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Fracking in the UK will be impossible on any significant scale and will not help with the energy price crisis, the founder of the UK’s first fracking company has warned. Chris Cornelius, the geologist who founded Cuadrilla Resources, which drilled the UK’s first modern hydraulic fracturing wells in Lancashire, told the Guardian he believed the …

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Wayne Couzens: Computers in WhatsApp group with Sarah Everard’s killer found guilty BBC He met the officers guilty of sharing offensive messages with The Guardian’s Wayne Couzens He met police officers convicted of offensive WhatsApp messages to Sarah Everard’s killer Wayne Couzens The Telegraph Police officers found guilty of offensive messages in WhatsApp group with …

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A new government energy bill relief plan will act as the equivalent of the price freeze in place for households, Jacob Rees-Mogg announced in the final moments. Support in the form of a discount will be automatically applied to gas and electricity bills between 1 October and 31 March. Allowed wholesale prices are expected to …

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Vladimir Putin has announced a partial mobilization in Russia in a significant escalation that places the country’s population and economy on a war footing. The president also threatened nuclear retaliation, saying Russia had “many weapons to respond” to what he called Western threats on Russian territory, adding that he was not bluffing. In a much-anticipated …

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Business energy bills to be cut by more than half under government plan BBC All UK businesses secure major energy support package to cut bills Sky News Ministers unveil multi-billion pound cap on gas and electricity bill prices Daily Mail The pound, inflation, rates and energy bills… what next? TiM Podcast That’s Money Government announces …

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President Putin has accused the West of engaging in “nuclear blackmail” against Russia and said he has “many weapons to respond”. In a rare address to the nation, he said he was not bluffing and would use “every means at our disposal” if Russia’s territorial integrity was threatened. Putin also ordered an immediate “partial mobilization” …

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A man has set himself on fire near the Japanese prime minister’s office, apparently in protest against next week’s state funeral for the country’s former prime minister Shinzo Abe. The man, who has not been identified, was initially unconscious and suffered burns all over his body after the incident in Tokyo on Wednesday morning, less …

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Vladimir Putin is expected to deliver a national address later, his first since ordering his troops into Ukraine in February. There had been speculation in the Russian media that he would speak to the Russians on Tuesday evening, but that did not happen and no reason was given. It comes after separatist leaders in four …

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The Queen’s name is inscribed alongside that of her mother, father and husband on the ledger stone at Windsor Chapel where she is buried. The late monarch was laid to rest alongside the Duke of Edinburgh on Monday evening in a private service attended by the king and other members of the royal family, which …

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