THE FINANCIAL TIMES SHELL REVEALS ANOTHER TAX-FREE YEAR IN NORTH SEA Shell paid no tax on its oil and gas production in the UK's North Sea again last year even as a global energy crunch pushes prices for the fuels to record levels. Instead, Europe's biggest oil firm received $121m from the UK Treasury.

THE TIMES GOVERNMENT SET TO DITCH EQUALITY CONFERENCE Boris Johnson will abandon plans for an equality conference after more than 100 leading organisations pulled out over the government's decision to exclude transgender people from its ban on conversion therapy.

THE DAILY TELEGRAPH CZECH REPUBLIC BECOMES FIRST NATO COUNTRY TO SEND TANKS TO UKRAINE The Czech Republic has sent tanks and infantry fighting vehicles to Ukraine, becoming the first Nato country to provide the heavy armour Kyiv has been calling for.

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