Britons on £45,000 will need help paying energy bills – not just those on benefits, chancellor says
Britons on £45,000 salaries will need government help to pay their energy bills – not just people on benefits, the chancellor has warned.
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August 25, 2022 Solar farm plans refused at highest rate for five years in Great Britain
Solar farms are being refused planning permission in Great Britain at the highest rate in five years, analysis has found, with projects which would have cut £100m off annual electricity bills turned down in the past 18 months.
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August 24, 2022 Britain imports no energy from Russia for first time on record
Britain is importing no energy from Russia for the first time on record after trade between the two countries collapsed after the Kremlin ordered invasion of Ukraine in February.
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August 23, 2022 Huge scale of water leaks exposes a broken private model
Rather than describing the 1tn litres of water lost to leaks last year in terms of Olympic swimming pools (Report, 19 August), why not relate it to usage? The lost 1tn litres is equivalent to the total annual water consumption of 18 million people – 30% of the population of England and Wales. Apart from […]
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August 15, 2022 Crash barriers buckle on dual carriageway during heatwave
Britain has got so hot safety barriers on a dual carriageway appear to have buckled in the heat.
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August 12, 2022 Eurovision 2023: Shortlist of UK host cities revealed
Liverpool, Glasgow and Birmingham are among the UK cities shortlisted to host the 2023 Eurovision song contest in the UK.
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August 12, 2022 Boris Johnson says UK energy-bill support package is not enough
Boris Johnson has acknowledged that the package of support to help people pay surging energy bills is not enough, as the split deepens between Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss over how to deal with the crisis.
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August 11, 2022 London council stops food bin collections for entire month as residents fear they’ll be overrun with ‘maggots’
Waltham Forest residents are furious after the council decided to stop brown bin collections for a month from next Monday. Waltham Forest Council will suspend brown wheelie bin collection from August 15 to September 12 after record heat “significantly reduced the amount of garden waste” binned by residents. The council say the decision will help […]
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August 10, 2022 Britain plans for organised blackouts in January – Bloomberg News
(Reuters) – Britain is making plans for organised blackouts for industry and households over winter when cold weather may coincide with gas shortages, Bloomberg News reported on Tuesday.
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August 9, 2022 Thames Water to introduce hosepipe ban as another heatwave looms
The Met Office has issued the warning for four days from Thursday to Sunday, saying “adverse health effects” are likely to be experienced by some vulnerable people.
