Rishi Sunak unveiled a wide range of measures described to combat the cost of living crisis in an announcement on Thursday 26 May. One of the most attractive was a one-time payment of £ 650, designed to support the most vulnerable households in the UK. It is being paid to people who receive benefits based …
As part of those efforts, Kwarteng has already written to the operators of the last remaining coal-fired power plants in the country and told the National Grid to look for more non-gas source generation capacity. The business secretary also suggested that he be open to extending the life of the Hinkley Point B nuclear power …
Emergency services were at the scene of a vehicle fire on the Westlink for several hours Monday afternoon. A large truck was on fire just before the Clifton Street slip, next to the city highway. Large columns of smoke caused visibility problems for motorcyclists in the area. At the time, a PSNI spokesman said: “The …
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A police car in an emergency call crashed into a double-decker bus on Monday afternoon, leaving an officer at the hospital with minor injuries. The incident, which spectators described as “horrible”, saw a police car and a double-decker bus collide head-on on Fernclough Road, Harpurhey, on Monday (May 30th). Police quickly closed the road in …
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Why it started, no one is entirely sure. What is clear, however, is that an unsuspecting chip shop in the Midlands can now claim to have gone “eight viral” thanks to the social networking site TikTok. Coventry’s Binley Mega Chippy staff noticed something was happening as customers from across the UK and abroad began to …
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Graduates of the top 50 foreign universities can apply to come to the UK through a new visa scheme. The government said it expects the “high-potential individual route”, which was launched on Monday, to attract the “brightest and best” at the start of its career to work in the UK. Successful undergraduate or master’s degree …
World oil prices have risen above $ 120 (£ 94.90 a barrel) as record prices for petrol and diesel in the UK add to concerns over inflationary pressures. they confront families and businesses. Brent crude, the international benchmark, rose $ 120 a barrel on Monday for the first time since late March, due to easing …
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Hundreds of passengers who have flown from Manchester Airport in recent days as the mid-May holidays begin have faced long delays, queues and canceled flights. Recent scenes echo similar problems at the airport in recent months, with airlines, operators and other companies trying to recover as a result of the pandemic. But now that many …