Oil giant BP has warned that millions of dollars of “fictitious” compensation claims for the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill are putting the company at risk.

WORK consumes a huge amount of our lives — about 16 years in total if you work full-time and live until you’re 70 — and yet growing numbers of us struggle through our days, moaning and generally feeling dissatisfied with our lot.

EasyJet fended off an attempt to oust its chairman yesterday in the latest spat between the low-cost airline’s founder, Stelios Haji-Ioannou, and its directors.

Irish e-learning localisation company Transware [LSE:TRW.L] announced results for the half year.