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Image: Shutterstock More than half of UK consumers are looking to embrace more clean energy at home as they consider installing renewable energy sources. A new survey by the professional services company GHD suggests of those who are willing to bring more green measures to their homes, the majority would consider installing solar panels. In the meantime, more than half would prioritise the purchase of hydrogen boilers, hydrogen batteries and ground source heat pumps. The analysis shows more than three-in-four Brits agree that we all have a role to play to help the planet become more sustai...

THE TWO armed officers who confronted Howard Jones had just split seconds to make a life-and-death decision – all the time fearing they could be…

shaw shooting Composite image showing Howard Jones, the gun he used and the lorry he was shot in Pictures: WILTSHIRE POLICE/ADVER A FORMER Para who shot a policeman in the face after stealing a lorry at gunpoint from his former employers has been jailed for 12-and-a-half years. Sending Howard Jones to prison, Judge Peter Crabtree paid tribute to the bravery of the police officers and logistics manager Steven Riley who had a gun held to his head by the robber. “I want to comment what were in all the circumstances brave actions by a number of people and in particular Mr Riley, who at t...

Composite image showing James Cherry and Swindon Crown Court A “BRAZEN” spree robber who targeted stores across Swindon while on bail for breaking a woman’s jaw has been jailed for more than eight-and-a-half years. Sending James Cherry down for eight years and seven months and ordering an extended three-and-a-half year licence period, Judge Jason Taylor QC said he had considered whether the 27-year-old could be spared an extended sentence but concluded that “public safety comes first”. He added: “It is only a matter of time before this gets out of control. The wrong word, th...

A CANNABIS gardener was found in a £116,000 Gorse Hill drug factory wearing only a pair of underpants, a court heard.