Great Britain has only two days of gas stored, while Iran war threatens to disrupt supplies

Great Britain has only two days of fossil gas stored after a decline in energy reserves, as more tankers carrying liquefied natural gas (LNG) are diverted from their course to Europe towards Asia because of the Iran war.Great Britain had 6,999 gigawatt hours (GWh) of fossil gas stored on Saturday, according to figures from National Gas, which owns and operates the gas national transmission system. This compares with 9,105 GWh a year earlier.Maximum capacity is 12 days of gas, and current storage levels equate to under two days of reserves, leading to concerns that Great Britain could run out of gas if the crisis in the Middle East escalates further.However, even when storage stocks are low, Great Britain continues to receive large volumes of gas from other sources, National Gas said

Eamonn Hughes obituary

My grandfather Eamonn Hughes, who has died aged 87, was proud of the contribution he made as an Irishman to building modern Britain by working in the postwar construction industry.He started out in the late 1950s as a labourer in the Leeds area, progressing to supervise civil engineering projects with the Yorkshire firm Ogdens of Otley. There he played his part in many big enterprises, including the building of the south stand at Leeds United’s Elland Road ground in 1974.Later he moved into Ogdens’ coal reclamation operation, where he was responsible for various sites across Yorkshire, the Midlands and Scotland, before taking early retirement in 2002.Born in London, Eamonn was the son of Bridget (nee Nolan) and Denis Hughes, Irish farmers from County Longford who were visiting England at the time of his birth

Current and former Block workers say AI can’t do their jobs after Jack Dorsey’s mass layoffs: ‘You can’t really AI that’

Mark remembers the first time he wondered whether he was teaching Block’s AI tools how to do his job – and maybe even replace him. He was at his fintech company’s extravagant anniversary party last September. As executives led a presentation on the productivity benefits of a new internal AI tool, Mark, who worked in the product department, discussed his worries with colleagues. While he wasn’t sure what would happen in a few years, he told a co-worker sitting next to him that for now, there was no way the technology was so advanced that it could move the business forward without employees like him to help drive vision and strategy.These AI tools were not proactive

Tech oligarchs reshape humanity while billionaires of old seem quaint

When Bill Gates became the first modern IT mogul to reach the apex of wealth and power in 1992, the world was a very different place. Gates joined the top 10 on Forbes magazine’s billionaires list alongside Japanese, German, Canadian, South Korean and Swedish billionaires, including those with family fortunes from Britain and America. A broad mix of industries was on the list: Retail and media, property management and packaging, an investment firm and a couple of industrial conglomerates. Their fortunes almost added up to $100bn – equivalent to about 0.4% of the US’s GDP that year

Akshay Bhatia denies Berger in playoff to win Arnold Palmer Invitational

A straightforward conclusion to the Arnold Palmer Invitational is apparently impossible. Palmer himself would approve, even if events at the tournament still played in tribute to a golfing icon can feel grisly at times. This, the Florida swing, is the PGA Tour’s most testing spell. Glory came to Akshay Bhatia after one sudden death hole in competition with Daniel Berger. The 24-year-old Bhatia, a charismatic left-hander, will bounce towards Sawgrass and Thursday’s Players Championship

‘A wonderful journey’: Suryakumar Yadav revels in India’s T20 World Cup win

India’s captain, Suryakumar Yadav, has set his sights on an extended period of white-ball dominance after the team secured a third successive ICC men’s trophy with a one-sided victory against New Zealand in the T20 World Cup final.The country went more than a decade without winning a major trophy, but since 2024 they have banked two T20 World Cups and a Champions Trophy. “I’m very excited by the way things have gone since then,” Suryakumar said.“The drought ended after a really long time and after that we never looked back. Everything changed in 2024