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Saturday 03 February 2024 9:02 am Tata will replace existing blast furnaces with electric arc furnaces Tata Steel has started a formal 45-day consultation on its restructuring which is set to lead to thousands of job losses. The company is planning to shut down blast furnaces at its plant in Port Talbot, south Wales, and switch to a more environmentally friendly way of producing steel. The move is expected to lead to the loss of around 2,800 jobs. A spokesperson said: “Today we have started the formal consultation process with our trades union partners regarding the proposed restructuring of the…

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Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain “Teen with special needs makes thrilling buzzer beater shot.” “Special needs student offered shot of a lifetime.” “High school basketball manager gets his time on the court.” These inspirational headlines may sound familiar. They highlight brief but exhilarating moments of disabled students in sports. They represent what’s commonly referred to in the disability community as “inspiration porn,” but they often miss an injustice that deserves far more attention. Student athletes with disabilities are sidelined or, even worse, never granted the opportunity to try out, even though they gained equal rights to extracurricular activities such as school…

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Yummies Pizza and Kebab Takeaway in Landgate, Rye, was ordered to improve after it failed to comply with hygiene standards. Simon Edwards, a senior environmental health officer, inspected the takeaway and found mouse droppings in a number of different places. In a report, released to The Argus following a Freedom of Information request, Mr Edwards said the standard of cleaning of the kitchen was “poor”, with greasy and dirty floors and walls under and behind equipment. An external door did not fit well, which allowed mice to enter the premises. Additionally, the door seal to one of the fridges was…

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Location : The A14 eastbound between junctions J55 Copdock and J56 Ipswich Docks. Reason : Congestion. Status : Currently Active. Return To Normal : Normal traffic conditions are expected between 10:00 and 10:15 on 3 February 2024. Delay : There are currently delays of 10 minutes against expected traffic. Source link

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Most recently, the Chancellor announced brand new initiatives in his Autumn Statement, which aim to better connect UK finance to high-innovation, high-potential UK businesses, and support university research spinning out into commercial companies. There are thousands of could-be startup founders who, at this very moment, are developing exciting products to bring to market, many of which could genuinely change lives. And many others who have already embarked on their startup journey. But the conversion of world-class innovation into new, world-class companies, has been a long standing issue in the UK. While measures to encourage innovation are much welcomed, they barely…

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The study of “exoplanets,” the sci-fi-sounding name for all planets in the cosmos beyond our own solar system, is a pretty new field. Mainly, exoplanet researchers like those in the ExoLab at the University of Kansas use data from space-borne telescopes such as the Hubble Space Telescope and Webb Space Telescope. Whenever news headlines offer findings of “Earth-like” planets or planets with the potential to support humanity, they’re talking about exoplanets within our own Milky Way. Jonathan Brande, a doctoral candidate in the ExoLab at the University of Kansas, has just published findings in the open-access scientific journal The Astrophysical…

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