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Electricity pylons

Energy firm promises £22 billion investment in ‘critical grid infrastructure’

Markets

Ashtead drags on FTSE 100 while US markets quiet ahead of inflation news

Chicken chain Wingstop is being targeted by suitors including Domino's for a takeover deal (Deliveroo/PA)

Domino’s among four bidders targeting Wingstop UK takeover

BP sign

BP and Equinor to build major carbon capture projects in North East

Cineworld has announced plans to close a further six branches

Cineworld to close six more branches taking total to 11 - see full list

Hugh Bonneville attends the World Premiere of Paddington in Peru in Leicester Square in central London

French media giant behind Paddington films to list on London stock market

Cineworld is to shut six more of its cinemas (Mike Egerton/PA)

Cineworld to shut six more cinemas after restructuring

Coffee commodity prices have surged this year on the back of weather concerns (WWF/PA)

Coffee drinkers braced for cost increase as bean prices reach record high

Inheritance tax for farms demo at Westminster

No 10 insists Government backs farmers in face of looming tractor protest

University graduates

England has highest proportion of adults ‘overqualified’ for their jobs – report

A general view of a Poundland store in Brixton, London

Poundland takes £640 million hit on Budget costs and sales woes

FCA sign

Cutting red tape could attract more bad actors in finance sector, says FCA boss

Thames Water shareholders pull investment plan

Thames Water boss defends bonuses and repeats calls for steep bills hikes

A general view of Edinburgh Airport

Edinburgh Airport Christmas flights threatened as strike announced over pay row

A vase of flowers in front of a Moonpig delivery box

Moonpig swings to loss as shoppers opt for cheaper gifts

A general view of staff on a NHS hospital ward at Ealing Hospital in London.

Vifor Pharma to pay £23m to NHS after competition probe into misleading claims