3 d. ago I called my daughter 'Viola' but no one gets the unique way we pronounce it right. Other mums struggle and I know my little girl will face confusion... but I don't care

A friend turned to talk to my eldest and called out 'Viola'. Yet Viola, who is five, simply didn't respond. Once again, another adult failed to pronounce her name correctly.

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5 d. ago Sign up for golf news from our free newsletter The Stroke Index

Whether it has been the fine Spring, the 'Rory' effect or a combination of both, more people have been getting out on the fairways for a round of golf this year. As participation rises so does an interest in the latest golf news, and that's where our newsletter The Stroke Index comes in

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8 d. ago Three energy firms fined £8m by Ofgem for attending gas leaks late

Cadent Gas, Scotland Gas Networks and Southern Gas Networks agreed to pay a combined £8 million in penalties

Economics

8 d. ago Gas firms fined a combined £8m for failing to respond to leaks quickly enough

Cadent Gas, Scotland Gas Networks (SGN Scotland) and Southern Gas Networks (SGN Southern) have agreed to pay out after missing call out targets

Economics

8 d. ago Energy firms pay £8m in penalties after attending some gas leaks late

Cadent Gas, Scotland Gas Networks and Southern Gas Networks agreed to pay the funds after missing attendance time targets between 2022 and 2023.

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1 week ago Lewis Hamilton 'upset' Ferrari radio message at Monaco GP got no response for 89 seconds

The full clip of Lewis Hamilton's cool down lap after the Monaco Grand Prix showed how his Ferrari engineer Riccardo Adami failed to respond after the Brit asked: 'Are you upset with me?'

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2 w. ago Revealed: European ‘green’ investments hold billions in fossil fuel majors

Exclusive: Funds with names such as ‘Sustainable Global Stars’ have stakes in some of the world’s biggest pollutersEuropean “green” funds holding more than $33bn of investments in major oil and gas companies have been revealed by an investigation, despite fossil fuels being the root cause of the climate crisis. Some of these investment funds used branding such as Sustainable Global Stars and Europe Climate Pathway.Over $18bn was invested in the five biggest polluters: TotalEnergies, Shell, ExxonMobil, Chevron and BP. These topped a 2023 Carbon Majors ranking for oil and gas production among shareholder-owned firms. Other investments by funds following EU sustainable finance disclosure regulations (SFDR) included those in US fracking company Devon Energy and Canadian tar sands company Suncor, the investigation by Voxeurop and the Guardian found.A Legal & General Investment Management (LGIM) fund called Europe Climate Pathway had $88m invested in Shell, BP and TotalEnergies. In to...

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