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Interview: China's innovation-driven growth provides new opportunities for global investors: British business leader
Xinhua News Agency
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LONDON, July 24 (Xinhua) -- China is reshaping its growth model around strategic self-reliance, innovation-driven productivity, and systemic capabilities, which present fresh opportunities for foreign investors, said Jack Perry, Chairman of The 48...
Replica steam locomotive to re-enact first journey to mark 200th anniversary of railway
Chronicle Live
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July 26, 2025
A replica locomotion will run re-enact the first journey on the Stockton and Darlington railway to mark the 200th anniversary of the modern railway. Excitement is building across County Durham and Tees Valley as the festival counts down to the...
Energy, water, and waste: How much do Europeans pay for household bills?
Euronews
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July 24, 2025
How much do you pay for utility bills? Do you think it’s more than in other European cities? According to Deutsche Bank’s Mapping the World’s Prices report, which covers 67 cities worldwide including 28 in Europe, basic utility costs in 2025...
Royal Navy 'shambles' leaves British fleet vulnerable as no attack submarines currently on patrol
GB News
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July 24, 2025
The Royal Navy has been left without any submarines at sea to defend its surface fleet leaving a veteran to warn that "the one thing the Russians and Chinese really fear". It comes as HMS Anson returned to its Scottish base last Friday, leaving no...
Spanish energy giant Iberdrola to sell US $5B in assets, exit Mexico
Mexico News Daily
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July 24, 2025
Iberdrola, Europe’s largest power company, has hired investment bank Barclays to sell all 15 of its renewable energy plants in Mexico in an effort to exit the country, the Spanish news website El Confidencial reported Wednesday. Citing anonymous...
SPUC announces 2025 National Conference amid rising pro-life energy across UK
LifeSite
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July 24, 2025
News After its most successful Youth Conference to date, SPUC is calling on supporters to carry that momentum into its flagship National Conference in September. (LifeSiteNews) – The world’s first pro-life campaigning organization announced the...
Crude Oil Climbs As Focus Shifts To Fresh US Trade Deals
RTTNews
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July 24, 2025
Crude oil rose on Wednesday as news of major trading partners of the U.S. signing trade deals with the US - one after the other, to avoid high tariffs post August 1 - brought in optimism about the emerging economic scenario. West Texas...
UK Drivers Cover More Miles In EVs Than Gas-Powered Cars
Jalopnik
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July 24, 2025
North Americans might be falling out of love with EVs, but Brits can't get enough of packing on the electron-powered miles. Drivers in the UK are traveling much more per year in EVs than their gas-powered counterparts, according to an analysis by...
UK reveals strike price caps for next green auction with Scottish surprise
Recharge
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July 24, 2025
Government boosts strike prices for wind power technologies and for the first time introduces zonal split in how projects will be assessed Ed Miliband, Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, hosts a summit on the Future of Energy...
Kimberly-Clark to Invest £125m in Green Hydrogen at UK Plants
Manufacturing Management
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July 24, 2025
The initiative—delivered in partnership with Carlton Power and HYRO (a joint venture between Octopus Energy Generation and RES)—will bring hydrogen facilities to two key production sites. New Hydrogen Plants in Cumbria and Kent The investment will...
UK's 'best chippy' is less than an hour from London and Gordon Ramsay and royalty are fans
MyLondon
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July 24, 2025
A coastal fish and chip shop is being hailed as one of the top spots for a quintessential British summer treat, with customers raving about their 'excellent experience'. As the holiday season commences and we look forward to long, warm days ahead,...
Solar power cuts Portsmouth’s energy bill by £140k
Seatrade Cruise News
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July 24, 2025
Portsmouth International Port reduced its electricity costs by nearly £140,000 over the past 12 months through its solar panel installation. The port's 2,200 solar panels, with 1.2MW capacity covering all available roof space on terminals and a...
Madrid sets up giant screen for Spain vs England Women’s Euro Final
Euro Weekly News
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July 24, 2025
UEFA Women’s Euro 2025 final: England faces Spain on 27 July in Basel—two teams, one trophy, and a new chapter in women’s football. Credit : UEFA Women's EURO 2025 @WEURO2025 This Sunday, July 27, if you’re anywhere near Madrid, don’t even think...
UK risks becoming 'dumping ground' for 'slave labour' goods
Daily Express
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July 24, 2025
Britain is in danger of becoming a “dumping ground” for goods made using forced labour, the Government has been warned. Sir Keir Starmer and his team have been urged to ensure no one in the UK profits from the “broken backs of slave labour” in...
UK grocery inflation reaches highest levels in over 18 months, predicted to remain elevated
SeafoodSource
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Grocery price inflation in the U.K. hit its highest level – 5.2 percent – since January 2024 in July, according to new data from research firm Worldpanel by Numerator. Institute of Grocery Distribution (IGD) data added that the elevated inflation...
BOOSTING OIL PAD OUTPUT WITH COMPREHENSIVE PIPE CORROSION MONITORING
Manufacturing Tomorrow
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Corrosion and erosion gradually reduce pipe wall thickness, increasing the risk of leaks or catastrophic failures—jeopardizing personnel safety, environmental protection, and asset integrity. Case Study from | Cassia Networks BACKGROUND AND...
British Gas household supply arm earnings fall after £50m warm weather hit
Winsford Guardian
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The Centrica-owned group said underlying earnings for the residential energy supply business dropped to £133 million in the six months to June 30, down from £156 million a year earlier. Warmer-than-normal weather, as well as lower energy prices,...
UK Gas Storage Capacity to Drop This Winter After Loss at Rough
Financial Post
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July 24, 2025
Rough will make an adjusted operating loss this year toward the upper end of a £50 million to £100 million range, the company said. Centrica’s energy storage loss was £26 million in the six months through June — after £53 million in profit a year...
Europe’s New Iron Curtain: How Britain, Germany and Poland Are Redrawing the Defence Map
EUToday
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July 24, 2025
29The dream of a pacified continent secured forever under the American nuclear umbrella is fraying fast. As the war in Ukraine drags into its fourth year and in the context of a second Trump presidency, Europe’s old reliance on the United States...
EUROPE: UK grants £30 million for maritime decarbonisation projects
Bunkerspot
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July 24, 2025
The UK government has allocated £30 million to 71 projects aimed at developing marine fuels including ammonia, methanol and hydrogen, and technologies such as wind propulsion, carbon capture and shore power. The funds are awarded through the sixth...