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Eagle that starred in British TV series killed by Mozambique hunters

2016-07-04 19:11:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Reuters: A martial eagle from South Africa's Kruger National Park that starred in the British wildlife series "Fierce" has been killed by subsistence hunters in Mozambique, researchers who helped tag the bird said in a statement on Monday. The 4.6 kg (10 pound) bird made her television debut in June to highlight efforts by scientists looking to stem the decline of martial eagles, Africa's largest eagle species. "We detected that the bird was no longer moving about in a normal fashion," said Rowen van...

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British Olympic Association predicts record 2015 profits

2016-07-01 23:00:38| BBC News | Business | UK Edition

The British Olympic Association is set to report record profits for 2015, its chief executive Bill Sweeney has told the BBC.

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British Gas in free one-day energy deal to promote smart meters

2016-07-01 12:45:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Guardian: British Gas is offering free daytime electricity for one day each weekend to more than 2 million customers in what the UKs biggest energy supplier says is the first deal of its kind. Customers with smart meters will pay nothing for electricity between 9am and 5pm on either Saturday or Sunday, and British Gass standard rate at other times. British Gas has 2.4 million smart-meter users out of about 11 million residential customers. How the internet of things is making a business of slashing...

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