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Drax, Britain's biggest power station, generates electricity by burning millions of tonnes of imported wood pellets
UK power station owner cuts down primary forests in Canada
Drax, Britain's biggest power station, generates electricity by burning millions of tons of imported wood pellets.LONDON — A company that has received billions of pounds in green energy subsidies from UK taxpayers is cutting down environmentally-important forests, a BBC Panorama investigation has found.Drax runs Britain's biggest power station, which burns millions of tons of imported wood pellets - which is classed as renewable energy.The BBC has discovered some of the wood comes from primary forests in Canada.The company says it only uses sawdust and waste wood.Panorama analysed satellite images, traced logging licences and used drone filming to prove its findings. Reporter Joe Crowley also followed a truck from a Drax mill to verify it was picking up whole logs from an area of...
October 03, 2022

UK power station owner cuts down primary forests in Canada

Around 48 million birds have been culled in the UK and EU.
Record avian flu outbreak sees 48 million birds culled in UK and EU
LONDON — Around 48 million birds have been culled across the UK and the EU in the last year as a result of the largest outbreak of avian flu on record.In the UK, 161 cases of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) were detected in poultry and captive birds, leading to the culling of 3.2m birds.That compared to the previous record of 26 cases in 2020/21.The UK government said the culled birds were a "small proportion" of total production - about 20 million birds a week.There have also been 1,727 cases of avian flu in the UK's wild bird population, in 406 locations involving 59 bird species.Last week, all of Norfolk and Suffolk, and parts of Essex, became the latest areas to be placed in an Avian Influenza Prevention Zone (AIPZ).In previous years, the virus has mostly died...
October 03, 2022

Record avian flu outbreak sees 48 million birds culled in UK and EU

Kwasi Kwarteng
UK chancellor U-turns on plans to scrap tax rate
LONDON — The government has U-turned on plans to scrap the 45p rate of income tax, the chancellor has confirmed.Kwasi Kwarteng told the BBC the proposals, announced just 10 days ago, had become "a massive distraction on what was a strong package"."We just talked to people, we listened to people, I get it," he added.The decision, which marks a humiliating climbdown for Prime Minister Liz Truss, comes after several Tory MPs voiced their opposition to the plan.Former cabinet minister Grant Shapps had warned the prime minister would lose a Commons vote on the proposal.The plan to scrap the 45p rate, paid by people earning over £150,000 a year, had been criticized as unfair at a time of rising living costs.Mr Kwarteng told BBC Breakfast the proposal was "drowning out...
October 03, 2022

UK chancellor U-turns on plans to scrap tax rate

Ukrainian soldiers carry ammunition for a Ukrainian D-30 howitzer near Siversk, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Saturday.
Zelensky hails Lyman capture as US says Russian moves now ‘more difficult’
KIEV — Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky has hailed the capture of the important strategic town of Lyman from Russian control on Saturday, as Ukrainian forces continued their counteroffensive.“The Ukrainian flag is already in Lyman,” Zelensky said in his nightly address. “Over the past week, there have been more Ukrainian flags in the Donbas. In a week there will be even more.”Ukrainian soldiers announced the capture in a video recorded outside the council building in the town center and posted on social media.“Dear Ukrainians: today the armed forces of Ukraine... liberated and took control of the settlement of Lyman, Donetsk region,” one of the soldiers said. At the end of the video, a group of soldiers cheer and throw Russian flags down from the building’s roof and...
October 02, 2022

Zelensky hails Lyman capture as US says Russian moves now ‘more difficult’

Rachel Reeves says the government is conducting a “mad experiment” with the UK economy
Ground should have been laid for tax cuts, admits Liz Truss
LONDON — British Prime Minister Liz Truss has admitted she should have “laid the ground better” for her mini-budget, after it sparked days of market turmoil.The prime minister told the BBC’s Laura Kuenssberg she had “learned from that”, but she was confident her tax cutting package would boost economic growth.She added a decision to cut the top earner tax rate was a “decision that the chancellor made”.And she revealed it was not discussed with the whole Cabinet beforehand.The cut to the 45p rate has provoked outrage from opposition parties, and concern from some Conservative MPs.Former minister Michael Gove said the cut displayed the “wrong values,” and signaled he wouldn’t vote for it.He also said he was “profoundly concerned” about the decision to borrow to fund...
October 02, 2022

Ground should have been laid for tax cuts, admits Liz Truss

Latvian Prime Minister and New Unity party leader Krišjānis Kariņš after results of parliament elections, in Riga, Latvia.
Latvia prime minister’s New Unity party wins general election
RIGA — The center-right New Unity party of Latvian Prime Minister Krišjānis Kariņš won Saturday’s election, according to provisional results, with its 19% of the vote putting him in a position to head another coalition government.The results — with 91% of districts counted — mean Latvia should remain a leading voice alongside its Baltic neighbors Lithuania and Estonia in pushing the European Union for a decisive stance against Russia.Kariņš’ party was again the party with the most support following the election. Members of the current coalition were on track to receive 42 seats in the 100-seat parliament, so Kariņš needs to draft additional allies to stay as a prime minister.As many as nine parties won sufficient votes to gain seats in parliament....
October 02, 2022

Latvia prime minister’s New Unity party wins general election

People cast their ballots in Bulgaria's snap elections, the fourth such vote in just 18 months.
Bulgaria goes for fourth vote in just 18 months
SOFIA — Bulgaria is embroiled in such political turmoil that Sunday’s snap election is the fourth such vote in just 18 months.As of Sunday morning, only nine percent of voters had cast their ballots, similar to the turnout at the last election in November 2021. So, what’s behind the instability and is there any solution in sight?Bulgaria, which joined the European Union alongside neighbor Romania 15 years ago, had enjoyed relative stability up until two years ago.But large-scale, drawn-out anti-government protests rocked the country in the summer of 2020. People accused the government of Boyko Borissov — first elected in 2009 — of corruption and democratic backsliding.Nevertheless, his Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria (GERB) party went on to win planned elections in...
October 02, 2022

Bulgaria goes for fourth vote in just 18 months

King Charles will not attend the climate change conference COP27, which is due to be held in Egypt later this year, Buckingham Palace has confirmed.
King Charles will not attend COP27, says Palace
LONDON — King Charles will not attend the climate change conference COP27, which is due to be held in Egypt later this year, Buckingham Palace has confirmed.The Palace was responding to a story in The Sunday Times, which claimed Prime Minister Liz Truss had "ordered" the King not to attend.The Palace said advice had been sought by the King and given by Truss."With mutual friendship and respect there was agreement that the King would not attend," the Palace stated.The King had previously indicated he would attend the annual conference, in his former role as Prince of Wales, prior to his ascension to the throne earlier this month upon the death of Queen Elizabeth II.Royal correspondent Jonny Dymond said the BBC had put it to the Palace that the King must be personally...
October 02, 2022

King Charles will not attend COP27, says Palace

Artillery craters are seen in the field from an aerial view in the recently liberated area of Kharkiv region, Ukraine, Friday.
Russian troops withdraw from Lyman as Ukraine forces enter
KIEV/MOSCOW — Ukrainian forces entered the eastern Russian stronghold of Lyman on Saturday after encircling thousands of Russian troops, Kiev has said.Moscow has confirmed that its forces have left the town. The state-owned RIA Novosti agency quoted the Russian Defense Ministry as saying that “due to the threat of encirclement”, Russian soldiers had “retreated to more advantageous lines”.The capture of Lyman, a bastion that is critical for Moscow, would be a major setback for Moscow after President Vladimir Putin proclaimed the annexation of the Donetsk region — where Lyman is situated — along with three other regions on Friday.“We’re already in Lyman, but there are battles,” Serhii Cherevatyi, spokesperson for Ukraine’s eastern forces, said.Two grinning Ukrainian...
October 01, 2022

Russian troops withdraw from Lyman as Ukraine forces enter

Border checks for British travelers introduced after Brexit have caused Eurostar’s peak capacity to drop by 30 percent.
Eurostar cancels services as Brexit border checks cut capacity by 30%
PARIS/LONDON — Border checks for British travelers introduced after Brexit have caused Eurostar’s peak capacity to drop by 30 percent.The rail operator is also facing “unique” financial pressures in the aftermath of the pandemic, having been hit hard by travel restrictions. It also says it is dealing with a shortage of engineers.MP Huw Merriman, chair of the UK’s transport select committee, recently wrote to Eurostar enquiring about the closure of Ebbsfleet and Ashford international stations in Kent and the end of the company’s Disneyland Paris service.This week he released the responses from outgoing Eurostar chief Jacques Damas, detailing the issues the company was facing.“Following the UK’s departure from the European Union, additional border checks apply to UK citizens...
October 01, 2022

Eurostar cancels services as Brexit border checks cut capacity by 30%

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