Emma Simpson

The real cost of charm is something many p ople only di cover once they have lived in a rural home for a while. Derby hire' stone cottages,converted farmhouses and isolated homes are full of character, but that character often comes with higher energy costs, complex heating systems and difficult decisions about how, or whether, to invest for the future. Many rural homes are not connected to the mains gas grid. Instead, households rely on heating oil, LPG, solid fuel systems with back...

Heating Oil costs more than double as Middle East conflict hits rural Derbyshire households Rural Action Derbyshire is warning that the fast-moving crisis in the Middle East is now pushing domestic heating oil prices to extreme levels. Disruption to shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, where traffic has fallen by more than 80 percent following military escalation and attacks on tankers, is severely affecting global supply routes and contributing to sharp price increases. Many rural...