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🔵 NEW:
#LizTruss
will be entitled to claim up to £115,000 per year from the taxpayer for the rest of her life once she leaves office, despite likely being one of the shortest-serving prime ministers in history.
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Transgender women will now be excluded from competing in the female category at top-level events, after World Athletics decided "to prioritise fairness and the integrity of the female competition before inclusion".
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🎉 Happy Twosday!
Today is
#Twosday
- Tuesday 22 February 2022 - a date written as 22/02/2022, which is both a palindrome and an ambigram!
It is being called an ‘unprecedented milestone.'
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🥳 Derek Skipper is celebrating after passing his GCSE Maths exam - at the age of 92
#gcses2022
#gcseresults
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Comedian
@robdelaney
will join the London event.
He said: “Does a chief executive need an extra zero at the end of their salary, or should nurses, posties and teachers be able to heat their homes this winter? Enough is enough.”
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The campaign group has 5 demands:
📈 A real pay rise
💡 Slash energy bills
🍽 End food poverty
🏡 Decent homes for all
💰 Tax the rich
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🔴 EXCLUSIVE: Tory MP took on additional £60k second job AFTER the Owen Paterson scandal
While a small number of MPs seem to have resigned from outside roles following the increased scrutiny, one MP registered a lucrative new job on 26 November.
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🔵 NEW:
@eiecampaign
are staging protests across the UK today - here's what they’re calling for
#EnoughIsEnough
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💰 Between 1997 and 2020 the median cost of a property in England has surged 315% from £59,995 to £249,000.
Average employee earnings – excluding self-employed people – have risen at a much lower rate of 87%, rising from £16,958 in 1997 to £31,777 in 2020.
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🗨 Si King of
@HairyBikers
said: “We have a system that favours corporate power and wealth over normal people. Those in power have neither the will nor the empathy to change it.”
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They are backed by some high-profile names from the labour movement, including RMT leader Mick Lynch and Coventry South MP
@zarahsultana
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🌴 This isn’t just about the future of Brazilian society.
The nation is home to the majority of the Amazon, the world’s largest rainforest, which has become a battleground in the fight against
#climatechange
.
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🇧🇷 Bolsonaro or Lula: why Brazil’s election could be a turning point for the world
#Brazil
#brazilelections
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Police officer who recorded himself having sex with 13-year-old girl ‘close to tears’ as he gets jail
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Lula has pledged to work to reduce carbon emissions and deforestation in the Amazon.
This is a slight departure from his previous turn in office, where he was still resistant to legislation that would have required
#Brazil
to phase out its fossil fuels.
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🪙 The Public Duties Cost Allowance allows former prime ministers to claim back money toward the cost of maintaining activities in public life.
Former PMs have claimed back millions through the scheme since it was set up in 1991 following the resignation of Margaret Thatcher.
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🌴 A new map has been launched revealing the extent of Britain’s surviving fragments of temperate rainforests.
At one time rainforests covered a fifth of Britain’s land.
Today only isolated scraps survive, covering about 0.5% of land.
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Under Bolsonaro, deforestation of the Amazon has advanced rapidly.
He does not subscribe to the scientific consensus on climate change, calling global warming a plot by "cultural Marxists".
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📊 What do the polls say?
Lula has taken a big lead, and is projected to receive about 47% of the vote, compared with 33% for Bolsonaro.
However, 50% is needed to win in the first round of the election.
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🔵 NEW: Jemma Mitchell has become the first woman in England to be handed a life sentence on TV for the “profoundly shocking” murder of a friend.
She'll serve at least 34 years in jail for killing 67-year-old Mee Kuen Chong at her home in June last year.
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Novak Djokovic wins appeal against Australian visa cancellation
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🗳 It’s a stark choice for Brazilian voters:
🔵 Jair
#Bolsonaro
, the outspoken current president with populist, far-right views
🔴
#Lula
da Silva, the veteran left-wing former president who was freed from jail in 2019
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📊 The UK had the 7th highest electricity costs in Europe during the first half of 2021, according to Eurostat figures published by the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy.
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#BREAKING
: Nicola Sturgeon has accepted the resignation of her community safety minister Ash Regan, after she revealed she could not back the Scottish Government in a vote on controversial gender recognition reforms.
#GenderRecognitionReform
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🔢 Twosday has no historical significance nor any cosmic message, but it’s a fun pun to mark a rare occasion of the dates forming a palindrome: 22/2/22.
It’s taken the world by storm, and many people are marking the occasion with a celebration.
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MPs request evidence from Sun editor over Huw Edwards and Dan Wootton allegations
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Michael Gove: cutting tax for the richest is a display of ‘the wrong values’
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💼 Stephen McPartland already works 10 hours per month as a non-executive director for Furniture Village, earning £4,166.67 per month.
He will now earn a further £5,000 per month "providing strategic advice" for private investment firm MBU Capital Group.
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📅 This has only happened twice before, with 1/11/11 and 11/11/11, and the next one will occur in 11 years, as ‘Threesday’ - 3/3/33 - but there’s no weekday to match it.
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⚡️ NEW: Consumers in the UK were paying twice as much for electricity than in some other European countries, even before this month’s energy price cap rise, official figures show.
But which countries have the cheapest electricity and gas in Europe? 💰
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🔎 Derek needed a magnifying glass to complete the exam, and took in his 1946 slide rule
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🔵 NEW: The head of the UK’s electricity and gas systems’ operator has outlined the “worst case scenario” which could see UK households facing three-hour blackouts this winter.
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🇧🇷 During his time in office former president Lula radically reduced the deforestation of the Amazon but much of the hard work was undone by
#Bolsonaro
who weakened environmental protections and Indigenous land rights after taking office in 2019.
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Royal Mail's CEO could be recalled to give evidence in parliament after appearing in front of MPs on the Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy select committee last week.
@CWUnews
and
@DaveWardGS
have accused Simon Thompson of misleading the committee
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🔴 EXCLUSIVE: A group of 20 MPs received more than £74,000 in gifts and hospitality from gambling and betting firms - with several later expressing support for the industry during Parliamentary debates.
#PartTimeParliament
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🟢 NEW: The fate of the Amazon may be sealed at the
#BrazilElections
this weekend, when
#Lula
and President
#Bolsonaro
go head to head at the polls on Sunday – what could the results mean for the rainforest?
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Jacob Rees-Mogg was booed loudly on arrival at the
#ToryConference
today.
Police had to hold back some members of the public as the Business Secretary walked across Victoria Square in Birmingham.
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📍 How do the regions compare?
Despite Londoners receiving the highest salaries in the country, property is still the least affordable in the capital, with the average property price standing at 11.78 times that of the average salary.
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🔵 EXCLUSIVE:
#Students
at “breaking point” are “scared” they can’t afford to live this winter as rent prices soar.
A third year undergraduate student told NationalWorld she is left with only £20 a week to live on after paying her rent.
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#Truss
will become the sixth living former PM entitled to claim back when she leaves office, which could mean taxpayers paying out over £700k per year including pension contributions.
Truss has been in office since 17 October, but there is already speculation she could resign.
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John Major, Tony Blair, Gordon Brown and David Cameron all claimed more than £100,000 through the PDCA in 2020/2021, according to Cabinet Office accounts for that period.
Major and Blair both claimed back the maximum available allowance, of £115,000 while Brown claimed £114,712
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💰 The new role, which began on 1 November, will see McPartland providing consultancy services for up to 8 hours per month.
This means that on top of his MP salary of £82k, McPartland earns £110,000 per year for an additional 18 hours work per month.
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🔵 EXCLUSIVE: UK supermarkets raised prices on their value range food and drinks faster than the overall rate of inflation earlier this year - hitting the poorest shoppers in the pocket.
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There are fears that Bolsonaro’s supporters may not accept the result of the election if he loses out to Lula.
The president has made allegations of electoral fraud already, despite Brazil having a rigorous system with a strong track record.
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🔵EXCLUSIVE: Scientists are facing calls to approve Covid vaccines for young children after hospital admissions for under-6s hit record high
Hundreds more admissions of kids 5 & under were recorded in England in the latest week compared to the previous
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🗣 “Why am I in so much pain? Why is no one listening to me?”
It took nearly two decades for Chetna Mistry to be diagnosed with
#endometriosis
. Charities are calling for more research into women’s health so others don’t suffer a similar experience.
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An exclusive
@Survation
poll for
@NationalWorld
last month found that 68% of the public believes MPs should not be able to carry out paid work outside of Parliament
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How to watch new Princess Diana documentary The Princess in the UK - and trailer
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🌴 The most recent available data from Brazil’s National Institute for Space Research shows the country lost 1.3 million hectares last year – two and a half times the size of the Grand Canyon National Park, and the greatest annual amount since 2006.
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🏡 How do gas prices compare? UK prices were at the lower end of the scale with prices costing 3.5p per kWh during the first half of 2021 – 0.5p less than the EU average. The cheapest gas in the EU can be found in Lithuania.
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🔵 NEW: Only 2% of rental properties in Britain are affordable for people on benefits, analysis of 40,000 adverts posted on Rightmove during July has found.
The probe shows finding a safe home is now like finding “a needle in a haystack”,
@Shelter
says.
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BREAKING: Detectives have launched a murder inquiry after discovering personal possessions belonging to Leah Croucher who was 19 when she was reported missing in February 2019, Thames Valley Police said
#LeahCroucher
#BREAKING
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In addition to the PDCA, former PMs are entitled to claim a pension allowance to contribute towards their office staff pension costs, limited to 10% of the maximum allowance.
Since 2013, former PMs have claimed almost £4m through the allowance.
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🕣 Polls are open between 8am and 5pm on Sunday in Brazil, with the results of the first round expected 2-3 hours after voting closes.
The next 24 hours will be pivotal for Brazil, South America and the world.
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🔵 How affordable are house prices in England?
Kirstie Allsopp said she felt “enraged” when people claimed they could not afford to buy a property.
🏡 But just how easy is it to buy a house in England while on an average salary?
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🔵 NEW: Households are being warned of potential blackouts this winter after fears that power plants will not be able to run to full capacity, the
#NationalGrid
has said.
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🤝 The costs are a reimbursement of expenses for necessary office and secretarial costs arising from their position in public life.
“The allowance is not paid to support private or parliamentary duties. PDCA is in addition to any constituency office which they maintain as MPs.”
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📍 Where are British rainforests?
This map shows that more than half of Wales and nearly all of western Scotland, as well as large parts of Cornwall, the Lake District and other pockets north of Manchester, have suitable climates for temperate rainforest.
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📈 The most recent data from the
@ONS
shows that a property in England will set you back an average of £249,000.
That's 7.8 times the average full time salary in England.
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Pettigrew was speaking at the Financial Times
#EnergyTransitionSummit
, although he remained confident that scheduled blackouts will not be needed.
Pettigrew has told households to prepare for blackouts between 4pm and 7pm on weekdays during “really, really cold” days.
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💰 A third year
@UniofOxford
student said it's a "terrifying time to be a student” and he is “scared about how to get through the year.”
His maintenance loan has increased by 2.3%, but his rent has raised by 5.4% meaning the loan “in no way reflects rising costs."
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🔴 How Africa has been left behind in the global vaccine rollout
An estimated 1.2bn people in Africa are still not vaccinated against Covid-19, with dozens of countries likely to miss global vaccination targets,
@NationalWorld
can reveal.
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🔍 David Cameron claimed slightly less at £113,423.
Theresa May, the only former prime minister who still serves as an MP and therefore receives a taxpayer salary to carry out ‘public duties’, claimed £57,832.
Pension contributions linked to the PDCA cost £55,381 in 20/21.
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📌 The
@LostRainforests
campaign works to map and restore Britain’s lost rainforests.
@guyshrubsole
, who runs the campaign, said the 18,870 hectares that survive in England could double in size within a generation if they were allowed to naturally regenerate.
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💡 Comparatively, UK consumers spent 38.5p to run an electric oven for an hour, twice as expensive than in Hungary where it costs 17.4p – but 16.9p cheaper than in Germany where it costs 55.5p.
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🌍 Today is
#EarthDay
, a global event to bring people together to take action in the fight against climate change.
The day marks the anniversary of the birth of the modern environmental movement.
Here’s more on the history and how to celebrate it 🧵
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🔎 Conservative MPs Steve Brine, Iain Duncan Smith and Julian Smith all resigned from paid roles in November, according to the register.
Andrew Bridgen amended his entry regarding a role with a Teak growing firm in Ghana to show that his advisory work is apparently unpaid.
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While the payment is generally reserved for former PMs, an exception was made for Sir Nick Clegg, who served as deputy PM in the coalition government between 2010-2015.
Sir Nick ceased his claim in 2019-2020, having already banked £444,775 through the PDCA scheme by that time.
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🆕
#COVID19
cases are rising in parts of Europe, with some countries entering lockdown or putting extra restrictions in place.
But what are the current cases in Europe and which nations have entered lockdown?
@NationalWorld
has taken a look.
[📸 via
@f_l_o_u_r_i_s_h
]
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👉 The gifts included tickets and hospitality to Euro 2020 games, Wimbledon matches and race days worth up to £3,457 per MP.
Three-quarters of the MPs were Conservatives, and 86% of the total value of gifts went to them.
#PartTimeParliament
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🏠 Some MPs have now offered more clarity on their property holdings, following the increased scrutiny.
Geoffrey Clifton-Brown has now registered that he has “five residential properties in London, purchased between 1994 and 2017” each earning at least £10,000 per year.
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The Tourist review: BBC One’s Jamie Dornan drama is better as a black comedy than an action thriller
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📜 The former RAF radar engineer achieved a grade five, the maximum possible on the foundation paper he took.
Speaking this morning after receiving his result, Derek said: “I’m delighted to have got it."
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He currently doesn’t have plans to take any more GCSEs.
“I think that is going to be my lot and I’m going to retire now. Having one is enough for me," he said.
Well done Derek - and everyone who received
#gcseresults
today 👏
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📉 The global south also remains the worst affected by
#deforestation
with Africa and South America losing millions of hectares each year.
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☯ In Chinese culture, the number 2 is auspicious and according to The Star, hundreds of people have exchanged vows in Penang.
Across the world, Twosday is a lighthearted date and one to be celebrated as it won't happen again until the next millennium!
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🌴 What do the
#brazilelections
mean for the
#AmazonRainforest
?
If Bolsonaro loses it could lead to deforestation falling by 89% over the next decade, according to new analysis for
@CarbonBrief
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🇧🇷 Brazilians are voting today in a highly polarised election.
🗳 The last Datafolha survey found that 50% of respondents who intended to vote said they would vote for
#LuladaSilva
compared to 36% for
#JairBolsonaro
📷 Getty Images
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An Iranian woman and activist has urged the UK government to close the Iranian Embassy, warning that it is a “threat to democracy and national security”.
#IranProtests
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Royal Mail strikes continue after ‘retaliatory’ threat to cut 10,000 jobs, as
@CWUnews
general secretary
@DaveWardGS
calls for inquiry.
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📈
@EdUni_VPC
told us that a student survey revealed 18% of
@EdinburghUni
students were paying more than £800 per month for accommodation.
It also found the average annual rent is above £7,200, which would account for over 92% of the maximum Scottish student loan of £7,750.
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Many claim modern football was invented in Scotland, while some believe the game started in England - but who is right?
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John Bird, the comedian and satirist who worked extensively with Rory Bremner and John Fortune, has died at the age of 86
#JohnBird
#RIPJohnBird
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🔵 EXCLUSIVE: UK suppliers are losing billions of litres of water to leaks
🌊 Over a trillion litres of water were lost through leaking pipes in England and Wales last year – the equivalent of almost half a million Olympic sized swimming pools
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🧒 569 children aged 0 to five were admitted to hospital with Covid in England in the seven days to 3 January.
That was an increase of 73% compared to the week to 27 December when there were 328 admissions, much higher than the average increase across all age groups of 58%.
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🔵 NEW: The
#CostOfLivingCrisis
is hitting university students hard with some having to go without food for multiple days, a new survey has revealed.
According to the survey by
@SaveTheStudent
, 82% of students are worried about making ends meet.
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🗣 People have taken to Twitter to mark the occasion, giving honour to people who sport the number 2 in sports.
In astrology, the number two signifies the union of two people or two ideas and is a day about collaboration and community.
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🌍 The
@WHO
has warned that Europe is once again "at the epicentre" of the Covid pandemic and could see half a million more deaths by February 2022.
WHO Europe head
@hans_kluge
has blamed insufficient vaccine take-up for the rise.
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🗣
#NationalGrid
boss John Pettigrew said blackouts would have to be imposed in the “deepest darkest evenings” in January and February if electricity generators did not have enough gas to meet demand, particularly if there is a bout of cold weather.
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🔴 EXCLUSIVE: NationalWorld can reveal that since January 2020, MPs have registered almost £10m in outside earnings, through work as advisors, novelists, lawyers, councillors, painters, consultants, referees and more.
#PartTimeParliament
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A working mum-of-two is standing to represent Breakthrough, a new political party, in the upcoming Chesham and Amersham by-election
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🔵 NEW: Dearbháile McKinney spoke exclusively to
@NationalWorld
about starring in
#DerryGirls
season 3 1970s flashback episode as the younger Aunt Sarah - and whether she’d return for a spin-off.
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🌎 It’s not just Brazil affected by deforestation. The
#UN
estimates that 420 million hectares of forest has been lost worldwide because of deforestation since 1990 but the rate has declined substantially.
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