By GERRI PEEV HOUSEHOLDERS have been warned that they will be hit with even bigger fuel bills this winter, after energy bosses admitted that large prices rises were on the way.

By DOUGLAS HAMILTON SCOTTISH and Southern Energy yesterday posted a 13.9per cent rise in annual profit to GBP1.23bn and said it had added 700,000 customers during the past year.

By GRAEME SMITH UNLESS solutions are found to the world's future energy supplies wars will soon be fought over oil, if they have not already been, a leading Scottish businessman warned yesterday.

By Frank Urquhart THE world's dwindling oil and gas reserves will become the main cause of global political tension if consumers continue to "run on empty", the head of one of Scotland's leading energy companies warned yesterday.

By DOUGLAS FRASER STJOHNSTONE football club have as much chance of winning the Champions League as the Scottish Government has of achieving its green energy ambitions, according to the boss of one of the main companies on which ministers are relying.