1 week ago Ed Miliband 'abandons zonal electricity pricing' plan that would have charged people in southern England more for power than Scots

It would have meant people living near wind farms or other clean power projects - most common in upland rural areas - paying less for electricity than those living in other parts of Britain.

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2 w. ago How to prepare for a hurricane, as forecasters expect a busy 2025 storm season

Hurricane season can be stressful for millions of Americans living in coastal areas, as powerful winds and heavy rain can cause widespread damage, cut power for days or weeks and otherwise upend people’s lives

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2 w. ago Prague hit with power outage leaving people 'trapped in elevators'

The power cut has hammered Prague and surrounding areas leaving residents in darkness.

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2 w. ago Holiday hotspot hit by major power outage as people plunged into darkness

A popular European tourist spot has lost all power across the city – with locals and tourists forced to adjust plans as they're left stranded with no working ATMs

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2 w. ago Generation Green 2: A landmark success connecting young people with nature

A generation of young people, including local youngsters has rediscovered the power of the outdoors thanks to the 12-month Generation Green 2 project.

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2 w. ago Son of El Chapo who ran cartel faction cuts plea deal in drug trafficking case

Ovidio Guzman Lopez, son of notorious El Chapo, faces drug charges in the US as 30 people were found dead in a day in Mexico in a power struggle for control of the Sinaloa Cartel

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3 w. ago Congrats to Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez on the wedding – and to Venice for running them out of town | Emma Brockes

People power forced a change of venue, proving that a man worth £223bn can still fall foul of ordinary folk with pool floatsThere are so many questions swirling around the forthcoming wedding of Jeff Bezos to Lauren Sánchez this weekend – for instance, who in their right mind books Venice in high summer? Why isn’t Katy Perry going? And how is Eva Longoria still on every guest list, despite not having been famous since 2012? – but the one I keep sticking on in this: as the world’s third richest man, Bezos could, we assume, charm almost any woman on the planet into some sort of marital arrangement with him. In which case, and with all due respect, why Sánchez?I don’t mean this to be as rude at it sounds. Lauren Sánchez, a 55-year-old former TV presenter and licensed pilot, is, I’m sure, funny and clever and up there with Peter Ustinov as a great dinner party guest. Her betrothed, on the other hand, doesn’t appear to be a man comfortable with making anything but the most obvious choice...

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3 w. ago Power to the people: 60 years of Cruachan, Scotland’s hollow mountain and an engineering marvel

Cruachan Power Station has been supplying clean energy to hundreds of thousands of homes for 60 years and with a major upgrade will do so for many more. The hydro power station, built into Ben Cruachan, and the immense Cruachan Dam servicing it, are a marvel of engineering and awe-inspiring in scale, finds Janet Christie. Photographs by John Devlin

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