Getty Images By Simon Jack Business editor The UK’s electricity network needs almost a further £60bn of upgrades to hit government decarbonisation targets by 2035, according to a new plan. About 4,000 miles of undersea cables and 1,000 miles of onshore power lines are needed, said the National Grid’s Electricity Systems Operator (ESO). The investment
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Getty Images Former environment minister Zac Goldsmith has been banned from driving for a year after he was caught speeding seven times in 2023. The Conservative peer, 49, broke speed limits in his hybrid electric Volkswagen Golf on London roads in Paddington, Chelsea and Twickenham between April and November last year. He was also caught
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BBC/Maarten Lernout By Jonathan Beale Defence correspondent, USS Dwight D Eisenhower aircraft carrier It’s not just merchant ships being targeted by the Houthis in the Red Sea. The US carrier strike group trying to protect them has also been under constant threat too. The BBC is the first British media to visit the USS Dwight
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Tata Steel UK By Felicity Evans Money editor, Wales Tata Steel has announced the coke ovens at its giant plant in south Wales will close on Wednesday over concerns about their “operational stability”. The Community union called it “a massive blow” while Unite said it was the “result of years of betrayal”. About 200 workers
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Getty Images Five episodes of GB News programmes hosted by serving Tory MPs have been found to have broken broadcasting rules by media regulator Ofcom. They include two episodes of Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg’s State of the Nation, and three of a show fronted by married MPs Esther McVey and Philip Davies. Politicians are not normally
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By Becky Morton BBC political reporter Conservative MPs speculating about ousting Rishi Sunak as prime minister should “stop it”, Business Secretary Kemi Badenoch has said. Reports have been swirling in recent days that some Conservative MPs want Commons Leader Penny Mordaunt to replace him. But Ms Badenoch told BBC Breakfast this was only “a small
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Getty Images By Sean Seddon BBC News Israeli forces have launched an overnight raid on the al-Shifa hospital in Gaza, with reports of tanks and heavy gunfire at the facility. An Israel Defense Forces spokesperson said the IDF was carrying out a “high precision operation in limited areas” of the hospital. The IDF said “senior
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This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. By Paul Kirby BBC News Vladimir Putin was always going to claim his fifth term as president with a landslide, faced with three other candidates all rubber-stamped by the Kremlin. But when election officials said results gave
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Getty Images By Will Grant BBC News, Cap-Haitien, Haiti As the passengers from Port-au-Prince disembark at the bus terminal in Cap-Haitien, the harrowing journey is evident on their faces. The trip out of the beleaguered Haitian capital city involves running the gauntlet along risky and dangerous roads, trying to avoid gunmen and sporadic violence along
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