Preston is ‘on the brink of lockdown’ after coronavirus flared up in the city – and in other English towns outside the northern lockdown zone. Weekly statistics showed the number of new Covid-19 cases per 100,00 people went up from 15.5 to 33.8 in Preston. The city is to the …
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Prince Joachim of Denmark has been released from hospital and reunited with his family after undergoing emergency brain surgery in July. The Danish royal, 51, was spending the summer holidays with his family in France in the Chateau de Cayx, which belongs to his mother, when he fell ill. The …
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A post office worker says staff are being put at risk after claims fifteen people working in a city centre sorting office have tested positive for Covid-19. The Royal Mail centre on Oldham Road has remained open for business, despite a number of staff having contracted the virus in the …
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Hot on its heels was BT, which jumped 8.1p to 106.1p after Berenberg raised its outlook for the group’s shares. In a note to clients, analyst Carl Murdock-Smith wrote that sentiment about the telecoms group was “on its knees”, but added “its significant under-performance and scope for improved sentiment over …
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Residents on opposite sides of a West Yorkshire street have found themselves living under different lockdown restrictions after the latest changes. That is because houses on one side of Gain Lane in Thornbury pay their council tax to Leeds, while over the road they fall under the Bradford district. On …
Read More »CITYSPRINT couriers’ status as workers with rights was confirmed once and for all today after the company was dragged back to an employment tribunal for the third time. The Independent Workers Union of Great Britain (IWGB) claimed victory in its battle to gain basic employment rights for five gig-economy workers …
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The Duchess of Cambridge unveiled a blonder sunkissed hairstyle as she visited a baby bank in Sheffield yesterday. Kate Middleton, 38, beamed and laughed as she debuted a lighter look during the visit to Baby Basics UK, to launch a new initiative she has spearheaded, getting 19 major UK retailers and …
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Parcel carriers Royal Mail and Hermes are both using automation in new UK hubs. Royal Mail’s new parcel super-hub will use a solution which will automatically tip inbound parcels from roll cages onto a conveyor in order to enable sortation. The system will also allow instant updates across the system, …
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politicsAugust 5, 2020 at 11:00 am Alistair Carmichael MP Orkney and Shetland MP, Alistair Carmichael, has written to the Chancellor of the Exchequer to call for new measures to encourage fair delivery charges for rural and island communities. Writing following discussions last week on the issue, Mr Carmichael says he …
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Donald Trump has changed course by encouraging voters in Florida to vote by mail after months of criticising the practice, only days after threatening to sue Nevada over a new vote-by-mail law. His encouragement follows a surge in Democratic requests to vote by mail in Florida, a critical swing state …
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