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As a solar panel was raised onto the roof of their ­mud-brick home in a Tanzanian village in sight of Mount Kilimanjaro, Akida Saidi and his wife felt giddy

The perils of paygo.... 

(Bloomberg) -- As a solar panel was raised onto the roof of their ­mud-brick home in a Tanzanian village in sight of Mount Kilimanjaro, Akida Saidi and his wife felt giddy at the prospect of entering a new era.

Solar pay-as-you-go plans have been hailed as the answer to bringing clean, affordable electricity to millions, but the system can break down catastrophically.

Today's Water Cooler

He has already been on the receiving end of one of AC-12s gruelling interviews. But now Line Of Duty star Daniel Mays is facing an even more fearsome adversary - the British taxman.

Kay Stephens Photo courtesy Marshall Wharf One of Coffin’s cartoons on tourists. Photo of artwork by Kay Stephens My own version of a Ploughman’s Lunch can be taken to go. Photo by Kay Stephens Nothing finer than an Umlaut Kölsh on a dismal, wintry day, with a roaring fire right next to you and a friendly dog nearby. Photo by Kay Stephens Here we go: March, 2021. Officially one year into a pandemic and the month that Maine went into shut-down mode last year. Right about now, a good number...

Guy’s and St Thomas’ FT told uptake lowest among Filipino staff RCN boss says some BAME staff have “particular concerns” about vaccine The largest hospital trust in England has reported substantially lower covid vaccine uptake among its black African, black Caribbean and Filipino staff so far, citing ‘vaccine hesitancy’. Other London trust directors have also reported to  HSJ a disparity in the take-up of the vaccine between different ethnic groups. Guy’s and St Thomas’ Founda...