The £35 a year increase for a typical household is twice what analysts had predicted.

Household energy bills are due to rise again in October but there are ways to keep a lid on your expenditure.

Royal Mail says the revamped design will help it compete in small parcel deliveries.

Michael O'Leary told the BBC the change would come in November, and that he made no apology for it.

The claims from pharmaceutical giant Novartis comes amid a row over drug pricing deals.