4 d. ago Child with measles dies in hospital as experts fear virus 'could spread like wildfire'

The child passed away at Alder Hey Children's Hospital in Liverpool.

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4 d. ago Child dies from measles at UK hospital as officials fear disease could 'spread like wildfire'

A child has died at a UK hospital after being admitted with measles – the second death of a child in the UK following acute measles infection this decade, with experts concerned of an outbreak

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4 d. ago ‘An enormous scar’: the battle over solar farms and pylons as Reform UK takes aim at net zero

In the fourth part of a series, we look at how climate orthodoxy is coming under fire in LincolnshireAn unjust transition?: Teeside divided over net zeroIt breaks my heart’: how a refinery closure is hitting jobs and politics‘They feel betrayed’: how Reform is targeting manufacturing heartlandsIn early summer the wide open fields of Lincolnshire seem to expand beneath even larger clear blue skies. Travel north through the breadbasket of Britain towards the North Sea, from Grantham to Grimsby, and farming gives way to factories, refineries and the Humber docks. Each sector tells a story of Britain’s industrial decline: the demise of heavy industry on the banks of the Humber, the closure of coal power plants, fishing fleets decimated by the cod wars of the 1970s and 80s.Lincolnshire is at the heart of the government’s plan for the greatest economic step-change since the Industrial Revolution: a green re-industrialisation to help galvanise the country’s net zero agenda, create jobs and...

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4 d. ago Child with measles dies at UK hospital as officials fear it could 'spread like wildfire'

This year there have been 529 confirmed measles cases, the majority, 357, were children under ten. But cases of measles are increasing in Britain because low vaccination rates leave children vulnerable

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5 d. ago Revealed: How a fear of looking like 'Mr Beckham' led to a stint in hospital for Prince Philip

For many Brits growing up in the 2000s and 2010s there wasn't a couple more idolised than David and Victoria Beckham .

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8 d. ago EDF investment hailed as ‘vote of confidence in UK’, despite reduced stake

French state-owned electricity company EDF said it had agreed in principle to invest £1.1 billion in the power plant on the Suffolk coastline.

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1 week ago SNP Government accused of 'dereliction of duty' over nuclear power snub

EXCLUSIVE: The GMB union is urging SNP ministers to reconsider a ban on new nuclear power plants to help create thousands of well-paid jobs in Scotland.

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1 week ago Sellafield nuclear power plant safety fears as 'potentially deadly nitrogen gas leaks'

One incident involved an 'elevated level' of nitrogen gas, which can cause asphyxiation, at the plant’s Magnox facility. The incident was played down, the source claimed.

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1 week ago Ukraine war briefing: power to Zaporizhzhia plant cut off as UN watchdog warns nuclear safety ‘extremely precarious’

IAEA chief says electricity restored after 3½ hours as Ukraine blames Russian shelling for outage; Kyiv accuses Putin of ‘humiliating’ Trump with attack on capital. What we know on day 1,228Read all our Ukraine war coverage Continue reading...

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1 week ago BREAKING Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant emergency as electricity cooling reactor goes down

This is a breaking news story and is being constantly updated by our reporters as the breaking news story develops

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1 week ago Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant emergency as electricity cooling reactor goes down

Although the six reactors at Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant are all shut down, it is reported the facility needs the power lines to help ensure radiation safety

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1 week ago Ukraine nuclear power plant alert as ALL external electricity cables helping keep reactor fuel cool go DOWN

All the external power lines supplying electricity to the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) in Ukraine to help it cool the fuel in its reactors are down.

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1 week ago Fear of illegal organ harvesting spike after pledge to expand transplant hospital scheme

A group of activists have called the public to action after they claim illegal organ harvesting will increase in China after the country proposed new plans for new transplant centres

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2 w. ago Google agrees deal to buy power from planned nuclear fusion plant

Tech giant to purchase from US-based Commonwealth Fusion Systems in only second such deal in nascent sector

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2 w. ago US energy groups spend record sums on power plants to feed data centres

Rising capital expenditure raises fears of higher energy prices for consumers

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2 w. ago Sarah Everard killer Wayne Couzens has £17,000 back operation funded by taxpayer

Couzens was said to be 'reluctant' to leave the jail’s hospital for fear of being attacked

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2 w. ago Too scared to go to hospital: the pregnant women in Dominican Republic dying because of deportation fears

Haitian Lourda Jean Pierre died shortly after giving birth at home after seeing images of pregnant women and new mothers being rounded up in hospitals by immigration agentsAbout an hour after giving birth on the floor of her one-room shack in the Dominican Republic, Lourdia Jean Pierre, 32, started gasping for breath.Her husband, Ronald Jean, knew something was seriously wrong, and shouted for help from the neighbours. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Photos of Israel's underground parking lots and subways became bomb shelters amid war with Iran

Israelis in Tel Aviv and other cities hunkered down in parking lots and metro stations for protection from Iran's retaliatory strikes. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu launched Israel's military campaign against Iran on June 13, targeting its military and nuclear program.

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2 w. ago How carbon capture works and the debate about whether it's a future climate solution

Power plants and industrial facilities that emit planet-warming carbon dioxide are hopeful that Congress will keep tax credits for capturing the gas and storing it deep underground

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3 w. ago Iran retaliation fears as hospitals and power plants on high alert for cyberattacks

The Trump administration attacked three main nuclear sites in Iran late Saturday

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