The government has announced nearly £4 million of funding for green innovations.
AI solutions are set to receive funding to accelerate industrial decarbonisation and transform the way industries cut their carbon emissions.
Twelve green AI initiatives are to receive a share of £1 million to decarbonise and boost the generation of renewable energy.

Figures released by the Cabinet Office have revealed that small businesses won a record amount of government work in 2021/22.
UK small businesses won £21 billion worth of work in 2021/22 an increase of £1.7 billion compared to the previous year.
This work is spread across a variety of sectors including public infrastructure, technology and healthcare.

Seven BT Street Hub 2.0 units have been installed in Newcastle.
The hubs provide ultra-fast wifi, way finding information and rapid device charging.
They also offer the capability of providing free emergency calls.
BT will also be gifting free advertising to small businesses on the screens.

A new initiative has been launched to help councils boost charging provision for those that cannot charge their electric vehicles at home.

The Welsh government has announced a scheme to support local projects in coastal areas of Wales to tackle the climate emergency.
The fund will aim to help communities to deliver sustainable action which supports growth and recovery in local marine and coastal areas.
Projects which could benefit from the funding include those which develop skills, knowledge and networks to engage with marine and coastal issues and those which carry out scoping exercises to look at reducing carbon emissions in the marine and coastal environment.

Minister John Lamont has met with Scottish businesses, community groups and local partners in the west of Scotland who have received levelling up funding from the Government.
The minister visited Mull, Arran and the mainland, including council areas which have received more than £100 million.
The Minister said: "It was absolutely inspirational to see talented and committed people making the most of funding from the UK Government. We want rural communities across Scotland to thrive, and we are acutely aware that island communities face particular challenges.

Welsh health minister Eluned Morgan has announced an advisory panel to monitor and scrutinise Welsh Government plans to improve the provision of Welsh language care in health and social care services.
The panel will have eight members, chaired by Elin Wyn and will work to ensure progress is made against the actions set-out in the five-year plan, More than just words, which was launched last year. Elin Wyn is an independent member of Bangor University Council.

The Mayor of London has convened a Housing Taskforce to discuss the growing housing crisis across London and the UK.
Recent data from City Hall has shown a 41 per cent year-on-year drop in major planning applications referred to the Mayor. National forecasts are also predicting that housebuilding could fall to the lowest level since World War II.

A new £10 million government fund has been announced to support rural and local communities in setting up local energy projects that will provide local jobs and deliver energy security.
Both urban and rural communities are able to apply from early Autumn.
The funding is intended to help to kickstart projects including small-scale wind farms and rooftop solar partnerships, as well as battery storage, rural heat networks, electric vehicle charging points, and fuel poverty alleviation schemes.