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Landmark Paris Agreement ‘more fragile’ than ever, UK’s top climate diplomat warns | Science, Climate & Tech News
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The world’s landmark Paris Agreement is “more fragile” than it has ever been and disagreements risk “imploding” it, the UK’s climate ambassador has warned. The seminal treaty obliges countries to produce regular plans on how they will cut greenhouse gas emissions in order to slow climate change. Since it was signed in 2015, predicted levels…
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UK’s electric vehicle market is doing better than you might think | Money News
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To listen to UK car manufacturers in recent weeks has been to hear a counsel of despair over the electric vehicle market. Struggling to hit targets imposed amid mixed messages from the last government, they have lobbied the new one to relax the rules. Yet November’s figures show an industry not just hitting the 22%…
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UK’s worst catfish jailed after driving father and daughter to take own lives | UK News
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An online predator who led an American girl and her father to take their own lives has been jailed for at least 20 years after the UK’s largest “catfishing” case. Warning: This article contains references to suicide and child sex abuse which readers may find distressing. Alexander McCartney, 26, previously admitted 185 charges, including the…
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Sombre send-off as UK’s last coal-fired power plant in Nottinghamshire shuts down | UK News
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It was a grim day for a send-off. Rain poured down the giant cooling towers at Ratcliffe-on-Soar power plant in Nottinghamshire as the last wisps of steam floated away from them – the fading warmth of the furnaces shut down the night before bleeding into the low cloud above. A slow end to the UK’s…
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Inside the UK’s first fossil fuel free flying school | Science & Tech News
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Sitting at the end of the runway, with just seconds before getting clearance for take-off, the spinning propeller of the plane I am in sitting in unexpectedly judders to a quick, and ominous, halt. Sitting next to me, pilot and instructor Adam Twidell, senses my nerves. “It’s just another thing that is so great about…
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UK’s first ‘teacherless’ AI classroom set to open in London | Science & Tech News
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The UK’s first “teacherless” GCSE class, using artificial intelligence instead of human teachers, is about to start lessons. David Game College, a private school in London, opens its new teacherless course for 20 GCSE students in September. The students will learn using a mixture of artificial intelligence platforms on their computers and virtual reality headsets.…
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UK’s first teenager to receive ‘bladder pacemaker’ is loving her ‘new-found freedom’ | UK News
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A 17-year-old has become the first teenager in the UK to receive a “bladder pacemaker”. Jenny Allan, from Thanet in Kent, has a rare condition which means she is unable to pass urine and had to self-catheterise at least six times a day. But the treatment – known as bladder neuromodulation – has enabled her…
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Shetland’s SaxaVord Spaceport granted licence for UK’s first vertical rocket launch | UK News
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A site at the northern-most part of the Shetland Islands has become the UK’s first licensed spaceport for vertical rocket launches. SaxaVord Spaceport on the small isle Unst has been granted the licence by the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA), which will allow for its first launches in 2024. The regulator verified the privately owned spaceport…
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UK’s first air capture plant is turned on to remove CO2 from the atmosphere and turn it into jet fuel | Climate News
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The UK’s first-ever direct air capture plant has been turned on to remove CO2 from the atmosphere and turn it into jet fuel. The machine, developed by Mission Zero Technologies in partnership with the University of Sheffield, will run on solar power to recover 50 tonnes of CO2 from the air per year and turn…
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UK’s largest mobile firms sued for £3bn – amid claims they overcharged loyal customers | UK News
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Vodafone, EE, Three and O2 are facing a “£3bn-plus” class action claim that alleges they used their market dominance to overcharge on up to 28.2 million UK mobile phone contracts. The four largest network operators are accused of penalising loyal customers – meaning they paid more than new customers for the same services. Many contracts…