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Official figures also suggest World Cup fever grabbed shoppers as retail sales surged by 1 per cent in June.

The school will offer care and education in a "safe, inspiring and nurturing environment"

"The Norwegian certification agency DNV has certified the commercial wave-driven power generator Corpower C4 for regular use," writes Longtime Slashdot reader Qbertino. "German news site heise.de has a detailed write-up. See a CGI video of the power station and its internals, as well as the company's website [at their respective links]." From the report (translated to English): According to the manufacturer Corpower Ocean, it is the first DNV prototype certificate for a wave energy converter. The certificate confirms that Corpower's technology meets DNV's requirements for structural strength, reliability, and safety, Corpower Ocean announced. The certification process began in the design phase and lasted seven years. DNV oversaw the process from concept development through design, manufacturing, and assembly, to dry-running tests and subsequent operation. This is an important step, said Patrik Moller, CEO and one of the founders of Corpower Ocean. With the certification, wave energy is no longer just a promising technology, but a proven and financially viable one. This opens up new opportunities for project financing, insurance, and investments in commercial applications. The Corpower C4 wave power plant looks like a normal buoy: It consists of a 19-meter-long floating body with a diameter of 9 meters and a weight of approximately 11 tons. The system is anchored to the seabed. A mechanism inside the buoy converts its up-and-down movements in the waves into a rotary motion. This, in turn, drives a generator that produces electricity. The report notes that the company is "planning the first two industrial-scale wave energy farms off the coasts of Portugal and Scotland," which are scheduled to begin operating sometime between 2027 and 2029.

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Tommy Fury made a very bizarre claim that his 'arms have grown bigger' after drinking Molly-Mae Hague's breast milk. 

Love Island's Priya Jaswal has been branded 'vile, classist and tone deaf' for 'job-shaming' her co-star Elicia Bailey in an outburst on Wednesday night. 

Angela Rayner has been installed in her old post as Housing Secretary under the new PM, 10 months after quitting over unpaid tax.

Warren Stephens insisted the new Foreign Secretary was 'wrong' as he was read Ed Miliband's remarks on Sky News.

The Tory leader condemned the new Prime Minister for floating a 'new expensive idea' on a daily basis, as she warned of a looming bill for taxpayers.

The long-serving 'stalwart' president of Chelmsford Rugby Club has sadly passed away.

The long-serving 'stalwart' president of Chelmsford Rugby Club has sadly passed away.

In a speech in London, Mrs Badenoch urged the new prime minister to rule out new taxes, saying he should cut the benefits bill instead of piling more costs on business and workers.

Andy Burnham was yesterday urged to slash industrial electricity prices as manufacturers suffered the steepest rise in costs in four years.

Jon Bon Jovi abruptly halted his concert in Madison Square Garden on Thursday as he told fans in attendance that he was 'hurt' before departing the stage.

The Duchess of Sussex is set to make one of the biggest surprise appearances in MasterChef Australia history.

"Watch to the end", the scammers demand. In today's episode of Error'd, the end is a long time coming. But at least it's amusing. In the meantime, Amazon irked and/or terrified thousands of their customers last week by mailing out ridiculously inflated bills. It's been covered extensively elsewhere but why should we miss all the fun?

It was Willy who worried "Amazon prices seem to have crept up this month, finance are going to have something to say"

Dave A. is on the horns of a dilemma. "Is it optional or required? Make up your mind, TAP! I'm TAPping my fingers waiting for you to decide."

"This rating is through the roof!" exclaims a regular who wants to be Anonymous today. "We're done with linear rating scales. Now you can have 5 stars on both X and Y axes. Also, given this is for a company that cleans roofs, we can make a joke this rating is out of the roof, and out of the <div> as well. In case you're interested and in case you want take a screenshot yourself: https://mijndakschoon.nl/" It's real; I checked.

Richard H. found a flubstituted email. "Quickbooks here reminding me that I failed to pay invoice number "{{rand_invoice}" Or this might be a scam/phishing email. Hard to tell." I'll bet {{money}} on scam.

B.J. H. is usually quite concise. Usually. "If this is ALL NORMAL I'm worried what will happen in an emergency"

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Sleep doesn't pay

Most people imagine a break-up ends with someone packing a suitcase, slamming the front door and disappearing into a new life. Increasingly, though, couples are stuck together.

The TV mogul, 72, was a guest on Keke Palmer's podcast, Baby, This Is Keke Palmer, where she broke down the backstory of her real name.

The women who died were a mother and daughter

JEFF POWELL MBE: The Gypsy King will prove that by flying from Bangkok to Riyadh soon after his encounter with the veteran Mariusz Wach in time to see AJ take on somebody called Kristian Prenga.