The first high-performance electric delivery vehicle in the UK light commercial vehicle market hit the streets of Sheffield this week. e-Mercury has a top speed of 50mph, can travel 100 miles before it needs refuelling and can carry up to two tonnes.

Iraqi authorities have deployed 6,000 “electricity police” to guard the distribution network. A senior coalition official said attacks on the oil and electricity distribution systems are becoming “more spectacular and aggressive”. The official said: “It seems now there is real focus on