17 h. ago Chinese firm could take over failing Thames Water marred by £16 billion worth of debts and sewage scandal

Ministers are preparing to take Britain’s biggest water supplier into temporary public ownership

Economics

32 h. ago Thames Water crisis plan drawn up by the Government in case of potential collapse

The environment secretary has signed off the appointment of FTI Consulting to assist with contingency planning for putting Britain's biggest water supplier into a special administration regime amid spiralling debts.

Politics

3 d. ago Elon Musk’s Tesla applies to supply electricity to households in Great Britain

US carmaker makes move for licence that would allow it to provide energy to domestic and business premisesElon Musk’s Tesla is gearing up to launch a household electricity supplier in Great Britain in the coming months.The US electric car manufacturer run by the world’s richest man has formally applied to the energy regulator for Great Britain, Ofgem, for an electricity supply licence, according to a notice published on the watchdog’s website. Continue reading...

Politics

7 d. ago ‘They’re to put the brakes on cops’: Rio barricades turn favelas into fortresses

Police demolition squads fighting back against fortifications, while one local artist is using barriers as canvas to symbolise hoped-for peaceDeep in a mosaic of redbrick favelas on the fringes of Rio, a weapons dealer, a drug smuggler and a crime lord held court on a corner as darkness enveloped the streets they rule.An unnerving arsenal of assault rifles was on show as the trio fielded requests from customers, locals and staff, but the mood was relaxed. Continue reading...

Politics

9 d. ago 8 decades after atomic bombing in Hiroshima, search for missing continues on nearby island

When the first atomic bomb detonated 80 years ago on Aug. 6, thousands of the dead and dying were brought to a small rural island south of Hiroshima

Events

3 w. ago Notorious underworld gun runner linked to bombs and drugs dies in prison

The senior member of Merseyside's East Side Boys was a 'trusted associate' of the Burrows brothers and helped them run their criminal enterprise in Speke, Liverpool

Events

3 w. ago Gun runner from mob with tentacles all over Britain that supplied underworld thugs with weapons, drugs and bombs is found DEAD in jail

EXCLUSIVE: Notorious gun runner and drug smuggler Barry Kelly, 32, (pictured) has been found dead in prison, MailOnline can reveal.

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3 w. ago 3 deputies dead in explosion at LA sheriff’s training center prompting bomb squad to respond

The cause of the reported explosion at the Biscailuz Regional Training Center is not yet known

Events

3 w. ago 3 deputies dead in explosion at LA sheriff’s training center as bomb squad responds

The cause of the reported explosion at the Biscailuz Regional Training Center is not yet known

Events

4 w. ago UK facial recognition trial sees fugitive drug dealer caught after 13 years

A 38-year-old man wanted on a European arrest warrant since 2012 for assaulting a police officer with a weapon and drug dealing in Poland has been arrested after a facial recognition app match

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