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2024

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TheSun.co.uk 

End of an era as UK’s biggest steelworks and last coal-fired power station shut forever on the same day

BRITAIN’S last coal-fired power station was switched off yesterday.

Operations ended last night at Ratcliffe-on-Soar, where the plant had generated electricity since 1968.

PABritain’s last coal-fired power station was switched off yesterday[/caption]

It came as the country’s biggest steelworks closed its blast furnace after more than 100 years.

The UK opened the first coal station in 1882 but it has now become the first G7 nation to quit the polluting fossil fuel. Читать дальше...

TheSun.co.uk 

Inside Kris Kristofferson’s incredible life from Army pilot & star athlete to country music legend and Hollywood royalty

THE trappings of fame never sat comfortably with Kris Kristofferson.

The country singer and Hollywood actor, who died at the weekend aged 88, preferred a simple, free-spirited existence.

AlamyThe gravel-voiced country legend Kris Kristofferson has died at the age of 88[/caption] Kris played a singer in the hit movie A Star Is Born with Barbra StreisandGetty AlamyThe singer and actor with Bob Dylan in Pat Garrett And Billy The Kid[/caption]

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University of Arkansas Women's Gymnastics 

Jackson Named SEC Player and Defensive Player of the Week

After helping lead Arkansas to two victories in its first pair of SEC matches, senior libero Courtney Jackson has been named the conference Player of the Week and Defensive Player of the Week.

Scoop 

Climate protestors confront Shane Jones in CBD

RNZ photo Report from RNZ A group of climate protesters clashed with Minister for Resources Shane Jones in central Wellington yesterday, when he happened to walk past their march down Lambton Quay. The group of about 30 people walked from Parliament to the Todd Energy building, protesting against the proposed repeal of the oil and […]

RingTV.com 

Mylik Birdsong, Los Angeles-Based Boxer, Shot And Killed At 31

Mylik Birdsong, a welterweight prospect who recently won a regional title, was shot and killed Sunday afternoon in Los Angeles. Birdsong (15-1-1, 10 knockouts), a resident of Los Angeles, was 31. He was scheduled to fight Gor Yeritsyan on October 26 at the Commerce Casino in nearby Commerce in a compelling clash of once-beaten welterweights. […]

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Techdirt 

Gavin Newsom Vetoes Terrible AI Bill 1047, But Brace For Something Worse

I don’t think I’ve ever seen quite as much hype about a state bill as California’s SB 1047, a pretty terrible “AI Safety” bill. Its supporters were a really weird combination of AI doomers, AI haters (not the same as the doomers), technically illiterate concern trolls… and a few people with legitimate interests about how […]