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A new dawn for the home of UK’s oldest oil refinery?

Kevin Keane BBC Scotland environment correspondent Andrew Milligan/PA Wire There is both concern and optimism about the Grangemouth site’s long-term future The history of Grangemouth has been built on fossil fuels – but now its future depends on its reinvention as Scotland’s green energy industrial hub. The site, on the south bank of the Firth […]

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Predicting Premier League’s final nine rounds

Mar 18, 2025, 12:15 PM ET We are getting closer to the end of the Premier League season, and in my humble opinion, this campaign has been the football version of a tasty sandwich for neutral fans: It’s not the top or bottom that is most appealing, but the middle. Beginning with the title race, […]

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Are Leftovers at Restaurants Over?

Emmett Burke has noticed something unusual in his Manhattan restaurants. Half-eaten pizzas dot tables and bar space, left behind by those who ordered them. At Emmett’s and Emmett’s on Grove, Mr. Burke’s two Chicago-style pizzerias, diners seem increasingly uninterested in asking for boxes to take home leftovers. “I will look at the plates coming back […]

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Key changes to benefits in welfare shake-up

Brian Wheeler Political reporter PA Media The government has announced plans for major changes to the benefits system aimed at cutting the growing amount the UK spends on welfare. Stricter tests for personal independence payments (Pips) Pip is paid to people in England and Wales who have difficulty completing everyday tasks or getting around as […]

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The 1798 law is Trump’s new deportation tool : NPR

In this photo provided by El Salvador’s presidential press office, a prison guard transfers deportees from the U.S., alleged to be Venezuelan gang members, to the Terrorism Confinement Center in Tecoluca, El Salvador on Sunday. El Salvador presidential press office/AP hide caption toggle caption El Salvador presidential press office/AP As part of his efforts to […]

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‘Reasonable precautions’ could have stopped baby deaths

Jonathan Geddes BBC Scotland News Getty Images The three deaths occurred between 2019 and 2021 “Reasonable precautions” could have prevented the deaths of three newborn babies, a fatal accident inquiry has found. Leo Lamont, Ellie McCormick and Mira-Belle Bosch all died within hours of their births in two Lanarkshire hospitals, in 2019 and 2021. The […]

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Subsea fibre cables can ‘listen out’ for sabotage

Chris Baraniuk Technology Reporter Getty Images Subsea cables are critical to the operation of the internet The diver had found the fibre optic cable lying on the seabed of the North Sea. He swam closer, until it was near enough to touch. He reached out his hand. But someone could tell he was lurking there. […]

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