The Guardian – Truss to lift fracking ban despite lack of progress on tremor risks
Prime Minister Liz Truss is expected to lift a ban on fracking, The Guardian says.
The paper looks into Prime Minister Liz Truss’s plan to lift a ban on fracking, even though a leaked government report suggests there has not been much progress made in reducing and predicting the risk of earthquakes caused by the practice.
The paper says it has seen a report by the British Geological Survey which admits forecasting fracking-induced earthquakes “remains a scientific challenge”. A government spokesman tells the paper any fracking would be done as “safely as possible”.
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Johnny Depp and Amber Heard trial is being adapted into movie as cast is revealed
The Metro says Amber Heard and Johnny Depp’s trial is getting the TV movie treatment.
Two police officers stabbed near Leicester Square in central London
The Guardian says Two police officers were stabbed after an encounter with a man armed with a knife near Leicester Square in central London.
Britain’s lowest-paid workers say finances have never been worse
The Guardian says Almost 80% of the UK’s lowest-paid workers say they are now facing the toughest financial squeeze of their lifetimes, according to new research by the Living Wage Foundation.
Judge proposed by Trump named special master in Mar-a-Lago records case
The Guardian says A federal judge has named Raymond Dearie, a senior US district judge with experience handling US national security matters, as an independent arbiter to vet records seized by the FBI from Donald Trump’s Florida estate in an ongoing criminal investigation.
World Bank warns higher interest rates could trigger global recession
The Guardian says The world may be edging toward a global recession as central banks simultaneously raise interest rates to combat persistent inflation, the World Bank has warned.
Ronaldo off the mark with penalty in Manchester United’s win over Sheriff
The Guardian says This was not an evening that will live long in the memory but Manchester United got the job done professionally and there were individual morsels of good news, too. They needed to give themselves a foothold in Group E and, against a bright but blunt Sheriff Tiraspol, that was achieved with ultimate ease.
