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UK scientist wins prize for invention that could help avert ‘phosphogeddon’
It is one of the least appreciated substances on the planet and its misuse is now threatening to unleash environmental mayhem. Phosphorus is a key component of fertilisers that have become vital in providing food for the world. But at the same time, the spread of these phosphorus compounds – …
Lady Olga Maitland attempts to avoid political meltdown, 1996
As Lady Olga Maitland, Conservative member for Sutton and Cheam, awaited the second reading of her anti-knives bill, it remained to be seen how long she could avoid political meltdown, wrote Robert Chalmers in the
Observer
on 14 January 1996. ‘A recent poll found Maitland, now 50, well placed …Reeves’s Heathrow expansion plans leave Labour’s green agenda grounded
In 2020, Rachel Reeves, the MP for Leeds West and Pudsey, was clear why she opposed expansion of nearby Leeds Bradford airport. It would, she said, “significantly increase air and noise pollution”, so on environmental grounds, it should not happen.
By the autumn of 2021, as shadow chancellor, Reeves was …
Can we build it? No – because Britain may not have enough workers
Even a nonexistent Heathrow third runway or HS2 northern leg have arguably done their bit for the economy: keeping a small army of planners, lawyers and lobbyists busy over years of tussle between the “builders and the blockers”, as Rachel Reeves has styled them.
Now the blockers are, as the …
Avanti West Coast passengers face severe disruption as rail strikes resume
Rail passengers face severe disruption on Sunday as Avanti West Coast train staff resume strike action that threatens to affect every weekend until June.
to allow for “intensive talks” between unions and the intercity rail operator, will be compounded …Ukraine war briefing: Russian barrage hits Ukrainian residential and energy sites, killing at least 15
Russia launched a barrage of drones and missiles against Ukraine on Saturday, killing at least 15 people and damaging dozens of residential buildings as well as energy infrastructure across the country
, Ukrainian officials said. In the central city of Poltava, a Russian missile struck a residential building, killing …
Two arrested after two children killed in Basildon car collision
Two people have been arrested after two children died in a car collision in Essex, police have said.
Officers were called to Walthams Place in Basildon at about 6.25pm on Saturday to reports of a crash and a car failing to stop.
Emergency services attended but a boy and girl …
AI tools used for child sexual abuse images targeted in Home Office crackdown
Britain is to become the first country to introduce laws tackling the use of
AI tools to produce child sexual abuse images
, amid warnings from law enforcement agencies of an alarming proliferation in such use of the technology.In an attempt to close a legal loophole that …
Beaten Steve Borthwick cites lack of experience for England’s Dublin defeat
Steve Borthwick has blamed England’s continuing poor results on his team’s relative lack of experience but says he was proud of his players for fighting back to earn a late losing bonus point. England have been beaten in seven of their last nine Tests and must now face an in-form …