A new heat record has been broken in January with the Met Office pinpointing a small Scottish village where the new highs were achieved. The unlikely scenario happened on Sunday in Kinlochewe where thermometers reached 19.6C – beating off previous landmark readings
A beautiful European city famous for its architecture and pristine beaches is boiling as the mercury levels sizzle to 30C – in a 38-year high. The mercury skyrocketed to as high as 30.7C was recorded in Calles, Spain, and in Gavarda, also
A grandmother who says she’s vegetarian took heat from others on Reddit this week for revealing that she sent her youngest grandchild, age 5, to bed “hungry” after a particularly challenging babysitting incident at her home in which the child apparently refused
U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is facing challenges in gaining lawmakers’ approval for his plan to send some asylum-seekers to Rwanda. Lawmakers are set to vote on a bill aimed at overcoming a U.K. Supreme Court block on the Rwanda plan. Around
With snow landing across the UK this week and temperatures plunging, central heating has certainly been necessary. But how we heat our homes looks set to change in the next 10 or 20 years. The government believes that heat pumps will be
Heat pumps are not going anywhere, as both Rishi Sunak and Sir Keir Starmer are understood to be committed to installing the devices in thousands of homes across Britain. But while many are concerned about the cost of installation and whether it’s
Households have installed a record number of heat pumps with 39,268 put into people’s homes last year. The figure beats the previous high set in 2022 with an increase of nearly 20 per cent, figures from the MCS Foundation – which certifies
The national drive for Britons to switch from traditional gas boilers to expensive heat pumps has sparked a fresh backlash from MPs and an industry leader. Ahead of a vote and potential rebellion from Conservative MPs, the Government is pressing ahead with
Party historian Jon Cruddas said the chief is a decent man but “remains an elusive leader, difficult to find”. The Dagenham and Rainham MP was commenting in his new book, A Century of Labour. Mr Cruddas, who has been an MP since
The military has shunned climate-friendly heat pumps in favour of cheaper, “cutting edge” boilers to warm soldiers’ homes. Project Nixie, a Ministry of Defence (MoD) initiative, has worked on finding heat pump alternatives for barracks over the last three years. The two-year