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Texas may be the energy powerhouse of the US, but it has not held up to its name after historic freezing conditions froze the state’s power facilities and mainly its 10,700 wind turbines. Sweden, which is known for its colder climate, has offered the Lone Star State some advice to keep the wings moving no … Read more
Britain will only begin to emerge from lockdown at the end of May, if it follows the Israeli roadmap for defeating coronavirus. Israel has started implementing a three-stage plan to exit draconian Covid restrictions – similar to the blueprint Boris Johnson is set to lay out on February 22. Israeli officials hope to let non-essential … Read more
By Steve Doughty for the Daily Mail Lawyers for the Queen lobbied ministers to alter a draft law so that her private wealth could be kept secret, newly-uncovered records have suggested. Legislation was changed so that any ‘potentially embarrassing’ investments she held could be concealed from the public, it was alleged. The incident, which happened almost … Read more
Temperature, humidity and wind could be used to predict another wave of coronavirus – with two outbreaks a year ‘inevitable’, scientists say Current forecasts only take into account only rate of transmission and recovery Cyprus-based researchers say this should also include weather conditions They were able to build a system which models and predicts second waves … Read more
Passenger aircraft could cut fuel costs and carbon emissions by taking better advantage of favourable winds at altitude, a new study reveals. UK experts say commercial flights between New York and London last winter could have used up to 16 per cent less fuel if airlines made better use of fast-moving winds. Total reductions would … Read more
A tourist helicopter crash that killed five holidaying Britons in the Grand Canyon was caused by a ‘violent gust of wind’, an investigation has concluded. Ellie Milward, Jonathan Udall, Stuart Hill, Becky Dobson and Jason Hill died when the Airbus EC130 B4 crashed near the Colorado River in Arizona in 2018. The National Transportation Safety Board released its … Read more
Viewers were left in hysterics on Monday night after eagle-eared fans heard a noise resembling the passing of gas. And now Joe Wicks has confessed that he did break wind during his PE With Joe workout as he didn’t realise he was live on-air. Talking on Tuesday’s episode of Mark Wright’s Evening Show on Heart, the Body … Read more
PE With Joe viewers were left in hysterics on Monday after Joe Wicks appeared to ‘break wind’ at the start of his live workout. As The Body Coach star, 34, let the video play out at the beginning before starting the workout, some eagle-eared fans allegedly heard a noise resembling the passing of gas. While Joe, who … Read more
Tom Cruise is reportedly set to wind up Mission: Impossible 7 filming on Friday for an ‘early’ Christmas break. It comes after it was claimed earlier this week that five crew members on set have ‘quit’ after the actor, 58, ‘launched into a second rant’ following his fury about staff breaking COVID rules. Tom is said … Read more
The second in a series of articles investigating growth sectors, developing technologies and niche themes that adventurous private investors can back in their Isas – and how they might do so. The first, on open-ended funds in the environmental sector, is here. The UK’s energy mix is in the process of transitioning from coal and gas … Read more