Year: 2026

Tesco launches free F&F Premature Sleepsuits to support families with babies born early

Stuart Mitchell

Tesco is deepening its commitment to families of premature babies with the introduction of free F&F Premature Sleepsuits, designed specifically for babies weighing 3 and 4lbs. Starting this week, new parents and carers can collect a complimentary three-pack of the specially designed sleepsuits, created in collaboration with Pampers, from any Tesco Pharmacy during opening hours. With more than 350 participating locations nationwide, Tesco is now the only UK supermarket offering free sleepsuits in these sizes. The initiative builds on the success of Tesco’s ongoing partnership with Pampers, which already provides…

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Fixing Our Broken Planet gallery attracts over 2 million visitors

Stuart Mitchell

A new gallery, co-funded by NERC, has welcomed more than two million visitors since opening at the Natural History Museum (NHM) in April last year. Fixing Our Broken Planet is now the museum’s second most visited space, after the iconic dinosaur exhibits. With projections of 2.5 to three million visitors in its first year, the gallery is proving to be a major success in engaging the public with environmental science. Professor Louise Heathwaite, Executive Chair of the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC), said: The popularity of the Fixing Our Broken…

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More than half of UK households are worse off than a year ago

Stuart Mitchell

Latest figures from Asda’s Income Tracker reveal that nearly six in ten households now feel their weekly pay packet doesn’t stretch as far as it did a year ago. Growth in the Income Tracker slowed sharply in December, leaving the average UK household with £256 a week in discretionary income. The deceleration brings an abrupt halt to the progress made over the previous three months, with the lowest-income households hit the hardest. The lowest 20% of earners saw their spending power fall by 5.0% year on year leaving them with…

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Nuclear Scaling Initiative secures $3.5M to advance U.S. reactor orderbook

Stuart Mitchell

The Nuclear Scaling Initiative (NSI) has announced a $3.5 million philanthropic commitment from the Bezos Earth Fund to accelerate the responsible deployment of nuclear energy in the United States as a source of secure, clean, reliable power. The grant will directly support NSI’s effort to facilitate an orderbook — a model that brings together multiple buyers to commit to building the same proven reactor design — for new large reactor builds of mature design in the United States.   An orderbook is one of the solutions that NSI — a partnership between Clean Air Task Force, the EFI Foundation, and…

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UK and Europe sign historic pact to drive clean energy future

Stuart Mitchell

Energy Secretary Ed Miliband has signed a historic clean energy security pact – the Hamburg Declaration – with European allies to bolster energy security for families and businesses across the UK and Europe, in an era of global instability. The deal will drive forward an unprecedented fleet of joint offshore wind projects between European countries, including Germany, Norway, France and Denmark, taking advantage of Europe’s shared abundant energy in the North Sea. The UK and Europe stand together amid global headwinds, to reaffirm their commitment to clean, secure energy as…

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