4 d. ago Why the time is right to switch to a heat pump to go green and save money

Do you want to be more sustainable, but are unsure about how to switch to greener energy sources?

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7 d. ago Revealed: spies for hire used ‘Big Brother’ tactics on salmon farm activists

Guardian investigation sheds light on private intelligence industry that runs covert surveillance operationsIs surveillance by private operators legal in the UK?Wildlife activists who exposed horrific conditions at Scottish salmon farms were subjected to “Big Brother” surveillance by spies for hire working for an elite British army veteran.One of the activists believes he was with his young daughter on at least one of the occasions when he was followed and photographed by the former paratrooper Damian Ozenbrook’s operatives. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Briton becomes first triple amputee to sail solo and unsupported across the Pacific

Army veteran Craig Wood sailed from Puerto Vallarta in Mexico to Hiroshima in Japan in 90 days.

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1 week ago St Margaret's Academy top of the class with heat pump success

St Margaret’s Academy in Livingston is celebrating after being crowned champions in this year’s Mitsubishi Electric ‘Pump It Up!’ Challenge.

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2 w. ago Work starts to transform Watersports Centre at Strathclyde Country Park

A key element of North Lanarkshire Council’s regeneration project is to reduce the building’s carbon footprint by at least 80 per cent by retro-fitting super-efficient insulation and generating energy from a heat pump in the loch and from solar panels on the roof.

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3 w. ago Army veteran's 'heat pump hell' after firm fitted faulty system then set debt collectors on him

Dave Mundy and wife Mira spent months with no hot water before the firm admitted its heat pump wasn't compatible with his home set-up.

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3 w. ago US marines carry out first known detention of civilian in Los Angeles – live

Marcos Leao, a 27-year-old army veteran, told reporters after he was released that the marines who detained him were ‘just doing their job’With Donald Trump’s deployment of more troops in response to protests in LA, and as plans come together for a military parade in Washington DC on the president’s birthday, journalist Judith Levine tells Jonathan Freedland why she believes the US has entered a new era of authoritarianism in this week’s edition of US Politics Weekly. You can listen here.With predictions of as many as 200,000 attendees at tomorrow’s Washington parade, the Secret Service is preparing for protests by erecting 18 miles of anti-scale fencing and deploying drones to the city’s skies to keep watch. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Army veteran who had to give up everything he worked for does something incredible

Phil Lewis has a life-changing condition meaning he could no longer work or drive and said it has had 'devastating' impact on his life

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3 w. ago Veterans are divided over the Army's big parade, being held on Trump's birthday

The upcoming parade in Washington to celebrate the U.S. Army's 250th anniversary has divided veterans

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3 w. ago Partnership equips West Lothian students to turn up the heat with key green technology

The college has teamed up with Mitsubishi Electric to tackle a shortage of heat pump installers

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