Britain goes coal-free for seven days for first time since 1882

Britain has now gone a whole week without burning coal for power for the first time since the industrial revolution in the 1880s.

Home to the world's first coal-fuelled power plant, Britain has been burning coal for power steadily since 1882.

Now, in an ongoing effort to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 80 per cent, Britain is aiming to abandon coal-fired power completely by 2025.