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Nearly every car on the road ‘will have to be electric by 2050 to meet UN climate targets’

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Almost all cars on the road will have to be electric by 2050 if the world is going to meet UN climate change targets, experts claim. Engineers from the University of Toronto created a computer model to estimate how many electric vehicles would be required in a heavily car dependent country. The team focused on … Read more

SSE to pay out £1.2m after failing to hit smart meter targets set by watchdog 

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SSE failed to hit smart meter targets last year and its parent firm Ovo is forced to fork out £1.2m to Ofgem Ovo is paying out on behalf of SSE after it failed to meet smart meter targets  This is not the first time the company has been unable to do so  Smart meters have … Read more

Environment bill to include legally binding targets to curb plastic waste and air pollution

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Legally-binding targets to curb plastic waste and reduce air pollution will form part of new environment bill An environment bill is being introduced in PM’s bid to ‘build back greener’     Goals to focus on less waste, cleaner air, cleaner water and more biodiversity  The Daily Mail has long campaigned against plastic polluting the seas and … Read more

Israel launches airstrikes at Hamas targets in Gaza

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Israel launches airstrikes at Hamas targets in Gaza in retaliation for rocket attacks and firebombs attached to balloons Israel’s army launched air strikes against Hamas positions in Gaza on Sunday Came in response to rockets and firebombs sent into Israeli territory  Measures came after a week of heightened tensions along Gaza-Israeli border  By Afp Published: … Read more

BBC diversity boss June Sarpong admits corporation is ‘nowhere near’ hitting its own targets

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BBC diversity boss June Sarpong admits corporation is ‘nowhere near’ hitting its own targets and says it will ‘take longer than we hoped’ to reach them June Sarpong said BBC not diverse enough at ‘mid-level and senior leadership’ She added it will take ‘longer than hoped’ to reach its BAME leadership target The 43-year-old was … Read more

Downing Street denies Boris Johnson plans to set police targets to boost number of rape prosecutions

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Downing Street denies Boris Johnson is planning to set targets for police in bid to boost the number of rape prosecutions A review of the criminal justice response to rape will be released in the autumn   Figures showed rape convictions in England and Wales fell by a quarter in a year  Mr Johnson said quotas … Read more

Boris Johnson plans to set targets for police in bid to increase number of rape case prosecutions 

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Boris Johnson plans to set targets for police in bid to increase number of rape case prosecutions Police could be set targets for number of rape cases they refer to prosecutors CPS may be given quotas for how many suspects they take to court   Rape prosecutions have fallen to their lowest level since records … Read more

Noel Gallagher spent £1,000 so woman could hit sales targets

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Selfridge’s sales assistant reveals how Noel Gallagher once spent £1,000 on 10 pairs of jeans so she could hit her sales target when he spotted her looking downcast – prompting others to share celebrity acts of kindness Audrey Indome, London, used to work as saleswoman in the Oxford Street store Told she ‘looked sad’ on … Read more

Banksy targets London Underground disguised as TfL deep cleaner

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Banksy has disguised himself as a Tube cleaner to graffiti a bustling train as it went through central London in a piece named: ‘If you don’t mask – you don’t get’, it was revealed today. The guerrilla artist, dressed in a high-vis jacket, boiler suit, goggles and face mask, paints a black rat coughing and … Read more