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independent.ie | Sophie Barnes
UK fears enemies could ‘dim sun’ and weaponise weather©Telegraph Media Group Holdings LtdToday at 03:30UK ministers are preparing for a scenario where a hostile foreign power could weaponise sun-dimming technology. A ministerial letter, seen by The Telegraph, states the UK government wants to understand the risks of an “independent or third-party actor” deploying technologies to reflect sunlight away from the Earth.
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msn.com | Sophie Barnes
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1 week ago | 
telegraph.co.uk | Sophie Barnes
Matt Ince, the associate director at Dragonfly Intelligence, said governments have long been concerned about the potential for countries to unilaterally use sun dimming technology to combat the most extreme effects of climate change, and the knock-on impact this could have on other countries. But he said a new emerging threat is the potential for hostile states to weaponise the technology.
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1 month ago | 
stuff.co.nz | Ruth Hallows |Sophie Barnes
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1 month ago | 
telegraph.co.uk | Ruth Hallows |Sophie Barnes
Father of one John Alun Skoulding, leader of the neighbourhood watch, claimed the branch attracted unsavoury characters who threatened anyone who complained. He told The Telegraph: "You know, it's not uncommon to have people sitting on our fence. They'll drop their litter in our garden. We've had people urinate, we've had drugs dealers... they're very aggressive towards residents.
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1 month ago | 
ca.news.yahoo.com | Sophie Barnes
Blackstone Edge Reservoir, one of the UK’s highest reservoirs, has turned into sand and grit - Phil Taylor/SWNSWater firms have warned customers to take shorter showers if they want to avoid a hosepipe ban. England has had the driest spring on record since 1961, with April receiving just half of its expected rainfall, according to official figures. The Environment Agency has now warned that there is a “medium risk” of a drought this summer.
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1 month ago | 
telegraph.co.uk | Sophie Barnes
Most of the UK's river levels are expected to be below normal levels in May, apart from the south-west of England and southern Wales. Experts are concerned that reservoir levels are much lower than is usual at this time of year. One of the UK's highest reservoirs, Blackstone Edge Reservoir in the Pennines, has turned into sand and grit in the wake of Britain's dry spring weather, despite sitting at 1,250ft.
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1 month ago | 
telegraph.co.uk | Sophie Barnes
Yaser Jabbar, who carried out the operation and who no longer works at the children's hospital, is now at the centre of an investigation reviewing the care given to more than 700 of his patients, which allegedly left some suffering "severe harm". Finias has now been told by independent reviewers that the procedures on his legs were "unacceptable" and "inappropriate" for his age, Sky News reported. Concerns have also been raised over a lack of imaging being taken prior to the operations.
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1 month ago | 
ca.news.yahoo.com | Sophie Barnes
Jilly Cooper: I kissed Sean Connery while we were both marriedDame Jilly Cooper has confessed to kissing Sean Connery when they were both married. The romance novelist, famous for her raunchy portrayals of the British upper classes, has admitted to the smooch with the late James Bond star when they lived near each other in west London“Sean Connery was gorgeous. I necked him,” she told The Mail on Sunday.
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1 month ago | 
telegraph.co.uk | Sophie Barnes
The recent TV adaptation of her novel Rivals, starring Aidan Turner and David Tennant, was a hit and Disney Plus has confirmed it will return for a second series. She was "flabbergasted" by the success of the show, partly because she believed that only people in their sixties and seventies read her books. Last year she was given a damehood for services to literature and recalls meeting the King at Buckingham Palace. "I said to him 'will you please, please look after yourself?
