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All F1 teams awarded compliance certificates after sticking to 2022 budget cap

Formula One’s governing body has announced that all of the grid’s 10 teams have been awarded compliance certificates after sticking to last season’s budget cap. Despite murmurings in the paddock that some teams might have breached the 135 millions US dollars (£108m) limit, the FIA said on Tuesday that no team was found in breach. Red Bull were last year fined £6million for breaking Formula One’s financial rules after they overspent by £1.86m in 2021 […]

todaySeptember 5, 2023 2

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Sunak and Keegan under growing pressure over crumbling concrete in schools

Rishi Sunak and Gillian Keegan are under growing pressure over the crumbling concrete closing schools, as the Education Secretary claimed others had failed to tackle the crisis in a sweary outburst. In criticism caught on camera after an interview on Monday, a frustrated Ms Keegan hit out. Ms Keegan went on to admit to being on holiday in Spain in the run up to ordering more than 100 schools and […]

todaySeptember 4, 2023 2

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More than two fifths of trains delayed during first half of year

More than two out of five train services in Britain during the first half of the year were delayed, new figures show. Some 41% of services in that period were at least one minute late, according to BBC analysis of industry data collated by website On Time Trains. A further 3% were cancelled, while 56% were on time. Stations in Wales had the highest cancellations rate between January and July, […]

todaySeptember 4, 2023 2

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Building societys new mortgage aims to get renters back on property ladder

Former homeowners turned renters can now get a helping hand back onto the property ladder, according to a building society. Skipton Building Society is expanding the pool of aspiring homeowners who can apply for its track record mortgage, to support more “trapped renters”. The move could potentially help people who have previously moved out of homeownership back into the rental sector due to a divorce or needing to relocate, for […]

todaySeptember 4, 2023 2

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Tesco boss calls for change in law after rise in abuse of staff

Tesco chief executive Ken Murphy has called for a change in the law to make abuse or violence towards retail workers an offence across the UK. Writing in the Mail on Sunday, Mr Murphy revealed the supermarket chain has offered body-worn cameras to members of staff who need them after seeing physical assaults rise by a third in a year. He said Tesco has invested £44 million in four years […]

todaySeptember 3, 2023 2

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School closures not a return to dark days of lockdowns says Gillian Keegan

Education Secretary Gillian Keegan has told parents the closure of classrooms due to fears over crumbling lightweight concrete is “not a return to the dark days of school lockdowns”. More than 100 schools and colleges have been told by the Department for Education to fully or partially shut buildings due to the presence of reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (Raac), following the collapse of a beam last week. Schools minister Nick […]

todaySeptember 3, 2023 2

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Committee to plan permanent memorial to the late Queen

Plans for a permanent memorial to the late Queen and a national legacy programme in her honour will be unveiled in 2026 to mark what would have been Elizabeth II’s centenary year. The Queen Elizabeth memorial committee will consider and recommend proposals for a “fitting tribute” to the nation’s longest-reigning monarch following her death in September 2022. It will be jointly supported by the UK Government and the Royal Household, […]

todaySeptember 3, 2023 1

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Time to see the job through on halving inflation Hunt says

Jeremy Hunt has renewed his commitment to halving inflation as families grapple with the cost-of-living crisis after figures suggested the UK economy recovered from the pandemic faster than expected. In a message aimed at reassurance ahead of the next fiscal event, the Chancellor acknowledged the lingering pressure on household budgets but insisted the Government’s plan to cut Consumer Price Index (CPI) inflation is working. Labour said the comments were “completely […]

todaySeptember 2, 2023 7

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Clive Myrie Windrush scandal an utter disgrace that badly affected my family

Clive Myrie has spoken of how the Windrush scandal hit his family as he called the Home Office policy an “utter disgrace”. The newsreader, 59, talked in an upcoming book Everything Is Everything: A Memoir Of Love, Hate & Hope, about how his two half-brothers were affected. Born and raised in Bolton, Greater Manchester, Myrie grew up the son of Windrush generation parents from Jamaica. He claimed in extracts, published […]

todaySeptember 2, 2023 7

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