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British Gas reducing some UK households' bills to £0 for two years
Birmingham Live
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July 31, 2025
British Gas and Barratt Redrow are partnering up to give UK households £0 energy bills. British Gas, which is owned by Centrica, has teamed up with Barratt Redrow, the UK’s biggest housebuilder. It plans to deliver homes with free energy to a new...
UK to face 'sweltering' August with 39C heatwave as exact date confirmed
Yorkshire Live
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July 31, 2025
Weather charts are forecasting a blistering 39C scorcher to strike the UK next month. Maps from WX Charts have predicted sweltering temperatures of 37C near Bristol at approximately 6pm on August 13. The forecast shows blazing temperatures...
Creatures found living off gas in Pacific Ocean’s deepest trenches
Yahoo News
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A strange menagerie of creatures living off methane have been found in the darkest depths of the Pacific Ocean. Spiky white worms and tiny marine snails were filmed picking their way through swaying fields of tube-worms, more than five miles from...
Is Scotland about to be battered by an intense summer storm?
STV News
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July 31, 2025
Since the very hot spell a few weeks back, summer’s been pretty tame in Scotland — but that could be about to change in a big way. Over the past few days, some weather models have been hinting at a deep low forming out in the Atlantic this weekend...
Scotland's iconic puffins at risk after SNP grant permission for massive wind farm
Scottish Daily Express
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July 31, 2025
Scotland's iconic puffins could face extinction after the Scottish Government granted permission for one of the world's largest offshore wind farms to be built. The Berwick Bank development will see up to 307 turbines built in the outer Firth of...
Warning issued to 2.5 million UK households as postcodes with highest energy use revealed
Manchester Evening News
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July 31, 2025
These postcode areas have used the most combined electricity and gas according to the latest government data A warning has been issued to around 2.5 million households in the UK as the areas with the highest energy use have been revealed. The...
European electricity prices fall despite drop in solar energy production
pv-magazine
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July 31, 2025
Weekly average electricity prices fell last week in France, Italy, Portugal and Spain, even as solar energy output also declined, according to AleaSoft Energy Forecasting. July 31, 2025 Patrick Jowett Image: AleaSoft Energy Forecasting Most major...
Scotland Gives Go-Ahead for World’s Largest Offshore Wind Farm
Financial Post
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July 31, 2025
The move comes just after a visit to Scotland by US President Donald Trump who voiced his dislike of wind farms, especially ones off the coast of his golf courses there. While Scotland is pivoting from an oil past to lead the world in wind energy,...
Honeybourne Solar Farm to deliver green energy boost for Evesham
Evesham Observer
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A new solar farm under development in Honeybourne will generate enough renewable electricity to power 5,000 homes, enough to meet the needs of around 40% of Evesham’s residents. The site at Sheenhill Solar Farm is located just five miles east of...
Brits unknowingly boost Putin's war machine as homes powered by Russian uranium
Daily Star
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July 31, 2025
Graham Hiscott Head of Business and Vince Soodin Assistant Editor (Digital) 13:15, 31 Jul 2025 Millions of Brits are using electricity generated by a nuclear power plant that uses Russian-imported fuel. Suffolk's Sizewell B, situated in Suffolk,...
Oil giant Shell posts profit beat, keeps share buyback pace steady at $3.5 billion
CNBC
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July 31, 2025
The brand logo of the mineral oil and natural gas company Shell plc can be seen at a filling station of the company in Nuremberg (Bavaria) on July 25, 2025. Picture Alliance | Picture Alliance | Getty Images Britain's Shell on Thursday reported...
Lincolnshire council leaders and Mayor unite on Lindsey Oil Refinery in letter to Ed Miliband
GrimsbyLive
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July 31, 2025
The Mayor of Greater Lincolnshire, and leaders of North Lincolnshire and North East Lincolnshire councils and Lincolnshire County Council have jointly written to Ed Miliband requesting an urgent meeting on Lindsey Oil Refinery. The refinery is...
Callum Brittain latest as current state of Boro's talks with Blackburn is revealed
The Northern Echo
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The framework of a deal has been agreed with Blackburn officials, and with further talks planned for the next 24 hours, it is hoped Brittain’s move to the Riverside could be completed before the end of the weekend. Boro have agreed to pay around...
“These Panels Laugh at Hurricanes” as French Floating Solar Project That Withstands 99 MPH Winds Wins Approval and Ignites War Over Energy Future
Sustainability Times
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July 31, 2025
IN A NUTSHELL 🌊 HelioRec receives Approval in Principle Level II from Bureau Veritas, advancing its floating solar technology. 💨 The platforms are designed to withstand extreme weather, including wind speeds over 99 mph, thanks to a patented...
Energy bills battle heats up as new deal offers free power and £100 saving
Daily Express
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July 31, 2025
Families struggling with high energy costs are being offered six hours of free electricity and a cut-price deal by one of Britain’s biggest power suppliers.EDF will hand out free electricity to customers on Sunday, August 10, from 2pm to 8pm, as...
Is this tough US-EU trade deal a triumph for Brexit Britain? Only in leavers’ most delusional fantasies
The Guardian
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July 31, 2025
Those who misled the country over Brexit are usually quieter these days. They do not hang their heads in shame, but change the subject whenever they can. They deflect with their new war-cry that Britain must also leave the European convention on...
British destroyer 'opens fire' in Pacific with 30mm cannons in WW3 drill
Plymouth Herald
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July 31, 2025
A British naval destroyer, HMS Dauntless, has 'opened fire' in the Pacific as part of a successful live-fire exercise to ensure its combat readiness amid growing fears of World War 3. The Royal Navy's Type 45 destroyer played a role in Operation...
Scotland's best curry restaurants unveiled as 16 spots make UK top 100
Daily Record & Sunday Mail
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July 31, 2025
Scotland is home to some of the best curry restaurants in the UK, according to the Asian Catering Federation’s latest list of the top 100 curry houses. Released at the launch of the Official Curry Awards at the House of Lords, the ranking is based...
Make Trump Britain’s prime minister
The Spectator Australia
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July 30, 2025
When I was a young man, the claim that Britain was in danger of becoming the 51st state was a political slur mainly thrown about by the left, particularly those who objected to the presence of US military bases. But there was some anti-American...
Smart Pension invests GBP 330 million in Octopus Energy clean-tech funds
pv-magazine
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July 31, 2025
UK workplace pension provider Smart Pension has announced an initial GBP 330 million ($440 million) strategic investment in Octopus Energy Generation. The renewables arm of Octopus Energy invests in solar, wind and energy storage projects, as well...