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Co-op to replace home delivery vans with electric vehicles

Co-op to replace home delivery vans with electric vehicles

Co-op to replace home delivery vans with electric vehicles

09 December 2020

The vehicles will be used to deliver groceries ordered through the Co-op’s online shop.


Teenager who threw child from Tate platform has sentence appeal dismissed

Teenager who threw child from Tate platform has sentence appeal dismissed

Teenager who threw child from Tate platform has sentence appeal dismissed

09 December 2020

Jonty Bravery, 19, was jailed in June for throwing the youngster from the 10th-storey balcony on August 4 last year.


Grenfell insulation firm used PR agency to lobby MPs weeks after deadly fire

Grenfell insulation firm used PR agency to lobby MPs weeks after deadly fire

Grenfell insulation firm used PR agency to lobby MPs weeks after deadly fire

09 December 2020

Kingspan recruited Portland to try to convince ‘key decision makers’ that combustible materials were safe if properly installed.


Family tributes paid to four who died in Avonmouth explosion

Family tributes paid to four who died in Avonmouth explosion

Family tributes paid to four who died in Avonmouth explosion

09 December 2020

The incident happened at Wessex Water’s recycling site on December 3.


Teenager’s killer branded ‘pure evil’ as he begins life prison term

Teenager’s killer branded ‘pure evil’ as he begins life prison term

Teenager’s killer branded ‘pure evil’ as he begins life prison term

09 December 2020

Louise Smith’s mother described murderer Shane Mays as a ‘monster’.


Stratford council drops legal challenge over Government’s Tier 3 decision

Stratford council drops legal challenge over Government’s Tier 3 decision

Stratford council drops legal challenge over Government’s Tier 3 decision

09 December 2020

The local authority had issued a formal Judicial Review pre-action protocol letter to Health Secretary Matt Hancock over the move.


Queen sends condolences as France holds day of mourning for Giscard d’Estaing

Queen sends condolences as France holds day of mourning for Giscard d’Estaing

Queen sends condolences as France holds day of mourning for Giscard d’Estaing

09 December 2020

The former French president died a week ago after contracting coronavirus.


Vaccinated Briton, 91, tells CNN ‘no point in dying now’

Vaccinated Briton, 91, tells CNN ‘no point in dying now’

Vaccinated Briton, 91, tells CNN ‘no point in dying now’

09 December 2020

Martin Kenyon’s interview with the broadcaster has since been viewed more than five million times on Twitter.


Warning over rising air pollution when Covid restrictions end

Warning over rising air pollution when Covid restrictions end

Warning over rising air pollution when Covid restrictions end

09 December 2020

The Centre for Cities think tank is urging councils to implement stalled clean air zones to tackle toxic air.


Johnson – UK-EU ‘deal still there to be done’ but Brussels’ demands unacceptable

Johnson – UK-EU ‘deal still there to be done’ but Brussels’ demands unacceptable

Johnson – UK-EU ‘deal still there to be done’ but Brussels’ demands unacceptable

09 December 2020

Boris Johnson will hold talks with Ursula von der Leyen on Wednesday evening.


UK manufacturers enjoying boost from sales direct to customers

UK manufacturers enjoying boost from sales direct to customers

UK manufacturers enjoying boost from sales direct to customers

09 December 2020

Research found the direct-to-consumer sector could hit £120 billion and create 118,000 new jobs by 2023.


Queen’s granddaughter Zara Tindall expecting third child

Queen’s granddaughter Zara Tindall expecting third child

Queen’s granddaughter Zara Tindall expecting third child

09 December 2020

She already has two daughters with husband Mike.


Oxford Covid-19 vaccine ‘could be licensed for use in the elderly’

Oxford Covid-19 vaccine ‘could be licensed for use in the elderly’

Oxford Covid-19 vaccine ‘could be licensed for use in the elderly’

09 December 2020

Professor Sarah Gilbert, lead researcher of the University of Oxford’s vaccine trial, said it is for regulators to decide whether to give permission.


Woman who lost job during pandemic to buy new house after £242,775 lottery win

Woman who lost job during pandemic to buy new house after £242,775 lottery win

Woman who lost job during pandemic to buy new house after £242,775 lottery win

09 December 2020

Samantha Morton was furloughed in March from her job as a warehouse and logistics manager in and made redundant in the summer.


Boris Johnson ‘willing’ to make concessions – Leo Varadkar

Boris Johnson ‘willing’ to make concessions – Leo Varadkar

Boris Johnson ‘willing’ to make concessions – Leo Varadkar

09 December 2020

Mr Varadkar believes the level playing field ‘will be a circle that is going to be hard to square’ with UK sovereignty.


UK named third most generous country after donating millions during pandemic

UK named third most generous country after donating millions during pandemic

UK named third most generous country after donating millions during pandemic

09 December 2020

Millions of pounds have been donated to people affected by the coronavirus crisis.


EasyJet launches home delivery service to keep cabin crew ‘match fit’

EasyJet launches home delivery service to keep cabin crew ‘match fit’

EasyJet launches home delivery service to keep cabin crew ‘match fit’

09 December 2020

The airline will serve complimentary drinks and snacks to London residents, with recipients asked to make a donation to charity Age UK.


Nearly a third of students dissatisfied with academic experience this term – ONS

Nearly a third of students dissatisfied with academic experience this term – ONS

Nearly a third of students dissatisfied with academic experience this term – ONS

09 December 2020

The findings came on the last day that university students in England were being encouraged to travel back their family homes for Christmas.


Teenager who threw child from Tate platform drops prison move bid

Teenager who threw child from Tate platform drops prison move bid

Teenager who threw child from Tate platform drops prison move bid

09 December 2020

Jonty Bravery, 19, who was jailed in June, had been seeking a transfer to Broadmoor hospital.


A year without MP by-elections – for only the fourth time since the war

A year without MP by-elections – for only the fourth time since the war

A year without MP by-elections – for only the fourth time since the war

09 December 2020

To go through an entire calendar year without a single poll is highly unusual.


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