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A Preston councillor has branded the ongoing closure of a well-used underpass as ‘ridiculous’ as a solution still seems out of reach in the short term. The tunnel on Darkinson […]
Read more →oleg_aryutkin/Shutterstock Hundreds of animals, from tiny ants to mighty hippos, are shaping the Earth’s surface as powerfully as floods and storms. These animals effectively act…
Read more →LONDON — It was billed as the “world’s most effective border.” In December 2020, as the United Kingdom prepared to enter a brave new world…
Read more →London’s Heathrow Airport has been forced to close temporarily after a fire in a nearby electricity substation. More than 1,300 flights have been suspended and…
Read more →richardjohnson/Shutterstock The UK government is calling it the “biggest shakeup to the welfare system in a generation” – prompted by what the prime minister described…
Read more →amenic181/Shutterstock Keir Starmer says the current benefits system is unsustainable, unfair and needs changing to avoid a wasted generation of young people who are not…
Read more →The hospitality sector will be among the most seriously affected. cktravels.com/Shutterstock Employers in the UK are about to be hit with a hefty tax rise.…
Read more →A young woman who is recovering from an eating disorder is urging health services to review their criteria for mental illness support. Grace Roy, 19, from Preston, has been suffering […]
Read more →House of Commons/Flickr, CC BY-ND “It’s one thing to say the economy is not doing well and we’ve got a fiscal challenge … but cutting…
Read more →Shutterstock/David Herraez Calzada The display of human remains in museums has long been a contentious issue. Last week, the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Afrikan Reparations…
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