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Met Office issues 5 safety measures Brits must follow this weekend
Daily Express
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July 18, 2025
The Met Office has issued five safety measures Brits should follow this weekend during a weather alert. The weather agency has placed the majority of England under a yellow thunderstorm warning for Friday July 18 and Saturday July 19, except for...
Benchmarking energy performance: why data is the key to net zero
Smart Energy International
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July 18, 2025
Graham Paul, service delivery director, at TEAM Energy explores the key role of data in net zero, the complexity and necessity for energy benchmarking in buildings, and the emerging technologies that can support energy managers in their net zero...
Romania’s cybersecurity agency and Enevo join forces to protect energy infrastructure
Romania Insider
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July 18, 2025
The National Cybersecurity Directorate (DNSC) and engineering company Enevo Group have signed a strategic cooperation agreement to strengthen cybersecurity in Romania’s energy sector. The partnership aims to test and develop monitoring and...
Met Office urgent request for UK households to follow before Saturday
Yorkshire Live
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July 18, 2025
The Met Office is warning millions of households across the UK to prepare immediately this weekend as thunderstorms are set to pummel vast swathes of the nation. The weather service's most recent forecast indicates Friday (July 18) will begin...
EU targets Russian oil with tough new sanctions
Bangkok Post
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July 18, 2025
Another 100 vessels in the ‘shadow fleet’ of oil tankers to be blacklisted PUBLISHED : 18 Jul 2025 at 19:45 BRUSSELS - The European Union on Friday adopted a sweeping new package of sanctions on Russia over the Ukraine war, looking to pile more...
Painting through the canvas ceiling: The Clark exults the triumphs of early British woman artist-activists
Greenfield Recorder - Massachusetts
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July 18, 2025
You can view more than 80 objets d’art, ranging from monumental paintings, woodcuts, and fine embroidery to stained glass, all direct from England, at Williamstown’s Clark Art Institute through Sept. 14. During a press reception, the exhibit’s...
John Swinney to 'turn heat up' on UK to force second independence referendum
The Herald (Scotland)
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July 18, 2025
Since the first vote in 2014, successive UK governments have repeatedly turned down calls for a second referendum, with the UK Supreme Court ruling in 2022 that only Westminster can allow another poll. The First Minister pledged to mobilise...
Issue 155: Singapore’s natural gas challenge; Temasek keeps bets on renewables
The Business Times Singapore
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July 18, 2025
This week in ESG: Singapore approves carbon capture and storage studies; Temasek explains ‘geopolitically resilient’ thesis Energy transition Singapore’s tough choices on natural gas As Singapore looks more seriously into carbon capture and...
Scottish region tops the UK for expectations of job losses
The Herald (Scotland)
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July 17, 2025
The latest North-east Quarterly Economic Survey conducted by the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) found that 24% of firms surveyed expect to reduce their workforce in the coming three months. Among those who expect to do so, two-thirds do not...
Mayoral authorities to feature in 2026 UK infrastructure pipeline upgrade
Construction News
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July 18, 2025
A list of proposed upgrades was published alongside the Labour government’s first infrastructure pipeline published yesterday. The update will also feature projects linked to the third Road Investment Strategy, expected in autumn 2025, as well as...
Why is Donald Trump visiting Scotland – and where is he going?
The Herald (Scotland)
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July 18, 2025
In the past his visits have been hit by protests and it will no doubt be the same again when he arrives in Scotland next Friday. White House staff confirmed on Thursday that he would be spending time in Scotland between July 25 and July 29. He was...
Are designer babies a breakthrough or risk? Eight babies born with DNA from three people in the UK
The Indian Express
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July 18, 2025
In a first, eight children in the United Kingdom are leading healthy lives because of a groundbreaking but controversial IVF (in-vitro fertilisation) procedure that uses genetic material from three parents — the mother, the father and the...
Malnutrition with use of GLP-1 agonists is an underestimated real world harm
British Medical Journal
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Ellen Fallows, GP and vice-president British Society of Lifestyle Medicine Wraparound care for patients taking GLP-1 agonists must include assessment of nutritional status to identify the risk of malnutrition, writes Ellen Fallows Food insecurity...
Chloe Kelly hails Michelle Agyemang as equaliser helps book England’s semis spot
Yahoo Sports - Canada
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July 18, 2025
England forward Chloe Kelly hailed Arsenal team-mate Michelle Agyemang after the 19-year-old’s vital equaliser helped book the Lionesses a trip to the Euro 2025 semi-finals in a dramatic comeback penalty shootout victory over Sweden. The defending...
‘Unsuitable design’ blamed for gas release at Shell’s new North Sea facility
The Chemical Engineer
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Dutchmen Photography / Shutterstock.com OIL AND GAS giant Shell has been ordered to improve the design of its newest facility in the North Sea following a gas release in April. UK regulator the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) served an...
Spraying a 69p Aldi buy will stop wasps building ‘monster’ nests around your patios & doors
The Sun
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July 21, 2025
A 69P Aldi buy is the key to banishing wasps from your home, as experts spot "monster nests" in the UK. Experts have warned that the scorching temperatures we have seen in the UK so far this year have sparked the "year of the insects" with wasps...
Thrive Renewables secures £10 million from Triodos Bank UK for renewables portfolio
Energy Global
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July 18, 2025
Thrive Renewables plc has secured £10 million of new lending from Triodos Bank UK to enable the renewable energy investment company to further its mission building new UK-based wind farms, plus solar and community-owned projects. The finance will...
Environmentalists sue EPA to ban toxic chemical at refineries, including in Torrance, Wilmington
Long Beach Press Telegram - California
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July 21, 2025
Efforts to more strictly regulate a toxic chemical used to make high-octane gasoline at refineries across the nation — including at PBF Energy’s Torrance Refinery and the Valero Refinery in Wilmington — are once again ramping up. This time,...
Extreme weather caused by climate change is raising food prices worldwide, study says
KXLY 4 - Washington State
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London (CNN) — Extreme weather caused by climate change is driving up the prices of basic food products worldwide and posing wider risks to society, a new study has found. The cost of a wide range of goods – from potatoes in Britain to coffee in...
Iran and Europe Set to Hold Nuclear Talks
Oil Price
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July 21, 2025
Europe’s most influential countries – the UK, Germany, and France – are expected to hold talks with Iran on the Islamic Republic’s nuclear program in Istanbul on Friday, a senior Iranian official said on Monday. “The meeting between Iran, Britain,...