Biggest UK solar plant approved
Roger Harrabin BBC environment analyst Hive Energy The go-ahead has been given to the UK’s biggest solar farm, stretching 900 acres on the north Kent coast. The government has approved the controversial scheme, which will supply power to 91,000 homes. The project could include one of the world’s largest energy storage systems. But it has […]
What will a night out be like after lockdown?
EPA In Japan, some customers have donned plastic facemasks in bars When people in the UK were asked last month what they were most looking forward to post-lockdown, only seeing friends and family ranked higher than a night out. And with limited socialising now a possibility, attention is turning to Britain’s pubs, bars and clubs. […]
Battle lines being drawn over fishing rights
Douglas Fraser Business and economy editor, Scotland Getty Images Fishing is a concern for the inshore fleet as well as the larger boats Naval battle lines are being drawn up ahead of talks between the European Union and UK, with fisheries among the most difficult and high profile topics where the two sides diverge This […]
Bestival manslaughter trial on front pages
Coverage of the trial of a man accused of manslaughter over the death of his girlfriend at a music festival leads to some disturbing front-page headlines. Louella Fletcher-Michie, 24, the daughter of actor John Michie, was found dead in woods on the Bestival site in Dorset in 2017. “Corrie star’s girl filmed as she lay […]
Obituary: Nigel Lawson – BBC News
Always a Eurosceptic, Lawson backed the UK leaving the European Union in the 2016 Brexit referendum, serving on the organising committee of the Vote Leave campaign group. Lawson, who lived in France for many years, insisted that the UK was not turning its back on Europe but reasserting sovereignty that had been given away by […]
Companies sign up to pledge to cut plastic pollution
David Shukman Science editor Getty Images More than 40 companies have signed up to a pact to cut plastic pollution over the next seven years. The firms, which include Coca-Cola and Asda, have promised to honour a number of pledges such as eliminating single-use packaging through better design. They have joined the government, trade associations […]
What role could the economy play in indyref2?
Douglas Fraser Business and economy editor, Scotland Getty Images A combination of Brexit and heightened expectations of another Scottish independence referendum have brought economic arguments back to the fore. Some arguments will be familiar from 2014, but important factors have changed: the rest of the UK is no longer ‘the status quo’ option. Choices made […]
Climate assembly considers flying bananas
BBC Marc considers himself a “typical person” and not an environmentalist A citizens’ climate assembly has been established by Commons select committees. It aims to understand public preferences on how the UK should tackle climate change. Roger Harrabin reports from the second session. Flying bananas, fashionable indoor fleeces, carbon allowances and synthetic fuels for aircraft […]
Is it wrong to pay tipped staff less than others?
Kelly-Leigh Cooper BBC News Getty Images Under federal law, tipped workers can be paid as little as $2.13 an hour by businesses Not long ago, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez was serving drinks in the Bronx. Now the youngest ever member of Congress, she recently got back behind the bar in support of a campaign called One Fair […]
Why Glastonbury has £10m in the bank
Dominic O’Connell Today business presenter Emily Eavis tells the BBC the organisers try not to plan too far into the future The fields around Worthy Farm in Somerset, would kindle a warm glow in the heart of Donald Trump. An eight-mile long, 20-foot high fence runs round the farm and the 12 neighbouring properties, encasing […]