' energy suppliers to follow suit.

Brit brand, Rolls Royce has landed a £210 Million deal to supply safety instrumentation and control technologies for the French nuclear reactor modernization programme.

Households have come under further squeeze due to the spike in energy bills and utility tariff hikes.

Manchester United, Ofgem, Asda, Scottish Power and Center Parcs are among the top 100 names in the performance league table published by the Environment Agency under its Carbon Reduction Commitment Energy (CRC) Efficiency Scheme.

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French media have reported an explosion at the Marcoule nuclear waste-management site in the south east of France Monday 12 September that killed at least one man and injured another four.

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Just two days after the earthquake and tsunami hit Japan on March 11, U.K officials reportedly contacted energy companies warning that they could not allow the disaster to dent public support for nuclear power.

British households will be hit with a rise in gas prices as Scottish Power became the first of the six major suppliers to disclose a new round of price increases.

3, the UK's fifth largest mobile operator has the last to announce it will stock Blackberry's latest 'Torch' phone.

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Electricite de France, EDF has sold its UK networks to a foreign buyer after FTSE 100 company, Scottish and Southern Electricity narrowly lost out to La Ka-Shing and his asian consortium.

BP, which makes up one of the largest consitutents of the FTSE 100 share index, is down 17 per cent today after failing to stop the oil leak - its lowest price since March 2009.