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Wave goodbye to hope of tidal energy exports, Scots politicians told
Wednesday 10 July 2013
Estimates of power by Oxford researchers are a fraction of those of the Scottish Government
Nigel Farage opens door to Ukip pact with Conservatives - but only if David Cameron is ousted as leader
Sunday 05 May 2013
The party leader also confirmed he will stand in the 2015 general election
Page 3 Profile: Dame Helen Ghosh, Director-General of the National Trust
Monday 25 February 2013
More hot air in the wind turbine debate?
One Minute With: Stuart MacBride, crime writer
Friday 15 February 2013
Where are you now and what can you see?
UK surge in wind turbines
Saturday 09 February 2013
Last year the number of wind farms approved by local councils went up for the first time in five years
Saboteurs may have brought down £250,000 wind turbine
Friday 01 February 2013
A controversial 115ft wind turbine which was blown down in strong winds may have been targeted by saboteurs.
Embarrassment for the Tories in Corby after video emerges showing Chris Heaton-Harris citing evidence on wind farms he claimed he hadn't read
Thursday 15 November 2012
The man running the Conservatives’ bid to cling on to outgoing MP Louise Mensch’s Corby seat is facing further embarrassment on the day that voters go to the polls as video emerged of him citing research on the harmful nature of wind farms he had earlier admitted he had never read.
The Energy Secretary is in favour of wind farms. The Energy Minister is against them. So who will win the fuel fight?
Wednesday 31 October 2012
The Liberal Democrat Energy Secretary Ed Davey was today forced to publically rebuke his Conservative deputy for claiming that the Government would veto the development of more on-shore windfarms.
Water, water all around
Wednesday 24 October 2012
Christina Patterson gets caught up in the rain at a new Barbican exhibition
Boss departs from defence firm Chemring
Wednesday 24 October 2012
The chief executive of Chemring, in the takeover sights of US private equity house Carlyle, yesterday experienced the defence firm's own ejector seats, leaving "with immediate effect".
Water, water all around, but does it make you think?
Wednesday 24 October 2012
Christina Patterson gets caught up in the rain at the Barbican's strikingly immersive new art installation
Jim Armitage: How Toyota engineered itself on to the right road
Saturday 20 October 2012
The Prius overtook the Civic and Accord. High petrol prices are cited as the cause
UK to outflank objectors with wind farms in Ireland
Tuesday 09 October 2012
Ministers are investigating a proposal to outsource the production of wind power to Ireland.
Chinese energy firm sues Obama for blocking wind-farm deal
Thursday 04 October 2012
A Chinese energy company is suing President Barack Obama for blocking a deal for it to build wind farms on land next to a US military site in Oregon.
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Is the Muslim call to prayer really such a menace?
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Channel 4 to 'provoke' viewers who associate Islam with terrorism with live call to prayer during Ramadan
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US army doctor returns arm to Vietnamese soldier fifty years after he took it as a souvenir
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Police seize possessions of rough sleepers in crackdown on homelessness
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Demand for food banks has nothing to do with benefits squeeze, says Work minister Lord Freud
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