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Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN) said that, as of 8.30am on Monday, their teams had reconnected 80,000 households and work is under way to restore power for 8,500. As the clean-up work continued, most rail lines were able to run on Monday morning though some in the Highlands are still affected by storm damage….
Local areas can now bid for government support of up to £20 million each, to help them boost regional science and tech expertise. Through the new Local Innovation Partnerships Fund (LKRI), research funding body UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) is inviting local and regional groups to bid for government funding. The aim is to support…
British author Jilly Cooper, known for her unapologetically racy novels, has died at the age of 88, her agent and family said on Monday. UK media reported that the writer, who penned the series of romantic novels known as The Rutshire Chronicles, died after a fall on Sunday. “I have lost a friend, an ally,…
Born in Syria, Jihad Al-Shamie was granted British citizenship in 2006 when he was around 16, having entered the UK as a young child. The 35-year-old, who was on police bail accused of rape when he carried out the car and knife attack in Manchester on Thursday, claimed to be a devout father but cheated…
Ukraine and Poland have overtaken other EU countries to become the UK’s biggest egg suppliers, which has caused outrage among local farmers, The Guardian said, citing data from the UK’s Animal and Plant Health Agency. According to it, the Netherlands supplied a large proportion of UK eggs in 2022, its share has steadily fallen. By…
Some trans adults are waiting over two decades for a first appointment with a gender clinic. (Getty) Trans people in the UK will have to wait for more than a third of their life time for an appointment with an NHS gender clinic. A new report has revealed that NHS gender clinics in the UK…
Speaking at an event in Edinburgh on Monday, Andrew Bailey said “general purpose technologies” (GPT) such as AI, green energy and the space sector could lead to “industry-wide growth” and a boost to productivity. However, he said achieving this required “the necessary investment”, which he said depended on “a lot of commitment”. “If we are…
Revenues at the UK arm of the Smyth Toys last year increased by 2 per cent to a record £953.5 million (€1.09 billion). New accounts filed by the Galway headquartered Smyths Toys UK Ltd shows that pretax profits increased marginally from £18.4 million to £18.5 million on the back of bumper sales of best-sellers including…
Consumer group Which? has brought the claim on behalf of around 29 million UK Apple and Samsung smartphone users. It will focus on whether Qualcomm held market power and, if so, whether it abused its position as a dominant company. The trial, which will run for five weeks at the Competition Appeal Tribunal in London,…
The Abbey Inn at Byland, headed by local award-winning chef Tommy Banks, was named by The Times, highlighted for menu dishes including the fried haddock baguette and “delicious” locally sourced breakfast. The publisher commented on its latest seasonal guide: “The evenings are drawing in and the air has a definite nip in it. “There’s no…