内容摘要：People living almost 200 miles (321km) away also spotted the unusual glow.

People living almost 200 miles (321km) away also spotted the unusual glow.

"I know a statement has been issued with an apology, but I don't think that apology is worth anything truthfully. It's a bit too little, too late," Mr Quinton said.In December, Teachers' Pensions - which runs the scheme on behalf of the Department for Education - said it aimed to clear most of the backlog by the end of February, with the government describing the calculations as "extremely complex".

The value of a pension is needed by the courts to decide whether it should be shared with an ex-partner, and without which it is almost impossible to reach a financial settlement.A Cash Equivalent Transfer Value (CETV) is usually provided within three months of a request being submitted but some teachers have been waiting much longer.Mr Quinton applied for a CETV in October 2023 as part of divorce proceedings and got it on 29 January this year, 15 months after applying.

Although he has now received his valuation, he said there is "still a long way to go" to finalise his divorce.He now wants to join a group action being brought by the teaching union NASUWT and legal firm Leigh Day against the pension provider and the Department for Education.

"I think it's important that the government need to realise that they have affected people's mental well being. They have affected them financially. And there has to be an impact on them for not doing that," he said.

"It's important that those thousands of people [affected] have a voice and the way that we have a voice is by joining this action."All households pay the fixed daily charges covering the costs of connecting to a supply, but there have been widespread calls for these fees to be scrapped.

Ofgem is proposing suppliers offer one price-capped tariff that includes the standing charge, and another that loads these costs on energy usage charges instead. Customers could choose which suits them best.The planned overhaul, for next winter, also raises the possibility of some unpaid bills that built up during a recent high-price crisis to be written off.

When Ofgem asked for the public's views on standing charges it received an unprecedented response of 30,000 submissions.The majority were against standing charges - fixed fees, typically totalling more than £300 a year, that are paid irrespective of how much energy households use.