6 h. ago EVs could power homes if UK suffers major power cut – think tank

The Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit said 60% of an EV’s battery is capable of providing nearly six days of electricity for a typical UK home.

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8 h. ago EVs could power homes if UK suffers major power cut – think thank

The Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit said 60% of an EV’s battery is capable of providing nearly six days of electricity for a typical UK home.

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26 h. ago Donald Trump sparks 'disaster 2.0' in next 100 days but one move saves him

EXCLUSIVE: Donald Trump’s awareness of his own power has crystallised and now everyone, even those outside of America, must live with the consequences as he moves deeper into his second term

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51 h. ago In the Madrid power cuts, I saw patience and common sense – but we were woefully unprepared | María Ramírez

People queued calmly for torches and shared radios, but our vulnerability in an internet-reliant world was badly exposedAt the entrance to a healthcare centre on Trafalgar Street, in my densely populated, central Madrid neighbourhood, somebody had stuck a sign: “We ask for patience and common sense.” The door was half open as doctors and nurses calmly tended to emergencies inside.Patience and common sense is a very good way to describe what I witnessed in Madrid throughout the big blackout. We had no light, no power, no phone signal, not even water in some apartment buildings. Continue reading...

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51 h. ago Spain’s electricity grid operator rules out cyber attack as cause of blackout

Disruption continued on Tuesday even as power supply restored

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52 h. ago Now Spain's socialist leaders are accused of a blackout COVER UP as Net Zero is blamed for 'third world' outage and chaos paralyses country

Power supply was gradually restored from late Monday afternoon and early evening though some operations were still not able to resume on Tuesday morning

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54 h. ago Spain's socialist government faces furious backlash over 'third world' blackout chaos 'made worse by race for Net Zero' as country is forced to ask Morocco for extra power

Power supply was gradually restored from late Monday afternoon and early evening though some operations were still not able to resume on Tuesday morning

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64 h. ago Power begins to return to Spain and Portugal after unprecedented blackout

The outage, blamed by operators on temperature variations, left tens of millions without electricitySpain’s prime minister, Pedro Sánchez, has said “everything possible is being done” overnight to restore power to all parts of the country following an unprecedented regional blackout that left tens of millions of people across the Iberian peninsular without power.Speaking late on Monday night, Sánchez said the idea was to get the power back on across Spain on Tuesday, adding that 50% of the national electricity supply had been restored in the past few hours. Continue reading...

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2 d. ago Everything currently broken in Spain and Portugal’s mass power outage

The two countries have been brought to a standstill by the power outage which could last for many more hours

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3 d. ago Major power cut in Spain, Portugal and France hitting transport and phones

There is no internet access, no public transport and no phone connection

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3 d. ago BBC must take quicker action when staff step out of line, report says

The review has looked into ‘preventing abuse of power and ensuring everyone at the BBC conducts themselves in line’ with its values.

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6 d. ago Hypoallergenic Dogs 2025: Here are 13 breeds of adorable dog that shed little hair

Just because you - or a member of your family - suffer from allergies, you can still welcome a dog into your home.

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8 d. ago Huge New Jersey wildfire continues to burn but evacuation orders lifted

The blaze covered more than 8,500 acres, with 3,000 residents forced to evacuate their homes and 25,000 without power

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8 d. ago New Jersey wildfire forces evacuations and reaches closed nuclear power plant

Stretch of major highway shut as 3,000 people moved to safety and homes left without powerA fast-moving wildfire burning in New Jersey has forced thousands of people to evacuate, closed a stretch of a main highway and reached a shuttered nuclear power plant.Flames from the Jones Road wildfire in Ocean County had reached buildings on the campus of the Oyster Creek nuclear power plant, according to the local Lakewood Scoop newspaper. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Hobbycraft to close nine stores and cut up to 126 jobs as part of major overhaul

The arts and crafts retailer said the store closures would take place by mid-July with hundreds of jobs at risk

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9 d. ago Al Gore compares Trump second term with Nazi Germany in scathing speech

Former VP said the administration was creating its ‘own preferred reality’ and slammed it for green energy U-turnUS politics live – latest updatesFormer vice-president Al Gore compared the Trump administration with Nazi Germany, in scathing comments made Monday about the president’s use of power during remarks about climate change.During a speech at an event to mark the beginning of San Francisco’s Climate Week, Gore, an established climate advocate, said that the Trump administration was “trying to create their own preferred version of reality”, akin to the Nazi party during the 1930s in Germany, Politico reported. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago Funeral of Pope Francis to take place on Saturday as Vatican releases images of open casket – live

Pope Francis, the head of the world’s 1.4 billion Catholics, died at his home in the Vatican on Monday aged 88 after suffering a strokeThe Vatican also confirmed that Pope Francis’s coffin will be transferred to St Peter’s Basilica on Wednesday morning, where it will stay until the funeral.It will be taken there from the chapel of the Santa Marta residence, pictured in the earlier photo. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago Pope Francis: cardinals to meet in Rome to set date for funeral – live

Pope Francis, the head of the world’s 1.4 billion Catholics, died at his home in the Vatican on Monday aged 88 after suffering a stroke and Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy is also expected to attend the funeral, presidency source told AFP.Expect the diplomatic list to grow rapidly in the coming days, with most countries sending their heads of state or government to pay tribute to Francis – creating potential space for high-level meetings on the margins of the funeral. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago Cardinals to meet in Rome in preparation for funeral of Pope Francis

Funeral should be held between the fourth and sixth days after the pope’s death, with heads of state and royalty expected to attendCardinals will meet on Tuesday to decide the date for Pope Francis’s funeral, starting a process that will culminate in the election of a new Catholic leader.The pope, the head of the world’s 1.4 billion Catholics, died at his home in the Vatican on Monday aged 88 after suffering a stroke. He had been recovering from double pneumonia that saw him hospitalised for five weeks. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Revealed: Weirdest death row meals for predators including three entire buckets of KFC and a single, pitted olive

A final meal represents the last bit of power the world's worst killers will ever wield - and invites wild combinations, grand over-indulgence and statements of fury against the law.

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