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one-off tax on the profits of the energy companies. Deirdre Michie, chief executive of the body, said

The UK’s leading offshore energy body has warned that environmental activists could undermine the country’s energy security and hinder its efforts to reach net zero. Protests, legal action and publicity stunts by organisations including Extinction Rebellion, Just Stop Oil and Greenpeace may deter investment in the North Sea and set back the UK’s efforts to cut emissions, according to Offshore Energies UK( OEUK). Addressing colleagues at the OEUK’s annual conference, held in Aberdeen, on Tuesday,

The Sunday Express has learnt that members of Independent Sage are to be part of the launch of an international group called the World Health Network which will push for a “ zero covid ” strategy of maintaining lockdowns.... [ This is] morphing into the World Health Network[ with] very enthusiastic participation from Indy Sage, ISAG( Independent Scientific Advocacy Group), Covid Germany, and reaching out to parents groups and others.“ The purpose of the network is to facilitate the interaction

This could see, as a minimum, the return of mandatory use of face masks in public places, as well as people being advised to work from home again.... The warning comes less than a week after Boris Johnson scrapped most of the remaining legally binding Covid restrictions on so-called" Freedom Day"....

BENGALURU: Ford Mo-tor has offered Cana-dian union Unifor wage inc-r-eases of up to 25 per cent in its tentative agreement, the union said on Saturday. The agreement provides a 10pc wage increase for the first year followed by increases of 2pc and 3pc through the second and third year and a$ 10, 000 productivity and quality bonus to all employees on the active roll of the company, Unifor said. The proposals also include an increase in the monthly basic benefit and special allowance in all class

Downing Street admitted the coming months would be" challenging" but that while current statistics were" broadly" in line with modelling done by scientists earlier this year.... Last month Mr Johnson unveiled his" plan B" for tackling the pandemic if a rise in cases and hospitalisations risked overwhelming the NHS. The backup plan included reintroducing coronavirus rules such as face masks in indoor settings.Mr Johnson is coming under increasing pressure to reimpose rules to combat the spread o

At midnight on Sunday, July 18, laws in England requiring masks to be worn in shops and other indoor settings expired.... The capacity limits in bars and restaurants, as well as the number of people who can socialise together, have also been scrapped. Clubs up and down the country reopened and revellers danced through the night. The Prime Minister was criticised for reopening England as Government scientific advisers warned England could be back in lockdown within three weeks. However, accordin

Professor Christina Pagel was speaking at the regular Friday briefing of the Independent SAGE group of scientific experts-as the number of daily Covid cases topped 90, 000.... Prof Pagel was responding to questioning by Kevin Courtney, the joint General Secretary of the National Education Union, who asked what could be done to mitigate the speed of the highly infectious new strain in schools. She said: “ I suspect we'll see a really big Omicron wave in schools.” Prof Pagel explained: “ Children

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