The Observer – Labour’s rooftop revolution to deliver solar power for millions
The new government plans to fit millions more homes with solar panels to reduce energy bills and help tackle climate change, says The Observer.
Labour’s ‘rooftop revolution’ to deliver solar power to millions of UK homes
Keir Starmer’s Labour government unveils plans for a “rooftop revolution” today that will see millions more homes fitted with solar panels in order to bring down domestic energy bills and tackle the climate crisis.
The energy secretary, Ed Miliband, also took the hugely controversial decision this weekend to approve three massive solar farms in the east of England that had been blocked by Tory ministers.
‘A galvanising sense of unity’: a football team that is multiracial and distinctively English
If a week is a long time in politics, then it can be epochal in football. Just eight days ago the national mood was not exactly, as players like to say, buzzing. There was a sense of relief that 14 years of Tory rule had ended, but neither the election nor the Euros had inspired much jubilation.
The victory on penalties against the Swiss helped ease the country’s collective fear of the shootout, but it was the last-minute winner against the Netherlands on Wednesday that provided a much-needed endorphin rush to our spirits.
Suddenly, after all the criticism, England was awash with belief, pride and a galvanising sense of unity. Football alone can do this, particularly in a country that only half exists – as geographical entity but not really a political one.
Trump rally shooting being investigated as attempt on his life as spectator killed
Law enforcement agents were investigating what they suspected was an attempt to assassinate Donald Trump after a man with a rifle fired shots at him during a campaign rally on Saturday in Butler county, Pennsylvania.
The Secret Service spokesperson, Anthony Gugliemi, said on X that the former Republican president was “safe” following several shots, which prompted agents protecting Trump to leap on him amid the ensuing panic. Gugliemi said Secret Service agents then fatally shot the suspected attacker – who had fired toward Trump “from an elevated position outside of the rally venue”, Gugliemi said.
One spectator was killed and two others were critically wounded. The FBI later identified the shooter as 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks of Bethel Park, Pennsylvania, the Associated Press reported.
Today’s news summary – Paper Talk
If you are someone who reads every perspective of a story, here is a news summary of all of today’s front pages from today’s newspapers; summarised in a 2-minute read
Editorial 14 July 2024.
Most of Sunday’s front pages lead with England’s upcoming European Championship final against Spain.
The UK newspapers had gone to print before the news of the assassination attempt on former U.S. President Donald Trump. As a result, the newspapers have no coverage but the online websites are all dominated by the ordeal. The gunman has been shot dead. Trump suffered a shot to the ear – he has since been discharged from hospital. At least one other person, who was in the audience, was shot and killed.
