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Only about £4.5bn of £6.6bn allocated for making buildings more energy efficient has been spent, analysis findsA third of the funding pledged by the UK government for insulation and installing heat pumps has not yet been spent, analysis has shown, desp…
Police chiefs say delays in charging suspects are leading to backlogs of cases and guilty walking freeCPS can’t cope and people aren’t getting justice. We, the police, want to fix thatThe police, rather than independent prosecution lawyers, should have…
People share sightings of aurora borealis, with reports from as far south as Cornwall, and spectacle expected to repeat on Monday nightShimmering greens, purples and pinks of the northern lights appeared in the night sky across Britain and Ireland on S…
Freedom of information responses reveal damning findings of internal investigations into power cuts at Harmondsworth in 2022A catalogue of maintenance failures over more than a decade caused power cuts that triggered disturbances at Europe’s largest im…
Takeover of collapsed company revives hopes for the construction of a £3.8bn ‘gigafactory’ in northern EnglandThe Australia-based company Recharge Industries will take over collapsed battery maker Britishvolt after finalising a deal with administrators…
Most polluting commercial vehicles will pay up to £50 daily under new schemeSheffield has become the latest city to implement a clean air zone, which it hopes will tackle an estimated 500 deaths a year ascribed to pollution.From Monday, the most pollut…
Little progress made within NHS since devastating 2017 report raised concerns, says health ombudsmanUrgent action is needed to prevent people dying from eating disorders, the parliamentary and health service ombudsman for England has warned, as he said…
Thinktank warns austerity drive at next month’s budget will further damage economyRishi Sunak’s government is hiding £28bn of “stealth cuts” to public services over the next five years, according to a report warning that a renewed austerity drive at ne…
Annual rise of £425bn smaller than in previous two years, says Savills as it predicts fall in house prices in 2023The total value of all homes across the UK has reached a record high of £8.7tn but rising mortgage costs are likely to lead to a dip in 20…
Robert Burns Ellisland Trust proposes to turn Ellisland Farm in Dumfries and Galloway into visitor attractionA charity has revealed its plans to save a barn built by the Scottish poet Robert Burns where he wrote some of his most famous works, including…