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A prolonged war in the Middle East could trigger a recession, analysts have warned, as strikes on Qatar’s gas plant were branded “a serious escalation”. Any hopes of the conflict calming have been dashed after attacks on Middle East energy sites. Israel bombed Iran’s South Pars gas field. And Iran responded by hitting multiple oil and gas targets across the Gulf yesterday night. These included the critical Qatari Ras Laffan liqid natural gas (LNG) facility. UK natural gas prices spiked by more than 20 per cent on Thursday morning. Oil jumped to $119 a barrel before falling back slightly to…

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Manchester City striker Erling Haaland has been announced as an investor in a new global chess tour.The 25-year-old is backing the Norway Chess organisation, which is set to launch the Total Chess World Championship Tour next year.Four tournaments will be staged annually in different cities, with a world champion crowned across three disciplines – fast classic, rapid and blitz chess.It is being supported by the International Chess Federation (FIDE) and a pilot tournament is planned for this autumn.Each season will have a minimum prize pool of $2.7m (£2m) with Fide describing it as “one of the most significant developments in…

Stroll signed Newey on a contract which could be worth as much as £30m a year -including all possible bonuses and add-ons – hoping he would be the final part in the jigsaw that turned the team into winners.But Aston Martin are last in the world championship after what amounts to a disastrous start to the season.The car is not yet competitive. Newey’s arrival in March last year, combined with problems with their new wind tunnel, has led to its development being delayed but the 67-year-old is confident the chassis can be made competitive over the course of this season.The…

Kemi Badenoch launched the Conservatives’ local election campaign while promising to “get Britain working” in a speech this morning.During the rally in a room packed with supporters, the Tory leader accused Reform and Labour of putting up council tax in a defiant plea to voters to back her party.In the optimistic speech, Mrs Badenoch promised cut to the ballooning benefits bill and touched on the Iran war, which is currently serving as the backdrop in the run-up to the parties’ contest while Britons endure skyrocketing energy bills.Earlier this morning, the UK was hit with another surge in energy prices while…

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The Bank of England has voted to keep the UK’s base rate at 3.75 per cent as the ongoing war between the US-Iran war causes an “uncertain global backdrop” for the markets.Prior to President Donald Trump and Israel’s decision to launch military action against the Islamic Republic, markets had priced in at least two rate cuts from the central bank in 2026.In recent years, the Bank’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has opted to raise the cost of borrowing to as high as 5.25 per cent in an effort to bring down the consumer price index (CPI) inflation.As inflationary concerns have…

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People have been panning Tottenham boss Igor Tudor but they will look upon him in a different light if his side win this game.Maybe he just needs to identify the opposition’s threat a little bit better than he does opposing managers – that clip of him mistaking someone else for Arne Slot at Anfield last week did make me chuckle.Nottingham Forest’s issue is that they don’t score enough goals, and that lack of attacking threat might just cost them here.I know I keep mentioning it, but Forest manager Vitor Pereira has still not won a Premier League game all season,…

More than 100 students seeking protection against meningitis were sent home from a vaccination centre at the University of Kent today after officials shut the queue early.The Canterbury-based university cited capacity limitations as the reason for closing queues, with the clinic based out of the campus’ main sports hall required to wrap up operations by 5pm.It comes after an outbreak of the disease among students late last week, believed to have spread in one of the city’s nightclubs, Club Chemistry, where students shared drinks and vapes.Since the outbreak, two people have sadly died, with upwards of 20 cases reported including…