24 h. ago Trial of civil claim over North Sea tanker collision could be held in 2026

The Solong collided with the anchored Stena Immaculate off the East Yorkshire coast on March 10.

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33 h. ago MPs deliver 'grim' verdict on Labour's oil and gas strategy amid 'heaving job losses' warning

Labour ministers have been warned the “scale-up of clean energy is progressing more slowly than the decline of the oil and gas sector” with jobs being lost as a result.

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3 d. ago Russian warship in UK waters as Royal Navy deployed amid skyrocketing WW3 fears

The Royal Navy's HMS Duncan, a Type 45 destroyer, intercepted the Russian vessel named Kulakov in the North Sea using advanced sensors and systems and will now shadow the ship

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4 d. ago ‘I knew in my head we were dying’: the last voyage of the Scandies Rose

When a fishing boat left port in Alaska in December 2019 with an experienced crew, an icy storm was brewing. What happened to them shows why deep sea fishing is one of the most dangerous professions in the worldThe Scandies Rose fishing boat set out to sea from Kodiak, Alaska on 30 December 2019 with a crew of seven, into weather as bad as anything December could throw. “It was enough of a shitty forecast,” said one of the crew in later testimony, “I didn’t think we were going to leave that night.” At 8.35pm, fierce, frigid winds were blowing. Some boats stayed in harbour but the Scandies Rose still set out. “We knew the weather was going to be bad,” said deckhand Dean Gribble, “but the boat’s a battleship, we go through the weather.”The boat was carrying 7,000kg of bait and was headed north towards the Bering Sea. “She was trim, said Dean, and a good boat. Gary Cobban was a good captain. One of the last jobs before departure was to stack the crab pots properly. There were 198 on bo...

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6 d. ago Ed Miliband denies his Net Zero policies are keeping Brits' energy costs high

The Energy Secretary insisted it was 'not correct' to suggest Labour's bid for a decarbonised electricity grid was increasing the burden on families.

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6 d. ago Developing Rosebank oil field ‘pure climate vandalism’, Scottish Green insists

Co-leader Gillian Mackay used her speech to the Scottish Green Party conference to hit out at plans to develop the oil field.

Politics

1 week ago Environment impact report on controversial Rosebank oil field in North Sea revealed

Courts ordered the developers to resubmit plans with detail on emissions after the application was overturned earlier this year.

Politics

1 week ago Owl rescued after flying 180 miles to oil rig during Storm Amy

The owl was rescued via a helicopter and has now been returned to the wild

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1 week ago Warning North Sea poised to miss out on 23000 jobs as 110 firms demand windfall tax reforms

The North Sea could miss out on up to 23,000 jobs if windfall tax reforms are not brought forward, industry leaders have warned

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1 week ago Damaged Russian submarine is forced to surface off France and 'limp' home through the Channel after springing a leak in the Mediterranean

A damaged Russian submarine was forced to surface near France and limp home through the English Channel after suffering a fuel leak in the Mediterranean.  

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1 week ago NATO chief mocks Putin's 'limping' submarine that had to be towed in the North Sea, declaring it a sign of Russia's weak navy

NATO's chief has mocked Russia's 'limping' submarine that had to be towed from the North Sea, claiming it was a sign of Putin's weak navy. 

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1 week ago North Sea oil rig workers rescue owl after it landed on platform 180 miles out to sea

A helicopter brought the short-eared owl back to Shetland after a couple of days recovering on the rig.

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2 w. ago Scotland’s north east ‘dangerously’ at risk of no just transition, says Martin

Scotland’s Energy Secretary Gillian Martin said she would be ‘damned’ if the deindustrialisation of the 1970-80s was repeated.

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2 w. ago Scots oil workers pushed off 'cliff edge' by UK Government, claims Stephen Flynn

The SNP leader at Westminster hit out at claims by Sir Keir Starmer and Nigel Farage over the North Sea industry.

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2 w. ago ‘Extreme’ Farage and Labour forcing oil and gas workers off cliff edge – Flynn

The SNP Westminster leader blamed Labour for a fall in the number of North Sea workers but said Reform UK also presented a threat to the industry.

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2 w. ago Care home patient, 59, choked to death on a jam doughnut despite a warning she should not be given bread, inquest hears

Christine Thomas, 59, was handed the snack cut into three pieces by agency care worker Paula Parry, while taking lunch at the Swn y Wylan Home in Rhos-on-Sea, North Wales.

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2 w. ago Chemicals tycoon and Man Utd owner Jim Ratcliffe warns 10 MILLION jobs are at risk from Net Zero taxes and 'de

Sir Jim, the billionaire co-owner of Premiership side Manchester United, hit out at carbon taxes and accused Labour of deliberately running down the oil and gas industry in the North Sea.

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2 w. ago Britain could face ‘tight days’ in winter energy supply, grid operator warns

Early data has suggested that ‘tight days’ are most likely to take place in early December or mid-January.

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2 w. ago Miliband on ‘messianic drive’ to pull plug on North Sea extraction, says Bowie

Shadow Scotland secretary Andrew Bowie described UK oil and gas policies as “unhinged”.

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3 w. ago Beachfront homes collapse into the sea as hurricanes batter US coast

Beachfront homes in North Carolina have collapsed into the sea as two hurricanes sweep across the Atlantic.

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