Day: 19 September 2026

Tax banks’ enormous profits to cut energy bills, says TUC

Stuart Mitchell

Commenting on inflation figures showing CPI up to 2.9 per cent in July, TUC General Secretary Paul Nowak said: “The Prime Minister has rightly been straight out of the blocks with measures to tackle the cost of living. “But with inflation ticking up because of rising energy bills – and no end in sight to Trump’s illegal war in Iran – we are going to have to see more government action to support households in the coming months.  “Ministers should start by introducing a permanent social tariff to cut energy…

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Football managers unite to raise awareness of dementia

Stuart Mitchell

Football managers unite to raise awareness of dementia as new research reveals devastating consequences of diagnosis delays. Wearing our badge to raise dementia awareness Managers and head coaches across men’s and women’s football will wear Alzheimer’s Society badges to mark World Alzheimer’s Month this September and raise awareness of dementia. The campaign, led by the League Managers Association (LMA) for the third consecutive year, is encouraging members across top levels of the game to wear the charity’s badge at games during the weekend of 18-20 September.  The Football Association (FA),…

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Greening lands, feeding people: UN to announce three World Restoration Flagships at UNCCD COP17

Stuart Mitchell

The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) will announce three new World Restoration Flagships during a high-level event at the 17th UN Conference to Combat Desertification (UNCCD COP17) in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. The three initiatives, in Brazil, the Sahel region, and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, are restoring degraded ecosystems in regions facing drought, desertification and climate change. Together, they aim to restore almost 5 million hectares by 2030 — an area equal to nearly 7 million football fields — while boosting…

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GE Vernova supports Quinbrook to deliver all three stages of one of Australia’s largest battery energy storage projects

Stuart Mitchell

GE Vernova has announced it has been chosen by Quinbrook for the third stage of the Supernode Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) project in Queensland. With this contract, GE Vernova will provide power conversion, control and integration technologies across all three stages of one of Australia’s largest battery energy storage developments. Supernode is a large-scale battery storage development located at a key point in Queensland’s electricity network. The batteries act as a buffer for the power system, storing electricity when supply is high and returning it to the grid when…

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Purdy & Figg partners with CoppaFeel! for limited-edition pink cleaning kit

Stuart Mitchell

Natural cleaning brand Purdy & Figg has announced a new partnership with CoppaFeel!, the UK’s youth-focused breast cancer awareness charity. The collaboration is built around one simple idea: that checking your chest should be a habit, just like cleaning. To mark the partnership, Purdy & Figg has created a limited-edition Pink Starter Kit. The kit includes a Bottle for Life with a pink base and a gold grapefruit print, a pink cleaning cloth, and three scent concentrates: Rose and Clove, Pink Grapefruit and Pepper, and Geranium and Ylang Ylang. Jack…

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