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Kantar data shows that online supermarket sales growth has halved since the height of the pandemic, to 46%.

Official figures from the NHS for February show 327,663 patients had been waiting more than six weeks for a key diagnostic test such as an MRI scan.

Whitbread said sales fell 71.5% in the past financial year as hotels closed under lockdown.

The oil giant said it will launch a 500 million US dollars (£360 million) shares buyback in the second quarter.

The Civil Aviation Authority described the request as ‘disproportionate and not in the interests of consumers’.

The project’s resolution has been delayed due to the pandemic.

The banking giant said the UK vaccination programme had helped put Britain’s economy on course for a sharp rebound this year and next.

The growth of fiction sales, to £688 million, was on the back of releases by Richard Osman and Charlie Mackesy.

The study also suggests teenage girls are less likely to be removed from play and take on average two days longer to recover from injury than boys do.

MPs say the award would be similar to the Elizabeth Cross given to families of fallen military personnel.

Entain said in February that it was in “early stage” discussions with Tabcorp Holdings.

Reports of mounting pressure on Boris Johnson lead many of Tuesday’s papers.

Downing Street said the claims in the Times were ‘gross distortions’ of Boris Johnson’s position.

Downing Street described the claims as ‘gross distortions’ of Mr Johnson’s position.

Cody Peterson dialled 999 and successfully guided three fire crews to the scene in Watford.

Richard Ratcliffe fears his wife is facing an ‘open-ended detention’.

GMB member and Centrica employee Katrina Copeland said her company ‘wanted to basically annihilate our current terms and conditions’ seven months ago.

Cabinet Secretary Simon Case said the Prime Minister asked him to look into the matter.

Shaan Mir, 26, is charged in connection with the death of Matthew Tester, 49, following an incident last Thursday.

Several countries, including the UK, have said they are sending help to the country.