Like many coastal communities around the world, people living by the sea in the United Kingdom have harvested and consumed seaweed for centuries. In Wales, Welsh laverbread — made from cooking a type of seaweed called laver — is a culinary delicacy so revered that it enjoys Protected Designation of Origin status. Seaweed’s uses do not end at the dinner …
Companies have to set sustainability goals even if they don’t know how they’ll achieve them, the head of a white goods company told CNBC. “We have to make commitments that we don’t know how we’re going to meet, we have to commit to investing in technology and innovation and set the bar so high that it may scare us, but …
Shoppers walking along Oxford Street in London on Dec. 21, 2021. Tolga Akmen | AFP | Getty Images LONDON — Cases of Covid-19 are rising once again in the U.K., according to the latest figures from the Office for National Statistics, just as the government lifts its remaining travel restrictions. ONS figures published Friday showed that close to 1 in …
An aerial shot of the Severn Estuary from 2010. Jamie Cooper | Sspl | Getty Images An independent commission in the U.K. is to revisit the possibility of using the Severn Estuary, a large body of water between England and Wales, to harness tidal energy. The commission will be set up by the pan-regional Western Gateway Partnership, which covers western …
