Spain counts the cost of “nightmare” wildfire summer

Guy Hedgecoe Business reporter, Porto de Sanabria, north-western Spain Guy Hedgecoe A firefighter plane drops water on a recent wildfire José Antonio Bruña, a honey producer, is standing on a hillside where he keeps his beehives near the small Spanish village of Porto de Sanabria. He points to the exact spot, a few hundred metres

‘Whether rich or poor, it was the longest of nights’: How a 2003 blackout brought New York City to a standstill

Getty Images On 14 August 2003, 22 years ago this week, the electricity cut out for more than 50 million people in the US and Canada, as North America experienced a massive power cut. The BBC was in New York City when the lights went out. On a sweltering summer afternoon in 2003, a colossal

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