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Rebecca Speare-Cole

Reporter · GB

Indexed articles, last 90 days
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Latest publication
Sep 24, 2026
Outlet visibility, for The Independent
Top 5K sites
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Jul 8, 2026

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  1. Article · Sep 24, 2026 · Rebecca Speare-Cole

    Cheese and butter prices could soar after heatwave hits milk production (opens the original)

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    Want to bookmark your favourite articles and stories to read or reference later? Start your Independent Membership today. Analysis of industry figures shows that British dairy farmers supplied 240 million fewer litres of milk than expected over the UK’s record hot summer. Daily delivery records from agricultural holdings across the nation indicate the extreme temperatures had an unprecedented effect on output, according to the Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit (ECIU). In reviewing data from t

  2. Article · Sep 1, 2026 · Rebecca Speare-Cole

    Olaf, Boelo and Shaun: Met Office confirms storm names for 2026/27 (opens the original)

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    Meteorologists have decided Austen, Boelo and Chloe will be the first named storms of the 2026/27 season, after more than 40,000 public suggestions. The UK’s Met Office, Ireland’s Met Éireann and the Dutch national weather forecasting service KNMI announced the full list of storm names on Tuesday. The organisations have been naming storms since 2015, with the list running from early September to the following August, coinciding with the start of autumn when the likelihood of low-pressure systems

  3. Article · Aug 28, 2026 · Rebecca Speare-Cole

    Taxpayers hit with £6m bill for massive Oxfordshire rubbish dump clean-up (opens the original)

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    A major five-month project to remove an illegal waste dump near the River Cherwell in Oxfordshire has been completed – landing taxpayers with a £6m bill. The 150-metre stretch of refuse was left in a field adjacent to the A34 at Kidlington last year, prompting widespread outrage, a criminal investigation and the Environment Agency (EA) declaring a critical incident in November. The watchdog subsequently coordinated the clearance operation, with contractors removing between 15 and 30 lorry loa

  4. Article · Aug 27, 2026 · Rebecca Speare-Cole

    Millions across UK to receive texts warning of air pollution in their area (opens the original)

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    A free text message and email warning system has been introduced by the Government to alert people across the UK when air pollution reaches high levels in their local area. The opt-in service enables users to choose specific locations to monitor, such as their home address, workplace or local park. They will receive direct alerts when air pollution is recorded as high or forecast to reach elevated levels in that specified location. Ministers hope the scheme will help people act on the informatio

  5. Article · Aug 27, 2026 · Rebecca Speare-Cole

    Thinking of buying plug-in solar panels? Here’s what you need to check first (opens the original)

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    Plug-in solar panels are to go on sale online and in shops as new regulations allowing their sale in the UK come into force. Stores are rolling out the technology from Thursday, allowing solar power to run into the home network using an ordinary plug. The panels, already popular in countries such as Germany where people mount them onto balconies or fences, can lower energy bills by cutting how much electricity households pull from the grid. Each kit produces up to 800W of power, which is enough

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