Billions of barrels of oil and huge amounts of gas could be lying beneath the North Sea, scientists have claimed. Experts at Aberdeen University who studied the offshore industry’s potential to 2050 says 17 billion barrels of oil and substantial supplies of gas are still to be extracted. Dr Linda Stephen and Professor Alex Kemp […]
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Iconic locations such as the Great Barrier Reef and Taj Mahal could be joined on a list of World Heritage sites by the slate quarries of Gwynedd, Wales. The county’s slate-scarred landscape has been submitted for the prestigious award by the UK Government, which is allowed one entry per year. Heritage Minister Michael Ellis said […]
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US President Donald Trump is “very keen” to agree a trade deal with the UK after it leaves the EU, claims the International Trade Secretary Liam Fox. Fox was speaking on a visit to New York to highlight the historic links between the two countries, where he said the UK was in a “strong position” […]
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Police numbers will fall to their lowest levels since the 1970s under a new round of spending cuts, senior officers have warned. The chief constables of three of Britain’s biggest forces say they will have “no alternative” but to make more cuts after a new government budget reduction. That will mean that more frontline police […]
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Millions more vehicles will cross the Severn Bridge between England and Wales every year after tolls come to an end in December, a government study claims. The change will force the Welsh government to press on with plans to build a new M4 relief road to absorb the extra traffic, a Labour AM claims. Lee […]
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Politicians from all parties have united to condemn anonymous abuse directed at Prime Minister Theresa May by her own MPs. The comments emerged over the weekend in a Sunday Times article when an unnamed backbench Tory claimed her leadership was nearing the end. In the article, the MP was quoted as saying: “The moment is […]
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Londoners could be whisked around the capital in a fleet of self-driving cars by 2021 after a new partnership deal was signed this week. Private hire firm Addison Lee has teamed up with driverless car specialists Oxbotica to put the autonomous vehicles to work in the capital. The move could eventually see Addison Lee’s entire […]
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A Conservative back bencher has launched a scathing attack on his own party, saying he wouldn’t vote for them if he was not an MP. Johnny Mercer also described Theresa May’s government as a ‘shitshow’ and said he would refuse to serve in it as a minister. Mercer, MP for Plymouth Moor since 2015, told […]
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Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt has urged his party to get behind Theresa May as she tries to secure a Brexit departure deal with EU leaders. The Prime Minister is considering an extension of several months to the UK’s transition period to overcome the Irish border problem. Her gambit provoked anger among Brexiteers in her own […]
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Executives from blue-chip companies will still attend a conference in Saudi Arabia next week despite a growing boycott over the disappearance of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. The Washington Post writer, a strong critic of the Saudi regime, was last seen entering the Saudi embassy in Istanbul, Turkey, on October 2. Turkish intelligence reports suggest he was […]
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