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The United States will overtake Saudi Arabia and Russia as the world’s top oil producer by 2017, the West’s energy agency said on Monday, predicting Washington will come very close to achieving a previously unthinkable energy self-sufficiency.
The International Energy Agency (IEA) said it saw a continued fall in US oil imports with North America becoming a net oil exporter by around 2030 and the United Continue Reading…
Tributes have been paid to a woman killed in a hit and run rampage which saw pedestrians knocked down one after another.
Eyewitnesses told of their horror after watching a van mount the kerb at a number of locations in Cardiff in what appeared to be a deliberate attempt to harm people.
The dead woman – named locally as Karina Menzies, a 32-year Continue Reading…
The Royal Military Police made the arrests in connection with an incident which occurred after “an engagement with an insurgent”, the MoD said.
No civilians were involved and an investigation has now been launched by the Service Justice System.
An MoD spokesman said: “The Royal Military Police have today arrested seven Royal Marines on suspicion of murder. The arrests relate to an incident in Afghanistan Continue Reading…
Addressing his critics, the Prime Minister admitted that he had no “hard luck story” and had been fortunate to grow up as the son of a wealthy stockbroker.
But he insisted that rather than alienating him from average voters, the comfortable background provided by his father had instilled in him the values of hard work, family and community spirit that could help Britain recover from the current economic crisis Continue Reading…
Two people have been arrested at Heathrow Airport on suspicion of committing terrorism offences.
A man and a woman were held at 8.30pm yesterday after arriving on a flight into the airport from Egypt.
The pair, both aged 26, were arrested by officers from the Metropolitan Police’s Counter Terrorism Command on suspicion of the commission, preparation or instigation of acts of terrorism.
They were taken to a central London police station, where they Continue Reading…
Transport Secretary Patrick McLoughlin said that the flaws “stem from the way the level of risk in the bids was evaluated”.
“Mistakes were made in the way in which inflation and passenger numbers were taken into account, and how much money bidders were then asked to guarantee as a result.”
Virgin Trains, which lost out to First Group’s £5.5bn bid, initially voiced fears that the amount its rival paid will have made the contract unprofitable.
Mr McLoughlin has also ordered two independent reviews Continue Reading…
