Britain's largest community solar project in north Devon has been forced to shut for its first summer due to concerns it could overload the local grid with renewable energy. The shutdown is expected to cost its 10,000 members £2m in lost revenue.
France reports 1,000 excess deaths since June 24 due to a record-breaking heat wave, with scientists attributing the event to human-caused climate change. Over 1,300 excess deaths are reported across Europe, with the WHO warning of climate change's role in increasing heat wave frequency.
A court has ruled that an insurance company is not liable for damages to a truck driver's vehicle after an accident caused by overloading. The court found that overloading is a violation of safety regulations and a specific exclusion clause in the insurance policy, which the driver had acknowledged.
A small plane crashed on Monday in South Sudan near the capital Juba, killing all 13 passengers and the pilot, local officials said. On top of instability, conflict and poverty, South Sudan also lacks reliable transport infrastructure with frequent plane crashes attributed to overloading and bad weather. The plane was a Cessna that departed Juba International Airport at 9.15am local time and crashed about 20km (12 miles) from the capital with no survivors, the South Sudanese Civil Aviation...
