Citizen environmentalists create online platform that flags spills in real time and highlights repeatedly polluted spots The easy thing for the people who live on the banks of the River Dart in Devon might have been to grumble and groan about the sewage spills that blight their beloved waterway. Instead, citizen environmentalists in the area have created a unique online platform that flags up spills in real time, highlights spots that are repeatedly polluted, and sets out where improvement work is planned – and where it isn’t. Continue reading...

My father’s death on October 2 at the age of 90 finally allows me to reveal a secret previously kept from readers of the Ham&High and also from the newspaper’s editors and publishers.

County’s first such clinic, at Alder Hey in Liverpool, treating children suffering from chronic bladder problems with severe cases needing dialysis Children as young as 13 in the UK have been referred to a specialist clinic for a “devastating” bladder condition linked to sustained use of ketamine. Medics at Alder Hey children’s hospital in Liverpool opened the first ketamine clinic in the UK for young people amid a surge in urology problems linked to addiction of the drug. Continue reading...

The 29 trains will operate between Merseyside, Manchester and Yorkshire

The train company will enter public ownership on Sunday, with more trains, extra seats and refurbished stations promised — but a union dispute awaits its new owner.

Asia data center power costs hit $212/MWh on LNG after Hormuz disruption. Renewables are now closing the gap.

Move would mean some input on companies’ spending and holding bosses to account over bills and sewage discharges Mayors and other local politicians could be given powers to oversee water companies under plans being considered by the UK government to bring utilities under greater public control. Local leaders would have the power to direct some parts of water companies’ spending and hold bosses to account over bills and sewage discharges as part of the proposals. Continue reading...