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  Average annual energy bills will rise by £332 in July, more than double the previously anticipated increase, due to high oil and gas prices driven by the war in Iran, trusted forecasters predicted. Read the full article here. Read More UK News - The latest headlines from the UK | Sky News

  Almost 200,000 students who were at university during the COVID-19 pandemic are seeking financial compensation. Read the full article here. Read More UK News - The latest headlines from the UK | Sky News

  Scientists in the UK have created the first lab-grown oesophagus and implanted it in pigs, which have been able to use it to swallow food. Read the full article here. Read More UK News - The latest headlines from the UK | Sky News

  Changes to the student loans system quietly announced in the last budget have provoked a loud and angry response that has woken up Westminster to what anyone who did a degree in the 2010s, and their parents, already knew. Read the full article here. Read More UK News - The latest headlines from the UK | Sky News

  Angela Rayner was "wrong" to stage a high-profile intervention criticising the direction of Sir Keir Starmer's government this week, Harriet Harman has said. Read the full article here. Read More UK News - The latest headlines from the UK | Sky News

  British households have been told to brace for a surge in inflation and multiple interest rate hikes this year after surging oil and gas prices sparked by Donald Trump's war on Iran. Read the full article here. Read More UK News - The latest headlines from the UK | Sky News

  The government has said it will directly fund the clear-up of 48,000 tonnes of waste at illegal tips in the north of England, following criticism of a north-south divide on tackling waste crime. Read the full article here. Read More UK News - The latest headlines from the UK | Sky News

  A Russian warship and a sanctioned oil tanker was shadowed by a Royal Navy warship and helicopter for 48 hours in the English Channel. Read the full article here. Read More UK News - The latest headlines from the UK | Sky News

  Nicola Sturgeon, the nationalist firebrand who dominated Scottish politics for almost a decade, has bowed out with an emotional valedictory speech. Read the full article here. Read More UK News - The latest headlines from the UK | Sky News