Britain breaks solar energy record twice as UK’s biggest solar farm gets approval Record high set on Monday and raised on Tuesday, with 14.4GW of electricity generated in sunny spring weather
John Lewis boss’s pay rises to £1.2m as retailer cuts 3,300 jobs Jason Tarry sees salary increase by 21% in year to January, while fewer people are employed at John Lewis and Waitrose stores
Retail workers call for more security after Waitrose sacking for tackling shoplifter Shop workers’ union Usdaw says 59% of its members in its annual survey said they would welcome more security guards in stores
Delta CEO braces flyers for higher fares amid surge in oil prices tied to Iran war Airline projected a $2bn increase in fuel costs this quarter amid volatility in oil markets sparked by the war
Ceasefire changes little for shipping in strait of Hormuz, experts say Analysts expect only limited increase in shipping as vessels will still need to seek Iranian permission to transit
Timor-Leste is vulnerable to ‘infiltration by foreign organized crime’, president José Ramos-Horta says Australian federal police say they are working with tiny nation to respond to threat of online scam centres
Is Australia headed for a recession? I hope not – but the RBA should be more worried In backing down on his threats to destroy Iranian civilisation, Donald Trump has lessened concerns of a recession in Australia – at least for now
Shell oil trading profits soar amid Iran war but Qatar strikes hit gas output Earnings at renewable energy division expected to soar to between $200m and $700m in first quarter
Oil prices plunge 15% to below $100, stocks surge and dollar slumps after Trump announces US-Iran ceasefire – as it happened Oil prices drop most since pandemic while gas prices slide 20%; government bond yields fall sharply as rate hike expectations recede
City veteran Ian Cheshire chosen to be new chair of Ofcom Former Channel 4 chair and boss of Kingfisher to be appointed at crucial time for UK’s media regulator
Close Brothers shares surge after UK bank says it can ‘comfortably absorb’ cost of car finance compensation Specialist lender says it expects its slice of £9.1bn compensation set by FCA to be about £320m
Maritime and port workers: how is the Middle East conflict affecting you? With shipping routes disrupted and tensions rising across the region we want to hear from maritime workers, sailors and port workers and others working at sea who are affected
‘We can’t increase prices any more’: UK hospitality firms hit by cost triple blow Struggling pubs reel from rising business rates, wages and energy bills, with customers at limit of what they will pay
UK house prices fall in March amid uncertain impact of Middle East conflict Average price dips back below £300,000 after higher energy costs have knock-on effect on mortgage rates
Bristol airport loses legal challenge against Cardiff rival over £205m subsidy Tribunal dismisses claim that the Welsh government’s financial package breached competition rules