Power
Lawyers to investigate claims of GB power grid cover-up over blackout risk
Great Britain’s grid operator has brought in independent investigators to look into accusations that its staff were involved in a cover-up over the power system being at a greater...
Flower power: can England tempt head coach back with an already flawed setup? | Ali Martin
That Andy Flower emerged as the favourite to take over England’s Test team so soon after Brendon McCullum’s demotion should come as no surprise. Put simply, the Zimbabwean is...
Starmer to use last week in power to push through Hillsborough law
Keir Starmer is expected to use his final week in office to push the Hillsborough law through its remaining stages in the Commons after months of delays.This bill aims...
Even in the heart of L.A., they still rely on old-fashioned landlines and don’t want to lose them
Living high up in the Hollywood Hills, Peter and Nanci Ellis think of their landline as a lifeline.Most days, cellphone service in their Los Feliz Oaks home near Griffith...
Populism unites Le Pen and Farage. But she is a step closer to power
As the judge read out the verdict in Marine Le Pen’s appeal trial for embezzlement, the same conversation was playing out in living rooms and WhatsApp groups across France....
Sizewell B nuclear power plant granted a 20-year life extension
Britain’s most recently completed nuclear power plant will continue generating electricity until 2055 after the government granted the power plant, which was first synchronised with the National Grid in...
UK housebuilders have far too much power. Now a £4.5bn lawsuit could change that for good | Peter Apps
Every new government – at least for the past decade or so – has come into office with a promise to build more homes. New ministers don a hard...
MPs seek to end UK broadcast of Russian ‘soft power’ cartoon Masha and the Bear
A cartoon for preschoolers depicting the adventures of a small girl and a retired circus bear may seem an unlikely source of parliamentary concern.Yet a cross-party group of MPs...
