Image copyright Getty Images Households struggling with energy bills may get help from a government review of clean technology funding. At the moment, an annual levy is imposed on gas and electricity bills to fund renewables such as offshore wind. The burden falls disproportionately on the poorest in society, and it will get worse as […]
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After living on California’s streets for a decade, Greg and Marie received a remarkable invitation. A local businessman asked if they wanted to share his $4m home. A year later, we reveal what happened next – and what the experiment tells us about America’s homelessness crisis. Video produced by Hannah Long-Higgins, Chelsea Bailey and Cody
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No sooner did the Times Square Ball drop than I embarked upon my own New Year’s ritual: plotting my escape from cold, gray New York. Would I beach-hop on the sunny shores of St. Barts? Post up within prime Instagram range of St. Lucia’s massive Pitons? Plop down at a tony resort in Turks and
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BBC Click’s Jen Copestake looks at some the week’s best technology stories including: Ride-hailing firm Uber receives a permit to test self-driving cars on public roads in California, nearly two years after one of its cars was involved in a fatal crash in Arizona Scientists successfully test a device that prints a bio-ink skin onto
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COLUMBUS, Ohio — Thirty years after his hard-fought victory against boxing titan Mike Tyson, Buster Douglas is feeling healthy and basking in the glory he says he was denied at the time. “Right now, everything is looking up,” Douglas said in a recent Associated Press interview, noting he struggles with diabetes. “Feeling good and the
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A renowned Malian musician said when he came back to Paris on Monday from a concert tour in the United States, he opened the case to his kora and found the instrument in pieces. The musician, Ballake Sissoko, 53, blamed the Transportation Security Administration, prompting outrage among his fans on Facebook and international headlines. But
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BEIJING — The death of a doctor who was reprimanded for warning about China’s new virus triggered an outpouring Friday of praise for him and fury that communist authorities put politics above public safety. In death, Dr. Li Wenliang became the face of simmering anger at the ruling Communist Party’s controls over information and complaints
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A small fire reportedly broke out at a behind-the-scenes area just off Disneyland’s Main Street on Thursday. Pictures and videos circulating on social media showed smoke and flames behind the Disneyland Fire Dept. as employees directed guests away from the area: Disneyland is evacuating everyone due to a fire behind Main Street, nearing the Fire
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Image copyright Pretty Little Thing Image caption The Pretty Little Thing Youtube advert has been banned A model dressed in vinyl and a bikini top dances with neon poles in a dimly-lit studio. It is not a scene from a music video or a night club promotion but an advertisement for women’s clothing which was
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Hundreds of thousands of bats have invaded the town of Ingham in Queensland, Australia, and residents are fed up. The bats now outnumber the residents in the town and upset locals have asked their council to do something about it. The animals have caused chaos, with residents complaining about the smell, the dirt and the
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