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Stellantis meets electric vehicle target despite criticising the goal and closing its Luton plant | Money News
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The company that owns Britain’s Vauxhall car plants met the UK government’s electric vehicle (EV) sales mandate last year despite publicly criticising the target and announcing the closure of its Luton factory. Stellantis, which also owns the Peugeot, Citroen and Fiat brands, as well as a number of others, was the UK’s best-selling electric van…
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President Joe Biden sets new US climate target just weeks before Donald Trump takes office | Science, Climate & Tech News
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President Joe Biden has set fresh climate targets for the United States before climate sceptic Donald Trump takes office in January. Today the outgoing president has unveiled a new goal to slash US emissions of greenhouse gases by 61% from 2005 levels by 2035. The 10-year plan should generate “more good-paying jobs, more affordable energy,…
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COP29: Changes to our lives are certain if Starmer meets bold climate target – but a key ingredient is missing for success | Science, Climate & Tech News
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Keir Starmer’s arrival at COP29, with a promise to drastically cut the UK’s carbon emissions by 81%, will be a small ray of sunshine in an otherwise gloomy start to the climate talks. The election of Donald Trump, who has vowed to drag the world’s largest economy out of the negotiations, was a colossal setback…
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Chinese spy used LinkedIn to target British officials – report | Science & Tech News
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A Chinese spy used LinkedIn to target thousands of British officials and attempt to mine secrets, according to a report. The investigation, published in The Times, suggests an intelligence officer for Beijing’s main spy agency used aliases on the platform, which is the world’s biggest professional networking site, to try to bribe civil servants and…
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‘Monopoly Market’ taken offline as international raids target dark web drugs traders | Science & Tech News
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Fifty-five people have been arrested in the UK as part of an international crackdown on illegal drugs and goods trading on the dark web. Almost 300 suspects have been detained in total, across countries including the US (153), Germany (52), the Netherlands (10), Austria (nine), France (five), Switzerland (two), Poland and Brazil (one each). They…
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Rich polluting countries like UK must ‘fast forward’ net zero target by a decade, demands UN chief | Climate News
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In a controversial move, the United Nations chief is today calling on polluting developed countries like the UK to “fast forward” net zero targets by a decade to 2040, warning the “climate time bomb is ticking”. It comes as the most comprehensive review yet of the state of climate change delivers a bleak picture of…
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Online Safety Bill: Parents assured legislation won’t just target illegal content after amendment criticism | Science & Tech News
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Parents have been assured that the Online Safety Bill will not just hold social media companies responsible for illegal content on their platforms, but any material which can “cause serious trauma” to children. In an open letter, Culture Secretary Michelle Donelan sought to assuage fears that the long-delayed legislation had been watered down after finally…
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Gigabit broadband for all target pledged by Boris Johnson scaled down | Politics News
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The government’s target to bring gigabit broadband to “every home and business across the UK” by 2025 seems to have been scaled back to reach 85% of the country instead. Boris Johnson made the initial pledge as part of his 2019 manifesto, with £5bn of funding behind the scheme. However, in a press release published…
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South Staffordshire Water says it was target of cyber attack as criminals bungle extortion attempt | Science & Tech News
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South Staffordshire Water “has been the target of a criminal cyber attack”, the company has confirmed. In a statement, it stressed it was “still supplying safe water to all of our Cambridge Water and South Staffs Water customers”. “This is thanks to the robust systems and controls over water supply and quality we have in…
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Online abuse: New study reveals which footballers are target of most abuse on Twitter | Science & Tech News
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A new report has revealed the scale of abuse targeting Premier League footballers on Twitter amid concerns about racist and hostile messages on social media. Research by Ofcom and the Alan Turing Institute has found that while the vast majority of tweets sent to footballers are positive, around 3.5% of them are abusive. The study…