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The firm behind a controversial coal mine in West Cumbria and the UK atmosphere regulator are each intervening in a separate court docket battle over plans to pump oil within the Surrey countryside.Next month's Supreme Court case about whether or not to extract about three million tonnes of oil from Horse Hill is considered a take a look at case that would carry the "beginning of the end" of latest fossil gasoline manufacturing within the UK. The web site, close to Gatwick, was first accredited by Surrey County Council in 2019 however has confronted a authorized problem by campaigners ever since, and can subsequent month go earlier than the UK's highest court docket.Unusually, the Supreme Court has permitted 4 further our bodies to intervene - that means they'll make written ...

SAN FRANCISCO — Disgraced Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes seems to be quickly certain for jail after an appeals courtroom Tuesday rejected her bid to stay free whereas she tries to overturn her conviction in a blood-testing hoax that introduced her fleeting fame and fortune. The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeal...

Almost 11 million individuals are battling to maintain up with payments and credit score repayments, new figures have revealed.Around one in 5 adults have discovered monetary commitments to be a heavy burden from the beginning of the yr, in accordance with the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). The variety of individuals struggling soared from 7.8 million final May to 10.9 million in January this yr, the information confirmed. Please use Chrome browser for a extra accessible video participant 3:12 Mum's anguish over stealing child formulation ...

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden on Tuesday vetoed a congressional decision that may have reinstated tariffs on photo voltaic panel imports from Southeast Asia, settling, for now, a long-running dispute over whether or not to punish China for commerce violations that bypass U.S. guidelines limiting imports of low-cost photo voltaic panels from Asia. ...

“Taco Tuesday” is greater than a meme — it’s held as a federal trademark by the Taco John’s chain in 49 states. Competitor Taco Bell desires to alter that, and filed a petition to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Tuesday to void the trademark. ...

CHEYENNE, Wyo. — Declaring a mission to liberate “Taco Tuesday” for all, Taco Bell is asking U.S. regulators to pressure Wyoming-based Taco John’s to desert its longstanding declare to the trademark. Too many companies and others seek advice from “Taco Tuesday” for Taco John’s to have the ability to have u...

Twitter has made its first acquisition of the Musk period with the acquisition of the job search firm Laskie. The acquisition, first reported Tuesday, reportedly value Twitter “tens of millions” in money and inventory, but a particular determine has not been introduced. ...

President Biden delivered solely the third veto of his presidency Tuesday towards bipartisan laws to reimpose tariffs he briefly suspended on China-allied Southeast Asian photo voltaic panel producers, siding with clean-energy advocates over the home photo voltaic panel business. The invoice sought to guar...

Sentiments concerning the U.S. housing market have tumbled to a file low in a brand new Gallup polling. Just 21% of adults responding to the most recent survey mentioned it's “a good time to buy a house,” down from a earlier low of 30% final yr. These are the primary years that fewer than half of adults re...

Greggs has gained its struggle to promote sausage rolls and steak bakes till 2am from its department in London's Leicester Square.The bakery chain had been gearing up for a court docket battle towards Westminster City Council after it was refused an prolonged licence to promote late night time meals within the sq., which is taken into account the centre of the capital's nightlife. Greggs had deliberate to attraction towards the choice, with a three-day listening to resulting from begin on Tuesday.But the bakery withdrew the attraction after reaching an settlement with the council.The settlement means it could promote pasties and sausage rolls till 2am, however objects from its scorching meals menu - together with pizzas, hen goujons and scorching baguettes - can't be bought p...