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Energy alert: North Sea oil and gas sector to lose more than 100,000 jobs, shocking Labour figures reveal`; const adSlotHtmlSkyRight = “; const targetParentSky = document.querySelector(‘.sky–ad__container’); if (targetParentSky) { targetParentSky.insertAdjacentHTML(‘beforeend’, adSlotHtmlSkyLeft); targetParentSky.insertAdjacentHTML(‘beforeend’, adSlotHtmlSkyRight); } } else { // console.log(“Inder 3 – skys not showing because user is member”); } `; targetParentBillboard.insertAdjacentHTML(‘beforeend’, adBillboard); } }); } `; return trendingDiv; }

On Sunday, a range of personal experiences were shared by passengers.Andy Burton, from Worcester, was travelling back from Cromford to Worcester after spending the weekend away with family celebrating his sister’s birthday, but only got as far as Derby before his journey came to a premature end.He was forced to stay the night in a budget hotel in the hope he could return home on Monday.”It was only once I had arrived at Derby that a member of staff told me my planned alternative route via Leicester had also been cancelled, because it was part of the CrossCountry disruption,” he…

New season, new haircut.Erling Haaland started the 2026-27 Premier League campaign with a buzzcut after shaving off his flowing blond locks.To mark the occasion we have created a footballers haircut quiz.Can you tell these players from their trims? Use the hints and try to get all seven.

Andy Burnham has entered a diplomatic row with Cuba as “smoke-free Britain” plans put cigar trade at risk.Diplomatic correspondence between ambassadors of the Republic of Cuba, Honduras and the Dominican Republic have been writing to the Government since 2024 with concerns about the generational smoking ban.Concerns were raised by the countries after Rishi Sunak introduced his generational smoking ban in 2023, which will come into effect on January 1 2027 and ban all those born on or after 2009 from buying tobacco products.The Caribbean nations argued the ban would “disproportionately impact cigar-producing countries” and pose an “unjustified barrier to trade”,…

Andy Burnham is marking his first foreign visit as prime minister with a trip to Kyiv – and will hand over blueprints so Ukraine can build its own long-range missiles.The prime minister will chair his first meeting of the “coalition of the willing”, set up by the UK and France under his predecessor, Sir Keir Starmer.He is also set to accept an award on behalf of the British people recognising the UK’s support for Ukraine and to take part in independence day events.Crucially for the war effort, he will announce his government has agreed to allow defence company MBDA to…

Tayler-Woolston grew up watching Newport with his father, Andrew, and was treated to a side that featured South Africa internationals Gary Tiechmann and Percy Montgomery in the pre-regional era.After captaining Cardiff Met and Wales Students then playing for Newbridge, he got the chance to pull on a black and amber jersey for the first time against Cardiff on permit in October 2015.A permanent move followed, but the flanker was unable to be at his best.Tayler-Woolston came out to his family in his late teens – “I couldn’t have asked for a better reaction from my parents, they weren’t bothered at…

Hayley said the couple had always wanted to start a family and, in 2019, the pair welcomed their eldest son George.She recalled how she had a normal pregnancy with George so when she fell pregnant again in 2023, her and husband Mike were excited to grow their family.But at 19 weeks and four days into her pregnancy, Hayley said she felt as though “something wasn’t right”.An ultrasound later confirmed that Oscar had died. “It sounds awful, but when you know your baby is no longer alive, you just want it all to be over,” she said.”We already had so many…

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Net Zero: Debt-ridden council could snatch up to £5.4MILLION from taxpayers to fund electric vehicle surge`; const adSlotHtmlSkyRight = “; const targetParentSky = document.querySelector(‘.sky–ad__container’); if (targetParentSky) { targetParentSky.insertAdjacentHTML(‘beforeend’, adSlotHtmlSkyLeft); targetParentSky.insertAdjacentHTML(‘beforeend’, adSlotHtmlSkyRight); } } else { // console.log(“Inder 3 – skys not showing because user is member”); } `; targetParentBillboard.insertAdjacentHTML(‘beforeend’, adBillboard); } }); } `; return trendingDiv; }

But the shipbuilding industry crumbled rapidly in the 1970s and 1980s, and Tate & Lyle shut the final Greenock sugar refinery in 1997. There were hopes that electronics firms such as IBM would replace the old industries but the “Silicon Glen” dream faltered, with the firm scaling down its operations, then closing its main Spango Valley site in 2016. The establishment of an Amazon “fulfilment centre” at Gourock provided a glimmer of hope in the early 2000s but that too shut down three years ago. McCabe, who leads a minority Labour administration, wants ministers to treat the area as a…