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Image credit: LEVC LEVC’s real-world testing and trial phase for VN5, its new electric van, has added a new partner: the UK entech company Octopus Energy, an energy retailer focused on driving the technology-enabled green energy system. Octopus Energy engineers will use the VN5 prototypes to install the very same …

FURIOUS residents are demanding answers after a number of people reported receiving mail which had apparently been tampered with. Concerned Kendalians contacted the Gazette to say envelopes had been slit open and in some cases money and birthday or condolence cards removed. Judith Blaydes, whose husband Mel died aged 78 …

Mail posted by some Londoners will not arrive on time today Friday (July 24). This is due to processing problems Royal Mail had on Thursday (July 23) evening. Some post arrived late at the London Central Mail Centre, meaning not all of it could be processed. Consequently, mail posted by …

Saudi Arabia’s King Salman. — Reuters pic RIYADH, July 24 — Saudi Arabia’s 84-year-old ruler King Salman underwent successful surgery yesterday to remove his gall bladder, the royal court said, three days after he was admitted to hospital. It is rare for Saudi Arabia to report on the health of …

SWINDON is not in danger of becoming the next Leicester, says the council’s senior public health officer. Small Covid-19 outbreaks at four high-profile workplaces in the town – Honda, the Royal Mail delivery office, Iceland distribution centre and fire station – have sparked fears of a local lockdown. The total …

Claudia Jones • I DO enjoy reading Angela Cobbinah’s British African history features, but I need to flag up a couple of points in the latest one, (If anyone deserves a statue it is Claudia, June 18). Black History Month (BHM) was introduced to London in 1987, so that’s hardly …

The Covid-19 pandemic saw a temporary ceasefire from activist investors as they stepped back and allowed businesses to adjust to the acute turmoil. But now that the dust has somewhat settled, activists are once again setting their sights on companies they believe are undervalued or mismanaged – two qualities that …

Luton has been made an ‘area of intervention’ after seeing a spike in coronavirus cases – meaning long-awaited plans to open indoor gyms and leisure centres for locked-down Britons this weekend have been put on hold.  The council has set up an emergency testing centre at a primary school and is …

FTSE 100 index closes up around four points US stocks lower US weekly first-time jobless claims rose by 109,000 to 1.42mln 5.05pm: FTSE 100 closes near flat  FTSE 100 index managed to post a positive finish on Thursday despite dipping into the red just before the close as markets …

Tell-all Harry and Meghan biography ‘will plunge relations with the Royal Family to new low’ as Palace insiders fear the couple ‘will use the book to settle scores’ Insiders believe the ‘resentful’ couple will use the biography to ‘settle scores’ Extracts from ‘Finding Freedom’ will be seen for the first …