Jack Loughran

1 week ago | eandt.theiet.org | Jack Loughran

Households in the UK are facing an average bill of £3,000 this year due to the impact of climate change, research by Global Witness has found. The NGO calculated that rising global temperatures will cause an estimated £1.1tn worth of damage to the UK’s economy over the next decade, amounting to roughly £38,000 over the period. In 2025 alone, it estimates households face a bundle of costs amounting to roughly £3,000.

1 week ago | eandt.theiet.org | Jack Loughran

Blue Origin has landed its 11th human spaceflight carrying an all-female crew including pop star Katy Perry and Jeff Bezos’ fiancée Lauren Sánchez. The suborbital flight marked the first time an all-female space crew had been to space since the Vostok 6 solo mission of Soviet cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova in 1963. It reached heights of around 100km and passed through the Kármán line – broadly recognised as the boundary between the Earth’s atmosphere and space.

1 week ago | eandt.theiet.org | Jack Loughran

The government has secured enough raw materials to keep British Steel’s blast furnaces operating in the short term while a steady pipeline is being arranged. The Department for Business and Trade (DBT) confirmed that coking coal and iron ore from the US are being imported and transported to the Scunthorpe site after it was forced to scramble for supplies following the rapid transfer of ownership from Chinese owners Jingye last week.

1 week ago | eandt.theiet.org | Jack Loughran

US President Donald Trump has postponed levies on smartphones, laptops and other electronic products following last week’s stringent tariffs imposed on China, but has said the exemptions will be short-lived. The administration said that while tariffs would be suspended for now, the exemption would only last until a sector specific regime is introduced. China is the largest electronics manufacturer by country, accounting for an estimated 36% of all global production.

1 week ago | eandt.theiet.org | Jack Loughran

Gas boilers are now thought to be the primary source of nitrogen oxide pollution in central London as sources such as vehicles decline. The combustion of natural gas in boilers accounted for 72% of nitrogen oxide emissions within a few kilometres radius of London’s BT Tower between 2021 and 2023. The study was led by researchers at the National Centre for Atmospheric Science and the University of York.