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Stories for May 27th 2017

• Saturday, May 27th 2017 - 14:04 UTC

  A quarter of UK power on Friday was solar, helped by sunshine and high temperatures

  

  A record amount of solar power was generated on Friday as Britain basked in sunshine and temperatures of up to 28C, the National Grid has said. A total 8.7 gigawatts (GW) had been generated at lunchtime, representing 24.3% of total generation across the UK, beating the previous record of 8.48GW set on 10 May.

• Saturday, May 27th 2017 - 13:53 UTC

  Armed police patrolling UK trains and rail network

  

  Armed police officers are patrolling on board trains in the United Kingdom for the first time. British Transport Police (BTP) announced the measure in a bid to “disrupt and deter criminal activity” on the rail network after the UK terror threat level rose to critical in the wake of the Manchester attack.

• Saturday, May 27th 2017 - 08:32 UTC

  Moody's lowers Brazil's credit outlook; Meirelles confident the reform agenda will be approved

  

  Brazil's economy is clearly growing again after a severe recession and will be shielded from a political crisis by widespread support for the government's reform agenda, Finance Minister Henrique Meirelles said, despite the fact Moody's on Friday announced it was lowering the country's credit outlook.