Port strikes deal fresh blow to Britain’s fragile supply chains
Workers at two of Britain’s biggest ports are to stage walkouts later this month, as union chiefs intensify their campaign for thousands of members to receive double-digit pay rises.
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September 12, 2022 All Queen’s children together for first time behind monarch’s coffin in Edinburgh
King Charles III led his family in a royal procession behind the coffin of the Queen, as large crowds lined the streets of Edinburgh.
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September 9, 2022 King Charles ‘could donate Balmoral to the nation’
The King will take a more “entrepreneurial” approach to the way royal palaces and residences are used and could gift Balmoral to the nation, senior sources have suggested.
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September 8, 2022 Queen under ‘medical supervision’: Harry and Meghan to join royals in Balmoral
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are to join senior members of the Royal family at Balmoral, where the Queen is under medical supervision following doctors’ concerns. Prince Harry and Meghan, who have been staying at Frogmore Cottage in Windsor during a brief European tour, “will be travelling to Scotland”, their spokeswoman confirmed. All of […]
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August 31, 2022 UK agrees $1.35 billion of new support for London transport
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s government will provide 1.16 billion pounds ($1.35 billion) of further financial support for London transport, including the Tube and buses, until end-March 2024, operator Transport for London (TfL) said on Tuesday.
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August 27, 2022 Britons on £45,000 will need help paying energy bills – not just those on benefits, chancellor says
Britons on £45,000 salaries will need government help to pay their energy bills – not just people on benefits, the chancellor has warned.
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August 25, 2022 Solar farm plans refused at highest rate for five years in Great Britain
Solar farms are being refused planning permission in Great Britain at the highest rate in five years, analysis has found, with projects which would have cut £100m off annual electricity bills turned down in the past 18 months.
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August 24, 2022 Britain imports no energy from Russia for first time on record
Britain is importing no energy from Russia for the first time on record after trade between the two countries collapsed after the Kremlin ordered invasion of Ukraine in February.
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August 23, 2022 Huge scale of water leaks exposes a broken private model
Rather than describing the 1tn litres of water lost to leaks last year in terms of Olympic swimming pools (Report, 19 August), why not relate it to usage? The lost 1tn litres is equivalent to the total annual water consumption of 18 million people – 30% of the population of England and Wales. Apart from […]
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August 15, 2022 Crash barriers buckle on dual carriageway during heatwave
Britain has got so hot safety barriers on a dual carriageway appear to have buckled in the heat.
