[ad_1] Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak will hold crunch talks over the future of Britain’s railways next week after delaying publication of the biggest review of the train network since privatisation. Plans to publish a rail blueprint before May’s local elections have been shelved with the Treasury at loggerheads with the Department for Transport over…
[ad_1] NewsPolitics A wildlife habitat ditch on the site of a proposed four storey prison has been approved amid claims residents’ concerns were not taken “seriously”. Monday, 22nd March 2021, 11:32 am HMP Full Sutton East Riding Council’s Planning Committee passed Ministry of Justice plans for ditch, on the site of a proposed 1,440 capacity…
[ad_1] It was believed to be the first time a judge had demanded such a declaration and was described by media lawyers as “extraordinary” and “troubling.” The Duchess, 39, sued Associated Newspapers over the publication of five articles that reproduced extracts of the five-page handwritten letter. She was last month granted a summary judgment, a…
[ad_1] Gareth Cauldwell talks to Derry City and Enniskillen Town legend Gary Beckett on his successful career GB: I started out playing under Wee Paul (Keaveney) and Wee Scone (Gerard Connolly) at Enniskillen Town. I would have been there when the youth started and I remember back then that there was maybe only two teams…
[ad_1] TWO young residents of Grange Close in Ben Rhydding completed a sponsored run for Comic Relief on Saturday. Sisters Daisy Lowe, aged eight, and Heidi Lowe, aged six, both pupils of Ashlands Primary School, set themselves a challenge of running 10 miles between them up and down the footpaths of the Grange Close cul…
[ad_1] Prince Harry told Oprah that the royals wine and dine tabloid journalists for better coverage. The tabloids have exclusive access to the royals through the rota system. The family has an “invisible contract” with journalists from these publications. Visit Insider’s homepage for more stories. The royal family’s relationship with the British tabloids was something…
[ad_1] Selling unloved nationalised businesses back to the private sector is anything but easy. Margaret Thatcher had to hold her nose for years as she injected public money into state-owned British Leyland, a byword for unreliable cars and rancorous industrial relations, before finally offloading it to British Aerospace. It took 13 years under public ownership…
[ad_1] A PROUD postman from Redditch is set to retire after 45 years of serving the community. Senior postie Pete Read, aged 65, has been delivering mail in and around Redditch since 1976 and in that time has made many friends on his rounds. Grateful residents of Carpenters Hill in Beoley presented postman Pete with…
[ad_1] THE north of Ireland has found itself in a challenging position with the new trading arrangements posed by the UK Brexit deal. The new paradigm is far from simple in relation to inbound goods from the UK. But it does provide an opportunity for the whole country from an outbound perspective – and there…
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