Around 15 million families will see their energy bills soar by up to £139 after the regulator hiked the price cap by the biggest increase yet. The sharp rise, which will impact half the population, is driven by a rise of more than 50% in wholesale fuel costs over the last six months with gas
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) said it has removed two Belarusian team coaches from the Games, four days after they were involved in trying to send sprinter Krystina Tsimanouskaya back to Belarus. The organisation said it had cancelled and removed the credentials of Artur Shimak and Yury Maisevich. “The two coaches were requested to leave the
A Gold Rush town in California has been destroyed by the largest wildfire currently burning in west coast America. An estimated 800 residents in Greenville were told to evacuate before the blaze tore through the town. The Dixie Fire has been raging for three weeks and is now the eighth largest in California’s history. Image:
Climate minister Alok Sharma’s air travel to 30 countries in seven months is “bizarre” and sets a bad example ahead of COP26, a Labour minister has said. Speaking to Kay Burley on Sky News, David Lammy told that reports that COP26 President Mr Sharma flew tens of thousands of miles during the pandemic are “worrying”
Harley-Davidson’s Serial 1 e-bike brand is taking a Eurotrip as the electric two-wheelers ride across the continent. The expansion follows Serial 1’s debut late last year, when we got a chance to take the first ride on the premium electric bicycles. Now the electric bikes are showing up in Harley-Davidson dealerships across Europe this summer.
In this article ETHE Getty Somewhat buried in ethereum’s big software makeover that rolled out Thursday is a code update known as Ethereum Improvement Proposal 3554, or EIP-3554 for short. It threatens to hasten the end of ethereum mining as we know it. Since its launch, the ethereum community has talked about overhauling the way
The nurses in the COVID unit at UF Health hospital in Jacksonville, Florida, cannot believe they are here again, reconfiguring their space like a jigsaw puzzle to find room for yet more patients. Over the past three weeks, coronavirus cases have risen across a country in the grip of the Delta variant, but the surge
Live events will be covered by a £750m insurance scheme backed by the government in a bid to stop cancellations over COVID-19. Industry figures have long called for the government to step in after finding that insurers would not cover them for losses caused by the pandemic. Many organisers campaigned for a scheme guaranteed by
Wales will move to alert level zero at the weekend, but the country’s first minister has warned it “does not mean the end of restrictions and a free-for-all”. Mark Drakeford said people should continue to help prevent the spread of COVID-19. The step, the biggest easing of measures since the pandemic began, will see all
Mining in Australia is big business, very big business. The royalties fund much of the government spending at the state and federal level. Providing over 10% of Australia’s GDP, or $200 billion AUS, Australia’s mining companies demand to be listened to. So, when BHP sells its coal and oil assets and starts talking up electric
Sir Keir Starmer has led criticism of Boris Johnson after he said Margaret Thatcher gave the UK a “big early start” in its battle against climate change when she closed coal mines in the 1980s. The prime minister made the comment during a visit to Scotland, when he was asked if he would set a
Ambient air carbon capture has come in for its share of ridicule over the years, but fans of the technology finally have something to cheer about. As applied to farming, carbon can be plucked from the air to boost crop yields. All that’s needed is an assist from solar power and some other equipment. An
Nova Innovation Tidal energy business Nova Innovation has said it is able to move forward with a project centered around scaling up the production of tidal turbines after receiving funding from the Scottish government. The £2 million ($2.78 million) funding boost, announced Thursday, will be used to support the company’s Volume Manufacturing and Logistics for
A Belarusian sprinter who has flown to Poland after a stand-off with her country’s officials at the Tokyo Olympics said her grandmother had advised her not to return home. Krystina Tsimanouskaya had refused her team’s orders to go back to Belarus early from the Games after she criticised coaches. The 24-year-old’s criticism on social media
Ford, GM, and Stellantis, also known as the Detroit Big Three, announced today a joint goal for electric vehicles to achieve 40% to 50% of their sales in the US by 2030. Who is going to buy the other 50% of their cars? Over the last year, Ford, GM, and Stellantis (mainly Chrysler, Dodge, Ram,
The Bank of England has warned inflation will increase further this year to double the target rate, but insisted rising prices will only be temporary as it kept interest rates on hold. The monetary policy committee (MPC) also kept in place measures to support the economy, despite some calls for them to be cut to cool