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09.05.26 - 13:18
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′A share in the delight′: the people investing in the UK′s first community-owned solar battery (The Guardian)
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Oxfordshire's Ray Valley Solar already generates clean energy for 7,000 homes, and is now crowdfunding storage to marry daylight with evening demandTucked away among hedgerows on a large field between a motorway and the River Ray, one of the UK's largest community-owned solar parks is hard to spot from the surrounding country lanes.But the nearly 36,000 solar panels installed on the site are literally a shining example of what can be achieved when a renewable energy project is co-owned by local people. Continue reading......
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09.05.26 - 13:18
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′Peak TV is behind us′: UK developers pivot from building studios to datacentres amid AI boom (The Guardian)
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Ambitious plans are being scaled back – but film and TV industry point to big existing investments in British productionHollywood blockbusters including the eagerly anticipated Beatles biopics and big-budget TV series such as Bridgerton have been keeping the UK's film and TV studio facilities packed.But as the streaming wars recalibrate having passed “peak TV”, a slowdown in the content arms race is prompting property developers to switch to building datacentres amid the AI boom. Continue reading......
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09.05.26 - 12:54
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Starmer brings in Gordon Brown and Harriet Harman to ease pressure on him to resign (The Guardian)
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Brown will advise on global finance, while Harman will focus on tackling violence against women and girls and improving economic opportunitiesUK politics live – latest updatesKeir Starmer has brought in Gordon Brown and Harriet Harman as advisersin a move to ease the mounting pressure on the prime minister to resign after the disastrous May election results for Labour.Brown, the former prime minister and long-serving chancellor under Tony Blair, has been made Starmer's envoy on global finance, with a brief to advise on finance partnerships to help defence-related investments, particularly with Europe. Continue reading......
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09.05.26 - 12:48
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These election results don′t mean tacking left or right, but delivering for the whole country | Keir Starmer (The Guardian)
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In the coming days I will be setting out our path to break with the status quo once and for all by building a stronger and fairer UKThese were very tough election results. It hurts to lose brilliant local candidates and leaders – friends and colleagues who represent the best of the Labour party. I take responsibility for that and feel it very deeply. It is right we reflect and learn the right lessons.While the results will understandably lead to much debate about what's changed in British politics, that should not overshadow the fact that for years voters have been deeply frustrated with the status quo – constantly hoping that things will get better and that politics will deliver real change in their lives.Keir Starmer is the UK prime ministerDo you have an opinion on the issues raised in this article? If you would like to submit a response of up to 300 words by email to be considered for publication in our letters section, please click here. Continue reading......
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09.05.26 - 12:30
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UK house price growth halved as Iran war fallout hits housing market (The Guardian)
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Halifax says cost of typical home fell by 0.1% in April, the second consecutive monthly drop, with pace of annual growth down from 0.8%. to 0.4%Business news – live updates UK house prices fell for a second consecutive month in April, as Halifax halved its estimate for the annual rate of growth owing to the conflict in the Middle East.Halifax, which is part of Lloyds – Britain's biggest mortgage lender – said that the cost of a typical UK home fell by 0.1% in April, to £299,313. This followed a 0.5% fall in March. Continue reading......
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09.05.26 - 11:18
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City & Guilds London Institute trustees accused of stalling inquiry into £166m sale (The Guardian)
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The board of the vocational charity has shown a 'catastrophic failure of governance', according to a member of the group's councilThe trustees of City & Guilds London Institute have been accused of attempting to dodge accountability for a “catastrophic failure of governance” by stalling on the launch of an independent inquiry into the £166m sale of the vocational charity's training and accreditation business last October.Members of the 148-year-old body voted overwhelmingly last month for the trustee board to trigger what would be the third investigation into how the foundation sold its operations to the private operator PeopleCert in October. Continue reading......
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