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Nearly 1,800 UK companies told the Government of plans to cut 20 or more jobs in June as the coronavirus wreaked havoc on the country’s economy, figures suggest. Royal Mail, Centrica and The Restaurant Group – which owns Frankie and Benny’s – were among those announcing four-digit job losses. Figures …

HIAL managing director Inglis Lyon. Visitor numbers travelling to Inverness Airport are on the increase, bringing much-needed tourists to the Highland capital. The region’s biggest airport remained open throughout the coronavirus lockdown, providing services to the Highlands and Islands for Royal Mail and the oil and gas industry. Inglis Lyon, …

Image copyright PA Media The number of firms planning 20 or more redundancies by June rose more than fivefold compared to June last year, figures obtained by the BBC show. Data shared in response to a Freedom of Information request shows 1,778 firms notified the government of plans to cut …

CORONAVIRUS infections have jumped significantly in four areas in England – with ten areas remaining at risk of further local restrictions being enforced. Data from Public Health England (PHE) shows which areas in England are most at risk as cases continue to rise. ⚠️ Read our coronavirus live blog for …

Around 7,960 job losses have been added to the more than 167,000 major redundancies at big British employers since the start of lockdown as many businesses try to slimline after coronavirus took a massive chunk from their profits. The Evening Standard became the latest to announce a round of approximately …

Royal Mail has told fed-up residents on a once quiet estate that it will no longer be delivering their mail as it can’t guarantee the safety of its posties. Residents living on the residential street in Liskeard say they are in constant fear of what will happen next due to …

Prince Charles has been in ‘regular contact with Prince Harry to provide emotional and financial support’ despite being hurt by book revelations Royal insider claims the Prince of Wales regularly voice and video calls Harry Charles uses funds from his Duchy of Cornwall to part-fund Harry’s LA lifestyle Father-son bond …

Happy birthday, Princess Beatrice! The Queen leads well-wishers for her granddaughter as she turns 32 – while Sarah Ferguson shares sweet throwback snap and gushes her birth was ‘one of the greatest and most proud moments’ of her life The Queen, 94, has sent Princess Beatrice well wishes as she …

Characters from the popular TV series are featured, in addition to some of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s favourite works. When Conan Doyle published his first Sherlock novel, A Study in Scarlet, in 1887, he had no idea how iconic the character would become. Presented in a miniature-sheet, four stamps will …

Published at 2:14pm 8th August 2020. (Updated at 3:53pm 8th August 2020) More than 740,000 coronavirus test kits have been recalled over safety fears. The swab kits, created by Northern Irish firm Randox Laboratories, did not meet the required safety standards, the government said. On 15 July, the government told …