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Britain’s Biggest Battery and the Port That Needed It
Support CleanTechnica's work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe. Teesside on the east coast of the United Kingdom has always been a place of transformation. It made steel for a century, refined chemicals for decades, and now stands on...

UK-based Vidya Jyoti charity sponsors surgeries, reducing burdens of childhood cancer in Nigeria
Vidya Jyoti is a United Kingdom registered charity, founded in 2019 by consultant psychiatrist, Dr Pamela Kaushal. Since then, it has grown into a small team of friends with shared beliefs and values, working together towards common goals. VJ...

UK government plans faster home-buying process to boost property market
Britain’s government has announced it would seek to streamline the process for home-buying under its latest plans to give a boost to the property market. The proposals could cut an average of around four weeks off the process, which typically...

British Gas offering qualifying households 'up to £2,000' in support - what to know
British Gas has reopened its Energy Support Fund, offering households in England, Scotland and Wales up to £2,000 support with their energy bills. The grant fund is available for existing British Gas customers who are in energy debt or at risk of...

News companies are doubling down to fight against AI Web scrapers
News publishers have embraced the rapid rise of AI by retooling strategies to chase citations instead of clicks and even reaching licensing agreements with AI companies to use their content. SOME news publishers have embraced the rapid rise of AI...
Top News Headlines In Cambodia, Indonesia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand & Vietnam: Oct 11, 2025
CAMBODIA 1.CAMBODIA-AUSTRALIA MARITIME COOPERATION -- AGENCE KAMPUCHEA PRESSE The Royal Australian Navy warship HMAS Ballarat carrying 192 crew members, arrived at the Sihanoukville Autonomous Port on Friday. The frigate is on a four-day goodwill...

Latest Music Industry Hires: SESAC, WMG, BiCoastal Productions, Youth Music, Position Music, More
Mark Chipello, Position Music’s president. Photo Credit: Mallory Turner If you have a job shuffle to share, we’re all ears. Send us a note to news@digitalmusicnews.com. If you’d like to post a job on our Job Board, just send us a request to...

UK secures £350m defence contract with India
The UK has signed a defence contract valued at £350m ($465m) with India, a move that will secure hundreds of jobs in Northern Ireland. This agreement involves the provision of UK-manufactured lightweight multirole missiles to the Indian Army....

Top Tory fears she was filmed or bugged in hotel after China threatened ‘repercussions’ as spy row escalates
A TOP Tory minister has said she fears her hotel room was bugged on a fact-finding trip to Taiwan. It comes after a case against an accused Chinese spy, Chris Cash, collapsed last month when the Government refused to class Beijing as a threat to...

AP News: The Latest: Trump says he looking at 'massive increase' in tariffs against China
President Donald Trump says “there seems to be no reason” to meet with Chinese leader Xi Jinping as part of an upcoming trip to South Korea after China restricted exports of rare earths needed for American industry. The Republican president...

News of the Week: 996, 25 Great Magazine Covers, and 75 Years of Peanuts
In the news of the week ending October 10, 2025, are an influential Norman Rockwell cover, more Gen Z slang, and a noisy commercial ban. Bob Sassone Weekly Newsletter The best of The Saturday Evening Post in your inbox! Working 996, What a Way to...

UK hit rapper Aitch makes history as he 'signs up' for I'm A Celebrity
A new star has been rumoured(Image: ITV) A UK hit rapper is set to sign up for the next series of I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here!, it has been reported. Aitch is said to be entering the jungle, which would make him the first rapper on the...

UK, France, Germany say they hope to restart Iran nuclear talks
The United Kingdom, France and Germany have said they wish to restart stalled nuclear talks with Iran and the United States, more than a month after the three European countries triggered a mechanism reinstating the United Nations sanctions on...

UK BESS asset management has moved to ‘disciplined, systems-level approach’
Energy-Storage.news: How has BESS asset management best practice in the UK/Ireland evolved in the past three years? James Mills: Over the last three years BESS asset management has been transitioning from a “project delivery + basic O&M” to a much...

Northumberland farm named one of the best in UK for pumpkin picking
Brockbushes Farm Shop is the perfect spot for pumpkin picking(Image: handout) With autumn well under way, pumpkin picking season is well and truly upon us. A much loved activity throughout the run up to Halloween for the whole family, farms across...

UK CMA Designates Google with Strategic Market Status in Search
In a significant escalation of regulatory oversight, the U.K.’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has officially designated Alphabet Inc.’s Google with “strategic market status” in both general search and search advertising services. This...

BritCham business forum promises great opportunities for Guyanese businesses – UK Envoy
Oct 11, 2025 News (Kaieteur News) – British High Commissioner to the United Kingdom in Guyana Jane Miller on Friday encouraged Guyanese businesses to take part in the British Chamber of Commerce Guyana’s flagship Business and Networking Forum...

TCS opens AI zone in UK, to add 5,000 jobs
Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) on Friday said it would create 5,000 new jobs in the United Kingdom over the next three years as it expanded its operations there with the launch of an artificial intelligence (AI) experience zone and design studio...

Shabba Ranks’ ‘Mr. Loverman’ Certified Silver In The UK — His First BPI Award
Shabba Ranks at Reggae Sunsplash 1991. Photo credit: John Kirk Shabba Ranks’ 1992 single Mr. Loverman is now certified Silver in the United Kingdom, his first certification from the British Phonographic Industry (BPI). According to the BPI, the...

Nigeria, UK govt reach agreement on deportations, visas, crime
The Nigeria government and the United Kingdom have reached new agreements on deportations, visa processes, criminal justice cooperation, and financial crime. This took place at the 2025 Migration, Justice, and Home Affairs Dialogue in Abuja on...