Thursday, 12 December 2024 GE-Hitachi Nuclear Energy’s BWRX-300 small modular reactor design has completed the first step of the UK’s Generic Design Assessment process and progressed to the next phase of its assessment. A rendering of a BWRX-300 power plant (Image: GE Vernova) Generic Design Assessment (GDA) is a process carried out by the Office...
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UK government to compensate LGBTQ veterans sacked for sexual orientation
London: The British government will allocate 75 million pounds ($96 million) to compensate LGBTQ military veterans sacked by the army over their sexual orientation, the defence ministry announced on Thursday. Until a 2000 reform, lesbians, gays, bisexuals and transgender people were barred from military service in Britain. Those who were found out were often harassed,...
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United Kingdom: New Gold And Silver Proof Coins In Popular Music Legends Series Features Superstar Paul Mccartney
Begun in 2020, the Music Legends series has featured iconic British performers and bands such as Queen, Elton John, the Who, The Rolling Stones, Shirley Bassey and earlier this year, George Michael. The latest and ninth performer to feature is Paul McCartney (born 1942), one of the most successful British musicians and songwriters of all...
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UK’s Aristocratic Lawmakers Prepare For Life After The Lords
Penrith, United Kingdom: UK hereditary lawmaker Richard Fletcher-Vane, better known as Lord Inglewood, will soon no longer commute the few hundred miles from his country house in northwest England to the House of Lords in London — and he is not happy about it. “Anybody who’s sacked doesn’t like it, particularly if you think you’re...
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UK says British wife of ousted Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad ‘not welcome’
The British wife of ousted Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad, Asma Assad, has been branded a “sanctioned individual” and is “not welcome here in the UK,” according to Foreign Secretary David Lammy. His comments come amid growing uncertainty about whether the British government will revoke her citizenship. Born in London in 1975 and brought up and...
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Carbon-14 diamond battery is world first, say UK scientists
Tuesday, 10 December 2024 Scientists at the UK Atomic Energy Authority and Bristol University have created what they say is the world’s first carbon-14 diamond battery, which has the potential to power devices for thousands of years. The thin battery on the left, should last for more than 5000 years (Image: UKAEA) The battery is...
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Expert comment: Why are people in the UK leaving it so late to have children?
Dr Paula Sheppard. The UK has a fertility gap of around 0.3 children meaning that for every three children wanted only two are born. This phenomenon is largely driven by people starting families later in life. For instance, in 2016, approximately 22% of births were to mothers over age 35 compared with just 6% in 1980....
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Syrian asylum seekers in limbo as countries halt applications
EPA A number of European countries, including the UK, have suspended the processing of asylum applications for Syrians, after the downfall of former president Bashar al-Assad. Austria’s caretaker government has stopped all asylum claims from Syrians and says it is making plans to repatriate or deport people back to their homeland, arguing that the situation...
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The total crypto market cap surpasses the GDP of France and the United Kingdom
Thanks to the bullish momentum of the last few weeks, the Total market cap of the crypto industry has reached 3.67 trillion dollars, surpassing the entire GDP of France and the United Kingdom. Overall in 2024, 2 trillion dollars entered the crypto market, with more than half of it since the beginning of November. Let’s...
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UK could consider removing proscription of Syria’s HTS, says minister
LONDON, Dec 9 (Reuters) – Britain could rethink its proscription of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) as a banned organisation, after the group spearheaded the Syrian rebel alliance that helped oust President Bashar al-Assad, British senior minister Pat McFadden said on Monday. “We will consider that. And I think it will partly depend on what happens...
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Muhammad Now The Most Popular Name For A Baby In Great Britain, Data Shows
London: 427 years after William Shakespeare wrote it for the first time in the great “tragedy” Romeo & Juliet, England is asking the quintessential question – “What’s in a name?” – And this time wondering what significance that question might hold in another 42.7 years. The Department of Statistics in the United Kingdom has revealed...
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Notre-Dame: Prince William to attend re-opening of Paris cathedral
The Prince of Wales will attend the reopening of the Notre-Dame cathedral in Paris this weekend, Kensington Palace has announced. Prince William will travel to France on Saturday, where he will join a celebration to mark the restoration of the world-famous Gothic building, which was devastated by a fire five years ago. The prince is...