Stop wasting food, Brown urging
Britons must stop wasting food in an effort to help combat rising living costs, Gordon Brown has said as world leaders discuss rising prices
What is keeping oil prices so high?
Despite an emerging global consensus that oil prices are dangerously high, there seems little chance of the cost of oil falling significantly in the near future.
World petrol congress opens in Spain
One of the most prestigious events in the international oil and gas industry, the World Petroleum Congress (WPC), is opening in Madrid.
Petrol pumps close after 74 years
A garage which has been selling petrol since 1934 is to close because of high fuel costs and competition from supermarket filling stations.
Deal struck in petrol tanker row
Unions representing tanker drivers working for Shell have reached a deal with employers in their pay dispute, averting a new strike later this week.
Higher car tax slammed as green smokescreen
Changes to car tax were criticised as a blatant revenue-raising exercise despite the Chancellor's claim to be introducing the measures to help clean up the environment.
