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HEATHROW AIRPORT SECURITY GUARDS TO STRIKE OVER PAY

Strikes by security guards at Heathrow Airport will go ahead on Friday after last-ditch talks failed to resolve a pay dispute, with action likely to disrupt school holiday travel. Around 1,400 members of Unite will walk out for 10 days, including most of the Easter weekend. The union said talks broke down because Heathrow Airport Limited (HAL) failed to substantially improve its pay offer. Unite general secretary Sharon Graham said: […]

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GOVERNMENT LAYS OUT £381M OF EV CHARGER FUNDING

GOVERNMENT LAYS OUT £381M OF EV CHARGER FUNDING The government has today (March 30) announced £381m of funding for new ‘local’ electric car chargers. Revealed as part of a wider ‘transport decarbonisation’ package, the government has set up the £381m ‘local electric vehicle infrastructure (LEVI) fund. An additional £15m has also been put aside for residential on-street chargers. The government says that the two schemes will ‘support the installation of tens and thousands of new […]

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HOMES AT RISK OF FLOODING AS FURTHER HEAVY RAINFALL FORECAST

The Met Office have issued warnings across much of South West England and Wales, and Herefordshire and Shropshire until late Thursday afternoon Homes and business in some parts of the UK could be flooded due to heavy rain from Wednesday night into Thursday afternoon, forecasters have warned. The Met Office has issued a yellow weather warning for rain from 9pm on Wednesday until 5pm on Thursday across much of South […]

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ENGLISH LANGUAGE EDITION OF SPARE SELLS MORE THAN 1.4 MILLION ON DAY ONE

The English language edition of the Duke of Sussex’s controversial memoir sold more than 1.4 million copies on its first day of publication. Penguin Random House, who published the headline-grabbing autobiography Spare on Tuesday, have reported their largest ever first-day sales total for any nonfiction book published by the company. According to the publisher, the English language edition of Spare sold more than 1,430,000 units in all formats and editions in the […]

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New Years Eve Party with DJ Badger

Come along to enjoy New Years Eve with the DJ Badger at the White Horse Maldon! Join DJ Badger for a New Years Eve party at the White Horse 26 High Street, Maldon, CM9 5PJ. Free Entry and pub prices will kick the New Year off will a bang! doors open from the afternoon running through till 12.30pm. Music starts around 6pm.

today20 September 2022 464 1 2

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KING TO HOST COP27 RECEPTION AT BUCKINGHAM PALACE

The King will host a Buckingham Palace reception for business figures from across the globe and NGOs ahead of the UN climate change summit Cop27. Charles will welcome more than 200 guests to the royal residence including Prime Minister Rishi Sunak who reversed his decision to skip Cop27 in Egypt next week, bowing to pressure from activists, his own environment adviser and Boris Johnson. Despite No 10’s U-turn, the King […]

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NEW PM URGED TO DELIVER IMMEDIATE ‘ACTION PLAN’ TO HELP BUSINESSES

The new prime minister will need to deliver a plan of action to help companies in their first week in office, the president of the British Chambers of Commerce has said. Baroness Ruby McGregor-Smith said the UK is already in a recession and small firms will need rapid help, similar to what they were given during Covid lockdowns. “We’re talking about more and more and more SMEs, which are the […]

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WAITROSE ADMITS TO LAND DEALS BLOCKING RIVALS OPENING NEARBY SHOPS

Waitrose has admitted to signing deals with landlords halting other supermarkets from opening nearby for a decade, following a probe by the UK competition watchdog. The supermarket, which is owned by the John Lewis Partnership, has said it has re-written property deals for numerous sites to allay competition concerns. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said it found the land agreements breached competition laws between 2010 and 2019. It came […]

today2 September 2022 427 1 2

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