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FirstGroup reaches end of the line with Greyhound as it agrees 125m sale

Transport firm FirstGroup has sold its US long-distance coaches arm Greyhound Lines to Germany’s FlixMobility more than two years after putting the division up for sale. Shares in Aberdeen-based FirstGroup lifted 2% as it unveiled the deal worth 172 million US dollars (£125 million) with the European coach and rail group. It comes as part of FirstGroup’s move to focus on its UK transport business, having already offloaded its US school and public service bus operations First Student and First […]

October 21, 2021 19

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Boy 14 charged with murder of five year old Logan Mwangi

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October 21, 2021 23

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Facebook fined 505m over handling of Giphy takeover probe

The Competition and Markets Authority started an investigation in June 2020 Facebook has been fined £50.5 million after failing to provide enough important information to the competition regulator investigating the firm’s takeover of GIF sharing platform Giphy. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) launched a probe into the acquisition in June last year, shortly after the deal was announced, over concerns about a “substantial lessening of competition”. Giphy’s user-uploaded library of animated images is already integrated and used widely by […]

October 20, 2021 28

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Australia quick James Pattinson announces international retirement

He took exactly 100 international wickets across all formats James Pattinson, one of Australia’s potential Ashes bowlers, has retired from international cricket with immediate effect. The 31-year-old, brother of once-capped England seamer Darren, has struggled with injuries throughout his career and has decided he can no longer compete at the highest level. He played 21 Tests, 15 one-day internationals and four T20s for Australia, claiming exactly 100 international wickets. A fully-fit Pattinson would have have been a candidate to face […]

October 20, 2021 43

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Train passengers stranded for hours due to damaged electric wires

Disruption around Cambridge started on Tuesday evening and is expected until Wednesday afternoon Train passengers were stranded on trains and at stations for several hours hours after overhead electric wires were damaged. The problem began shortly before 7pm on Tuesday near Cambridge, leading to several lines serving the city being blocked. Operator Great Northern released a photograph showing a pantograph – a device mounted on train roofs to collect electricity from wires – on the ground next to a train. […]

October 20, 2021 68

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Two adults and two children in hospital after explosion damages houses in Ayr

The blast occurred just after 7pm on Monday Two adults and two children have been taken to hospital after an explosion at a house in Ayr that caused severe damage, with the blast being heard for miles around. Properties were evacuated in part of the Kincaidston area following the incident on Monday evening. Social media users said they heard the explosion from miles away, while pictures shared online showed at least one house badly damaged with debris lying in the […]

October 19, 2021 103

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Grant Shapps It is imperative that aviation recovers in 2022

The Cabinet Minister acknowledged that “Covid is far from over”, and stated that the presence of variants of the virus in a number of countries “remains a concern”. It is “imperative” that the aviation sector recovers from the coronavirus pandemic in 2022, according to Transport Secretary Grant Shapps. The Cabinet Minister acknowledged that “Covid is far from over”, and stated that the presence of variants of the virus in a number of countries “remains a concern”. But he insisted that […]

October 19, 2021 44

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I will not sue to see grandchildren says Meghans father Thomas Markle

He says he'd love to see his grandchildren. The Duchess of Sussex’s father has said he does not want to use his grandchildren as “pawns in a game” by taking legal action in order to see them. Thomas Markle told ITV’s Good Morning Britain that he would love to see his grandchildren Archie and Lilibet, but feared being branded as a “stalker” if he made attempts to visit them. Asked if he is worried about never being able to meet […]

October 19, 2021 49

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Ministers have ignored recommendations on tackling extremism

In February, the review found new laws were needed to stop hateful groups from “operating with impunity”. The co-author of a review into the UK’s counter-terrorism strategies says he has heard nothing back on its recommendations from ministers eight months after its report was delivered. Former head of Britain’s anti-terror policing Sir Mark Rowley conducted the review along with the Commission for Countering Extremism (CCE). In February, the review found new laws were needed to stop hateful groups from “operating […]

October 18, 2021 48