SSE/PA Power is flowing from the Shetland Isles to mainland Britain for the first time as the UK’s most productive onshore windfarm comes on stream. SSE says its 103-turbine project, known as Viking, can generate 443 megawatts (MW) of electricity, enough to power nearly 500,000 homes. Shetland is the windiest part of the UK, which … Read more
Getty Images Three weeks ago, just days after being formally chosen as the Democratic presidential nominee, Kamala Harris was pressed on her plans for a sit-down interview. “I’ve talked to my team,” she told reporters on the airport tarmac in Detroit. “I want us to get an interview scheduled before the end of the month.” … Read more
Press Trust of India Actor Siddique (centre) has denied the sexual abuse allegations made against him Allegations. Resignations. Police complaints. These words have been dominating headlines and shaking up a bustling film industry in the southern Indian state of Kerala since last week. The state has been witnessing a flurry of sexual abuse allegations against … Read more
Arriving at a Flock Together meetup, you instantly know you’re in good hands. “This is the ultimate safe space,” says organiser Ollie Olanipekun, welcoming the 120 or so attendees to today’s walk at Trent Country Park in Enfield, London. Binoculars are handed out for those who don’t have them, as are raincoats, and people chat … Read more
Several Nato countries called for lifting restrictions on Ukraine’s use of weapons supplied by western allies, especially long-range missiles, a diplomatic source told Agence France-Presse as the Nato-Ukraine council met in Brussels on Wednesday. In an official statement from the meeting, Nato countries condemned this week’s “indiscriminate” heavy Russian strikes across Ukraine. The Nato chief, … Read more
In the steamy heat of the afternoon, Yamit Diaz Romero steered our motorised longboat around overhanging bamboo branches and islets in the Claro Cocorná Sur River in Colombia. Red howler monkeys swung from the cables of a footbridge and screeched in the jungle. Herons, snowy egrets, brown pelicans and parakeets darted across the coffee-coloured water … Read more
In May, charity representatives, campaigners and MPs gathered in parliament to hear the then Conservative MP Theo Clarke launch the UK’s first national birth trauma inquiry. More than 1,300 people had submitted evidence, including parents who had lost babies and women with lifelong injuries and post-traumatic stress disorder. Also there that evening was Angela McConville, … Read more
Italy has been shocked by reports of the “brutal” treatment of migrants working on farms across the country and the death of a flower picker in temperatures of about 40C (104F). Tens of thousands of migrants have been taking to fields to pick tomatoes and other crops across Italy at the same time as the … Read more
A peregrine falcon is flying high over the gothic tower of the cathedral while elegant grey wagtails hop across the curving weir among flocks of gulls and geese. Is this really the worst city in the UK? Derby recently came bottom in a Which? poll of big UK cities for a short break. I’m only … Read more