Friday, 20 September 2024 USA-based Holtec International has selected South Yorkshire in England as the preferred site for its proposed UK small modular reactor factory. It has also signed memorandums of understanding with two British research centres to support SMR manufacturing and testing. Holtec’s image of a two-unit SMR-300 plant (Image: Holtec) Holtec’s selection process involved...
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Why the WSET is the UK’s greatest gift to the world of wine – The Drinks Business
London’s merchants may be skilled at cross-border fine wine trading, and English fizz has certainly grown in global reputation, but if I were to name the UK’s greatest gift to the world of wine, it would be education. That’s was the note I penned to myself after a dinner last night at London’s Vintners’ Hall...
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Middle East latest: Hezbollah now in ‘open-ended battle of reckoning’ with Israel, deputy leader says
Israel is “pressuring Hezbollah militarily” to “stop the aggression and to retreat from south Lebanon”, the founder for the Israel Defence and Security Forum has told Sky News. Brigadier general Amir Avivi said Hezbollah had “attacked Israel unprovoked” and “had been shooting Israel for 11 months”. “Israel has set a very clear goal, returning back...
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Czech Republic selects Rolls-Royce SMR for small reactors project
Thursday, 19 September 2024 The Czech Republic has chosen UK firm Rolls-Royce SMR after assessing seven potential technology suppliers for its proposed small modular reactor programme. A concept image of how a Rolls-Royce SMR might look (Image: Rolls-Royce SMR) The Ministry of Trade said that the applicants were approached “on the basis of their potential...
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The UK’s $1-billion bet to create technologies that change the world
After a decade building quantum-computing hardware, Jacques Carolan decided he needed a change. “I wanted to work on technologies that were more directly related to human health,” he says. So in 2021, he pivoted to neuroscience with the aim of building optical technologies to understand the brain. Last year, another opportunity turned Carolan’s head. The...
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United Kingdom of FROZEN School Competition Winners Announced
Music Theatre International (MTI) and Disney Theatrical Group have announced the 11 winners of The United Kingdom of Frozen contest, after an extraordinary response from schools and colleges across the United Kingdom. The nationwide competition called out to schools and colleges to be the first in their region to produce Frozen in their local communities....
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Ukraine war live: Russia says it has retaken two villages in Kursk
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What’s on Gibraltar’s post-Brexit wish list as UK and Spain meet for talks
Eight years after Britain voted to leave the European Union, reaching a deal over the post-Brexit future of Gibraltar is the priority of citizens on both sides of the Rock as foreign ministers from Britain and Spain meet today to try to reach a long-awaited deal. The Foreign Secretary, David Lammy, met his Spanish counterpart,...
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Ukraine Russia war live: Lammy says West ‘won’t be bullied by Putin
Related: Ukraine’s attack is only way to force Russia to negotiating table, Zelensky aide says For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails The West will not be...
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UK crime prevention minister not spared as she has purse stolen amid theft, shoplifting surge
Even the UK’s minister of crime was a victim of it. Dame Diana Johnson, minister of state for policing, fire and crime prevention, had her purse snatched this week at a police conference where she was talking about an “epidemic of antisocial behavior, theft and shoplifting.” The incident comes as police data indicates shoplifting in...
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UK government accused of cracking down on free speech: ‘Think before you post’
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UK navy intercepts ‘narco sub’ in Caribbean carrying $209M worth of cocaine
The Royal Navy has intercepted its first ever “narco sub” — filled with $209.4 million worth of cocaine. HMS Trent seized the vessel in Caribbean Sea. In eight drugs busts in seven months, the Portsmouth-based patrol ship has stopped nearly $980.6 million of narcotics reaching the streets of the UK in eight months. Trent’s latest...