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Louise CullenBBC NI agriculture and environment correspondentBBCEmmanuel Burns’ apartment is heated using heat from the earthThe ground that Emmanuel Burns’ County Antrim apartment block is built on has significantly reduced his energy bills since he moved in 18 months ago.The Rural Housing Association complex in Randalstown in County Antrim uses the heat of the earth itself to warm rooms and heat water through a geothermal system – pipes dug down into the ground to reach the renewable heat stored there.Northern Ireland has been identified as one of eight “Goldilocks” regions in the UK with just the right conditions for accessing…
One year on, how’s Keir Starmer’s government going? We’ve put together an end-of-term report with the help of pollster YouGov.First, here are the government’s approval ratings – drifting downwards. It didn’t start particularly high. There has never been a honeymoon.But here is the big change. Last year’s Labour voters now disapprove of their own government. That wasn’t true at the start – but is now. And remember, it’s easier to keep your existing voter coalition together than to get new ones from elsewhere. So we have looked at where voters who backed Labour last year have gone now.YouGov’s last mega…
JAIPUR: A 16-year-old boy, allegedly plotting to murder a gangster following a heated social media spat, was detained Monday with three illegal country-made pistols and live cartridges in the Kalwad area. DCP (West) Hanuman Prasad Meena said the juvenile was nabbed by a police team led by additional DCP (West) Alok Singhal and SHO (Kalwad) Kavita Sharma based on intelligence inputs. “We received a tip-off that a teenager was planning to murder a history-sheeter in Kalwad. He was traced and detained near the identified spot,” said Meena.The suspect, dressed in a white T-shirt and black jeans with a black backpack,…
A similar approach in New Jersey has led to cancellations of court proceedings, as judges question whether the president’s designee for U.S. Attorney has any authority. Source link
Damian GrammaticasEurope correspondentWatch: BBC presses UK foreign secretary on timing of recognising Palestinian stateForeign Secretary David Lammy has said the UK is attempting to “affect the situation on the ground” in Gaza after the government announced it would recognise a Palestinian state in September unless Israel agreed to end the crisis in Gaza.Speaking to the BBC’s Tom Bateman at the UN in New York, Lammy said the world had seen “the most horrific scenes” in Gaza and called for a ceasefire.The time had come, he said, to “abate the suffering of the Palestinian people” and set a pathway to peace.But…
An American woman accused of being involved in a failed assassination attempt has told a trial she did not have a gun at any time during her visit to the UK.Aimee Betro is accused of having flown into the country to take part in a plot to attack a rival family of her co-conspirators in Birmingham.The 45-year-old, from West Allis in Wisconsin, told jurors she did not know there had been an attempted shooting when she left the UK two days after the shootings in September 2019.She denies conspiracy to murder, possessing a firearm with intent and the illegal importation…
Centre Garry Ringrose has been ruled out of the British and Irish Lions’ third Test against Australia on Saturday as he continues to recover from a head injury.On Thursday, Ringrose withdrew from Andy Farrell’s starting XV for the second Test after feeling the effects of concussion in training.The 30-year-old, who was replaced by Huw Jones for the Lions’ dramatic 29-26 series-clinching victory in Melbourne, also missed out on possible selection for the first Test because of a head injury.”He’s disappointed as you can imagine. Garry was playing some amazing rugby through this tour,” Lions assistant coach Andrew Goodman said.”It’s been…
Karisma Kapoor’s ex-husband Sunjay Kapur passed away on June 12. As per reports, he swallowed a bee which then led to a heart-attack. But just after his death, there seems to be a huge feud amongst his family. Sunjay was the chairman of $3.6 billion Sona Comstar Group. His untimely demise has triggered a massive inheritance dispute that reportedly involves assets worth over ₹30,000 crore. With multiple voices and claims emerging from within the family, the late entrepreneur’s estate has been under scrutiny. Sunjay Kapur’s mother Rani Kapur has spoken out just days after claiming she was pressured into signing…
The university was accused of racial discrimination in its health care system, the latest high-profile school targeted and stripped of federal funding. Source link
BBCLucy says her experiences of shopping addiction are like a “physical and an emotional drowning”A day of retail therapy can be just the ticket for some people to help them feel better about themselves. But what happens when you can’t stop shopping?Surrounded by racks of shirts, dresses and jumpers, Lucy tells me that she could spend up to 14 hours a day searching out new clothes as an escape from reality.The 37-year-old’s life may sound like a dream, but Lucy is clear that excessive shopping damaged her life.At one point, Lucy found herself not paying her bills so she could…