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Patrick Atack

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How surfing is helping to improve kids' mental health

How surfing is helping to improve kids' mental health

On the side of the G7, I gathered and produced this solo film on surf therapy.

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Who is the grandmother rebelling for the environment?

Who is the grandmother rebelling for the environment?

Meet Penny Kent, the grandmother spending her pension on protests 👵🏻The retired teacher used to travel the wo…

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Brit: I'm struggling to get over being jailed in Dubai 12 months on

Brit: I'm struggling to get over being jailed in Dubai 12 months on

student from London who was jailed in the Gulf over spying claims that he always denied has revealed how he i…

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How a council-owned company broke the infrastructure mould

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By Patrick Atack
| Airport Technology Verified
When the Secretary of State for Transport approved Luton Rising’s Development Consent Order in April 2025, it marked more than a planning milestone, writes Paul Kehoe, Luton Rising’s chairman. It challenged the assumption that major infrastructure must be privately owned to succeed. Luton Rising became the first fully council-owned company in UK history to secure a DCO.
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Measure twice, cut once: AI and its impact on ship design and construction Original

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By Patrick Atack
| Ship Technology Verified
AI is the headline of 2025, but it’s the data story underneath that will determine how far the maritime industry can take it, writes Denis Morais, CEO at SSI. The next 12 months will see a meaningful and measurable advance in how AI is applied within ship design and construction. There’s a lot of excitement around AI and rightly so. But as with many transformative technologies, we tend to overestimate its short-term impact and underestimate its long-term potential.
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No hydrogen trains for Groningen as plans move slowly towards electrification Original

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By Patrick Atack
| Railway Technology Verified
Nearly two years after a tender process for hydrogen-powered trains was dropped (without a single bid), and more than five years after Alstom and the Province of Groningen agreed that hydrogen was a viable “full-fledged sustainable alternative to the current diesel trains,” the dream appears to be over. Instead of hydrogen, the northern region of the Netherlands said it will instead use battery-electric locomotives to achieve its zero-emission railway aim.
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