Good morning. The latest official data on UK retail sales, set for release at 7am, is expected to show a slowdown during August amid the impact of the Treasury’s hugely-popular Eat Out to Help Out scheme. Elsewhere, it’s a typically quiet Friday, with European stocks expected to drift slightly lower …
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The UK’s biggest dedicated air cargo operation has outperformed all expectations during lockdown. Management at East Midlands Airport said more people ordering goods online had led to a big rise in freight shipments to the UK. At the same time the nationwide cut in passenger flights – which usually carry …
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Royal Mail has come under fire over the sacking a long-serving postman who was called in to work at short notice on his week off at the height of the coronavirus pandemic. Daniel Austin had already drunk a large amount of strong cider when he received the call from bosses …
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The number of people claiming unemployment benefits in the South West has hit 189,842 – a 151% increase on the same period last year. The figures, released by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), show that 33,454 of those claimants are aged between 18 and 24, which is up …
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They famously never stand on ceremony. And today the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge couldn’t resist getting their sleeves rolled up to make savoury treats at the famous Beigel Bake Brick Lane Bakery as they highlighted how communities have coped during Covid-19. Prince William and Kate Middleton, both 38, who lived …
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IT’S crunch time for the government. The temporary nature of the measures taken in response to the coronavirus pandemic are now coming up against the reality – that this is a public health crisis that is going to be with us for a long time and is going to create …
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A deep clean has been carried out at a Royal Mail delivery office in Fife after a member of staff tested positive for Covid-19. The female employee caught the virus after coming into close contact with an individual who was later confirmed as having the bug. She was sent home …
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Welcome to Edinburgh Live’s coronavirus LIVE blog for Tuesday 15 September. We’ll be bringing you all the latest COVID-19 updates throughout the day from Edinburgh and beyond. Nicola Sturgeon raised serious concerns with the backlog in test results yesterday which she said was affecting how timeously the government could report …
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She said she wanted photographs that captured a ‘snapshot of life during lockdown’. And that’s exactly what the Duchess of Cambridge has amassed. Hold Still, a photography initiative launched by Kate with the National Portrait Gallery, attracted more than 31,000 entries from members of the public in just six weeks. …
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The devastating impact of the lockdown on the nation’s health is laid bare tonight. Shocking figures reveal that admissions for seven deadly non-coronavirus conditions between March and June fell by more than 173,000 on the previous year. The NHS Digital data for England shows there were nearly 6,000 fewer admissions …
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