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With some offshore wind projects waiting years in the pipeline, a report commissioned by the government has called for an urgent upgrade to the UKs National Grid in order to reach the 2030 target of installing 50GW of wind power.

The UK will miss a key target to install 50 gigawatts (GW) of wind power by the end of the decade unless major changes are made to the grid, according to a government-commissioned report.

The UK Government’s offshore wind champion Tim Pick has published a major new report assessing the changes necessary to realise the sector’s full potential, with accelerated grid improvements top of his list.

Gary Smith is accused of setting fire to an Audi A1 in Chipping Norton in 2021. He was due before Oxford Crown Court on Monday morning.

In an overhaul of pension contribution allowances, which comes into force on Thursday 6 April, The Chancellor raised various limits on how much can be saved

Having fallen short in each of their last two outings, Nashville SC aim to clean up their game and get back in the win column when they visit Orlando City SC on

Off the beaten path, the island offers plenty of dining surprises

Jim Peterik will never forget the first time he heard his smash hit, "Rockin into the Night," on the radio. But it wasnt quite what he expected.

Exodus of older workers is leaving glaring gaps in the economy

A strike wave started in June 2022 as workers strove to match wages to prices, especially of food and energy, rising much faster than at any time since the early 1990s. With unemployment low as bosses hired anew for post-lockdown expansion, workers also sought to reverse the decline in real media weekly wages in the period of economic crash and then austerity since 2008. Public service wages had declined particularly, being only 1% higher than private-sector wages (for comparable qualifications,...