Tuesday evening UK news briefing: Chinese energy crisis to hit whole world

Tuesday evening UK news briefing: Chinese energy crisis to hit whole world

Evening briefing: Today's essential headlines Roger Hunt dies | Roger Hunt, England World Cup winner and Liverpool's record league goalscorer, has died. Hunt, 83, was part of Sir Alf Ramsey's team of legends at Wembley in 1966 and such were his feats at Anfield under Bill Shankly, he was fondly referred to as 'Sir Roger'. Read tributes from the football world and his Telegraph obituary . Railway renationalised | Southeastern refers itself to fraud office Sabina Nessa | Man denies murder of teacher Labour conference | Union breaks with party over 'factional war' Aukus aftermath | France hails defence deal with Greece Stopping scams | Ring 159 for UK's new emergency fraud helpline The big story: Chinese energy crisis to hit whole world And you thought we had it bad. As Britons queue at the pumps amid fears of a petrol shortage that has never existed (more on that in a moment), what really happens in an energy crisis is becoming apparent over in China. Lifts have stopped working and street lights have gone dark in Chinese provinces home to millions of people, as authorities ration electricity in the face of rising coal prices and targets to reduce carbon emissions.