Independent: Britains dirtiest coal power stations are to be allowed to bid for hundreds of millions of pounds worth of subsidies that could allow them to stay open well into the 2020s. Senior ministers are so worried about the possibility that the UK could suffer electricity blackouts over the next few years they have agreed to let Britains coal stations bid for capacity payment handouts paid for through peoples energy bills which could allow them to upgrade their facilities. If successful, the money...