Day: June 3, 2025
Thurrock council invested £100m-plus into solar farms, via a bond scheme sold by Rockfire Investment Finance
The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has launched an investigation into Rockfire Investment Finance, which became embroiled in a financial scandal over how a UK council invested more than £100m into solar farms.
The UK’s anti-corruption agency said it has “issued a series of section 2 notices compelling financial institutions to provide information on its newly opened investigation into alleged fraud committed against Thurrock Council”.
Exclusive: Planning bill includes mechanism for developers to ‘pay to pollute’ valuable ecosystems, experts warn
More than 5,000 of England’s most sensitive, rare and protected natural habitats are at high risk of being destroyed by development under Labour’s new planning bill, according to legal analysis of the legislation.
The Guardian has examined the threat the bill poses to 5,251 areas known as nature’s “jewels in the crown”, as some of the country’s most respected wildlife charities call for a key part of the bill to be scrapped.
The missile defense: Block mechanically the blast door of the silo – Google Search
![blast door of missile silo Soviet Strategic Missile Silo with blast door open. [2048x1152] : r/MilitaryPorn](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GshQiyQXIAAc_qJ.jpg)
