Restoring NHS dentistry, toothpaste thieves and a tooth in a pie
19 August 2022This week we have some bizarre stories appearing in the news, from a full cow’s tooth being found in a pie to an incident where thieves decided to steal a high volume of toothpaste. On the renewable energy side, things are looking positive as we see how various companies are expanding their renewable energy bids and how offshore wind is also being turned into coral reefs to support ocean ecosystems.
Dental/healthcare
City gets no extra dentists as £50m government boost branded ‘a gimmick’
Fears are raised by the NHS dentist crisis that deadly mouth cancers are going undiagnosed
Fray Bentos apologises for cow tooth found in Sheppey weatherman’s pie
Rishi Sunak vows to ‘restore’ NHS dentistry admitting patients cannot get ‘care they need’
Thieves attempt to steal £400 of toothpaste in bizarre Wrexham incident
EXCLUSIVE: Surge in dodgy dental procedures as people try to look like Love Island contestants
Renewable energy
UK government seeks to improve clean energy supply by promoting biomass
Scots Distillery Toasts Green Hydrogen Planning Approval
Which countries are doing the most to tackle energy bills?
Truss unveils UK energy masterplan to take back control and ‘immediately’ slash bills
Scottish-built electric vehicle to go big Stateside after sales deal signed
Ørsted seeds coral on Taiwanese offshore wind turbines in world-first trial
Wind turbines dubbed ‘aliens’ that ‘blight’ the British countryside as efficacy questioned