EDF Energy is shutting down four of its nuclear power reactors as a precautionary measure after a defect was found in one of them.

EDF Energy has become the latest “big six” supplier in the UK to hit customers with a hike in gas and electricity bills as it revealed tariffs will rise by 3.9% in January.

The UK's Energy Secretary Ed Davey has hailed a landmark deal to build Britain’s first new nuclear plant in a generation which will double the market rate to be paid by customers.

The father of a 14-year-old girl who ended her life after enduring months of online bullying had told his daughter to stop using a controversial website in the run-up to her death.

Controversial question-and-answer website Ask.fm has announced it will be implementing a number of changes to improve safety.

The founders of the website linked to the suicide of British teenager Hannah Smith, as well as two Irish girls, said they could reveal the names of anonymous bullies to the police.

The first new site licence for a British nuclear power station for 25 years has been granted for EDF Energy’s planned Hinkley Point plant in Somerset.

Both reactors at a nuclear power station were shut down after “high volumes” of jellyfish were found on seawater filter screens.

Around 170,000 miles of electrical network covering London, the South East and eastern England was sold by France’s EDF today in a deal worth £5.8bn (€6.9bn).

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The UK’s biggest domestic supplier today heaped misery on households after hiking gas and electricity bills.

EUROPEAN RUGBY Cup (ERC), the Dublin-based company that manages the Heineken Cup returned to profitability last year.

Wasps captain Lawrence Dallaglio has been cited for striking an opponent in his club’s EDF Energy Cup semi-final against Leicester.

Two men escaped serious injury when their light aircraft crashed in a garden, police in England have said.

The major UK power companies are still failing to meet the challenge of climate change, wildlife charity WWF claimed today.

Financial and mining stocks led a rally for London’s leading shares as takeover speculation continued to buoy the market.

The London market suffered losses of near to 1% today after a poor finish on Wall Street took its toll.

British Gas owner Centrica today cut prices for a second time this year, with electricity tariffs falling by 6% and gas bills down by 3%.

THE six rugby federations that run the Heineken Cup shared €22 million in revenues from the competition in 2006, an increase of €5m.

Electricite de France (EDF) is set to raise up to €7bn when it is partially privatised next week, it was announced today.

British Gas was braced for another customer backlash today after hiking household energy bills by 14.2%.

The Bank of England cut interest rates today for the first time in two years.

One of the biggest energy companies in the UK increased its power prices for the fifth time in 18 months today.

Call centre workers are suffering from a new industrial disease that is putting their livelihoods at risk, Britain’s biggest union warned today.

Shares in British engineer Invensys jumped ahead today after the group stuck by hopes for its financial year and said four of its divisions were performing well.

UK- based engineering group Invensys today posted a 39% fall in half-year profits, but insisted a shake-up had given it “a real sense of operational momentum”.

Associated British Ports today unveiled a £44.5m (€65.7m) expansion of its Humber terminal in a bid to meet the UK’s hunger for imported coal.

Sebastian Coe admitted today he had a “mountain to climb” as he carried out his first official engagement as chairman of London’s 2012 Olympic bid.

ATTEMPTS by Alphyra, the electronic payments firm taken private by management last year, to acquire British company PayPoint have run into trouble.

Dublin based electronic payments firm Alphyra has agreed to buy a majority stake in PayPoint, which runs a network of electronic payment terminals installed in UK stores, for £80m (€119.3m).

Tube travellers were stuck underground tonight after a power cut hit London.