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Manage Britains water now or face future of emergency bottled supplies

Infrastructure advisers are calling for a national hosepipe ban and compulsory water metering as the nation braces for drought. The National Infrastructure Committee (NIC) has said water needs to start being managed better across the UK, otherwise the country could face a future of queueing for emergency bottled supplies “from the back of lorries”. The Government also needs to invest around £20 billion in the nation’s water supply equipment, NIC […]

todayJuly 31, 2022 14

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Sam Tarry absolutely still thinks Sir Keir Starmer is the best person to become prime minister

Sam Tarry was sacked from the frontbench on Wednesday hours after joining strikers at an RMT picket line at Euston Station. A former Labour shadow minister sacked after giving broadcast interviews from a picket line has said he “absolutely” still thinks Sir Keir Starmer is the best person to become prime minister. Sam Tarry was sacked from the frontbench on Wednesday hours after joining strikers at an RMT picket line […]

todayJuly 30, 2022 25

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Police appeal for help to identify man in CCTV image

Police warn that anyone who sees him not to approach him but to call 999 immediately Police are urgently appealing for help to identify a man following the fatal stabbing of nine-year-old Lilia Valutyte, reportedly in front of her little sister. Lincolnshire Police released four CCTV images of the man and warned anyone who sees him not to approach him but to call 999 immediately. The force added that two […]

todayJuly 30, 2022 15

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Further rail disruptions

Members of the drivers union Aslef at seven train operators will walk out for 24 hours over pay. Rail services will be severely disrupted on today because of a strike by train drivers in the latest outbreak of industrial unrest in the industry. Members of the drivers union Aslef at seven train operators will walk out for 24 hours over pay. The Rail Delivery Group said the industrial action has […]

todayJuly 30, 2022 14

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Rebekah Vardy loses Wagatha Christie libel case against Coleen Rooney

Rebekah Vardy has lost the “Wagatha Christie” libel battle against Coleen Rooney over a viral social media post, after a High Court judge found it was “substantially true”. In the October 2019 post, Mrs Rooney, 36, said she had carried out a months-long “sting operation” and accused Mrs Vardy, 40, of leaking “false stories” about her private life to the press. The wife of former England star Wayne Rooney publicly […]

todayJuly 29, 2022 21

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Two people arrested after girl nine dies from suspected stab wound

Two people have been arrested as part of a murder investigation after a nine-year-old girl died from a suspected stab wound in Boston. Lincolnshire Police said officers were called to the scene in Fountain Lane at around 6.20pm on Thursday. The force said on Friday two people have been arrested following the “isolated incident”, which is being treated as murder. Police are not in a position to name the victim, […]

todayJuly 29, 2022 16

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Full time GPs in England at lowest level for five years

The proportion of GPs in England working full-time at local surgeries has fallen to the lowest level since current records began five years ago, figures show.   Nearly a quarter (23%) of qualified permanent GPs worked at least 37.5 hours a week in June 2022, down from almost a third (32%) in June 2017. The number of family doctors working full-time hours or more has dropped in the same period […]

todayJuly 28, 2022 21

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Johnson supremely confident Commonwealth Games will leave legacy

Boris Johnson has said he is “supremely confident” there will be a legacy from the £778 million of taxpayers’ money that has gone into the Commonwealth Games, which are being held as the country faces a cost-of-living crisis.   The Games open on Thursday, promising to be the biggest sporting festival in the UK since the London Olympics a decade ago. The event will open in Birmingham with the Prince […]

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