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Britain's power system operator has triggered contingency plans in case supplies can't keep up with demand in the current cold snap.
Britain's power system operator has triggered contingency plans in case supplies can't keep up with demand in the current cold snap.
‘We’re not forcing anyone to remove gas boiler’, says energy secretary Grant Shapps
Thousands more dead and dying shellfish have been washed up on a beach on a stretch of coast where there has previously been a mass crustacean die-off. Source: PA
Households are to be penalised if they do not switch away from gas under net zero plans to be unveiled on Thursday.
Standing charges are set to go up from April and campaigners have urged people to take meter readings so they know where they stand
A large hole capable of generating solar winds north of a million miles per hour has appeared on the surface of the sun for the second time in a week. It is known as a coronal hole - and this one is 20 times bigger than Earth. NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory spotted it, and it could send superfast solar winds of 1.8 million miles per hour hurtling towards our planet as early as Thursday.
Mussels, starfish, crabs and clams are dead or dying along the beach at Saltburn-by-the-Sea.
The late Kim Jong Il once claimed to have personally achieved cold fusion, as long as two decades ago, so it is a mystery why the world’s energy problems have still not gone away
But critics described Mr Shapps’s announcement as ‘weak and feeble’
Emmanuel Macron has pledged to tax water usage in France to tackle a major drought, with the move coming amid a public uprising over pension reforms and the cost of living.
The phrase about a mother’s work never being done is epitomized in footage shared to Instagram on March 28 from South Lake Tahoe, California, showing a black bear “mom” gathering insulation for her den, as her “cubs complain” in the background.The footage, captured by nature enthusiast Toogee Sielsch, is timestamped as being taken on March 27 and shows the bear paw at shrubbery while faint calls from the background can be heard.“Mom knows a cold, snowy, and windy storm is about to move through and does her best to gather some more bedding/insulation for her seven-to-eight-week-old cubs,” commented Sielsch on his Instagram post.“Turn up the sound and hear the cubs complain while mom is working hard to keep them protected,” he adds. A “dynamic winter storm” was forecast in the region on the evening of March 27.Sielsch has been documenting the life of the bear and her cubs over a number of recent Instagram posts, and regularly shares footage of South Lake Tahoe’s bear population. Credit: Toogee Sielsch via Storyful
A MAN has been fined after disposing his business waste at a beauty near Hereford.
BO'AO, China (AP) — Russia's Gazprom is increasing gas supplies to China and expects soon to reach the maximum planned level through a Siberian pipeline, its chairman said Wednesday, highlighting Beijing's importance as his country's top export market in the face of Western sanctions over its invasion of Ukraine. Gazprom is negotiating with China over a possible additional supply project across neighboring Mongolia, Viktor Zubkov said at a government-organized economic forum.
Weather warnings are in place from Hastings to Cornwall.
A zoo leopard fought with a pet Corgi dog from behind the glass in China.The encounter happened at Zibo Zoo in Shandong province when the pooch's owner took it to the big cat area.Footage shows the pup jumping up on a low wall for a better look. But when one leopard saw the Corgi, the big cat went wild trying to reach it.Standing on its hind legs, it scraped frantically at the security glass screen, trying to tear its way through as it bared its razor-sharp teeth.Undaunted, the Corgi responded by yapping at the leopard before jumping down from its perch.Pet owner Han filmed another encounter between her pet and its close relatives when they stopped by the wolf enclosure.The Corgi once again sparked interest as it sat right by the glass, tempting the four curious wolves as they try to sniff out the visitor.
Shocking images show piles of rubbish scattered across a Glasgow park.
Households that faced being forced to switch to hydrogen or a heat pump in a town in Cheshire will be able to keep their gas boilers in a U-turn following backlash from residents.
Grant Shapps said the shift away from gas to alternative ways of heating homes would take place over ‘the next decade or two’.
April is more snowy than November, with an average 2.3 snow days
Reports of another 'wash up' of shellfish on a beach on a stretch of coast where there has previously been a mass crustacean die-off is 'normal at this time of year', the Environment Agency has confirmed.
Hawaii authorities on Tuesday say they have referred 33 people to U.S. law enforcement after the group allegedly harassed a pod of wild dolphins in waters off the Big Island. It's against federal law to swim within 50 yards (45 meters) of spinner dolphins in Hawaii’s nearshore waters. The prohibition went into effect in 2021 amid concerns that so many tourists were swimming with dolphins that the nocturnal animals weren’t getting the rest they need during the day to be able to forage for food at night.