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Plastic-free Penzance: The UK’s most eco-friendly town?
Penzance became the first town in Britain to receive “plastic free” status for its crackdown on single-use plastic. Fishermen collect litter at sea, schoolchildren march about climate change, and organic vegetables are grown to feed the homeless. Could this be the UK’s most eco-friendly town? Video Journalist: Patrick Clahane. This video is part of a …
UK’s Monzo, Revolut and Onfido dominate list of top 50 technology start-ups changing the way we spend and save
Three British financial technology firms have topped an annual list of the most influential banking start-ups in Europe. Onfido, Monzo and Revolut topped the annual FinTech 50 list, which is created by a panel of experts from firms including Standard Chartered, UBS, Mastercard and venture capital firm Accel. The list ranks the most innovative European …
Climate change: UK’s 10 warmest years all occurred since 2002
Image copyright Getty Images The top 10 warmest years on record in the UK have all occurred since 2002, a new analysis from the Met Office says. Its State of the UK Climate report shows that 2014 remains the warmest year in a temperature sequence now dating back to 1884. Despite last summer’s blistering heat, …
Boris Johnson becomes UK’s new prime minister
Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionBoris Johnson’s first speech as UK PM: “Never mind the backstop, the buck stops here” Boris Johnson said he wanted to “change the country for the better” after he became the UK’s new prime minister. Speaking outside Downing Street, he said the UK would leave the EU …
UK’s top doctor calls for global health effort
Image caption Prof Dame Sally Davies said people should not be taken in by vaccine myths on social media Countries must work together to tackle global health risks, the outgoing UK Chief Medical Officer has said. In her final annual report, Prof Dame Sally Davies said focusing on domestic issues could risk failing to control …
Donald Trump: Cables from UK’s Ambassador to US blast President as ‘inept’
Sir Kim Darroch, the British Ambassador to the US, used secret cables and briefing notes to warn the UK government that Trump’s “career could end in disgrace,” and described conflicts within the White House as “knife fights,” according to the Daily Mail. A UK government source tells CNN the memos described in the Daily Mail …
UK’s Johnson willing to borrow more for big infrastructure – Breaking News
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No-deal Brexit could dent UK’s technology-driven growth, says KPMG
If Britain leaves the European Union with a deal then new technologies will help UK trade more than triple to over £4 trillion by 2050, professional services firm KPMG said today. Read more: Mark Carney warns 150,000 firms not ready for no-deal Brexit Yet should the UK crash out with no deal, the total of …
Climate change: Should the UK’s 2050 target be sooner?
Image copyright Getty Images Over the next 31 years, we’re likely to be taking fewer flights, eating less meat, and using far less single-use plastic. That is, if the UK government is to achieve its target of cutting greenhouse gas emissions to almost zero by 2050 – an ambitious plan that no other major nation …
