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Police make 11th drugs arrest following death of four young people

Police make 11th drugs arrest following death of four young people

Police make 11th drugs arrest following death of four young people

06 October 2020

Northumbria Police’s inquiries into the tragic deaths of three students and a Tyne and Wear teenager were ongoing.


Businessman with links to organised crime loses £10m in assets

Businessman with links to organised crime loses £10m in assets

Businessman with links to organised crime loses £10m in assets

06 October 2020

Mansoor Mahmood Hussain has had to give up properties in London, Leeds and Cheshire.


Starmer to speak to residents in Margaret Ferrier’s constituency

Starmer to speak to residents in Margaret Ferrier’s constituency

Starmer to speak to residents in Margaret Ferrier’s constituency

06 October 2020

The Labour leader will host a ‘Call Keir’ virtual meeting with constituents in Rutherglen and Hamilton West.


Latest weekly Covid-19 rates for local authority areas in Scotland

Latest weekly Covid-19 rates for local authority areas in Scotland

Latest weekly Covid-19 rates for local authority areas in Scotland

06 October 2020

Glasgow, Edinburgh and South Lanarkshire currently have the highest rates.


Concerns of Arctic communities should be heard, says British Museum curator

Concerns of Arctic communities should be heard, says British Museum curator

Concerns of Arctic communities should be heard, says British Museum curator

06 October 2020

The museum’s Arctic exhibition opens later this month.


50% rise in number of black students starting at Cambridge amid Stormzy effect

50% rise in number of black students starting at Cambridge amid Stormzy effect

50% rise in number of black students starting at Cambridge amid Stormzy effect

06 October 2020

Cambridge’s data shows that 137 UK-based black undergraduates have been admitted to a degree course this year.


Banks paid more than £1bn in taxpayer money for Covid loans – report

Banks paid more than £1bn in taxpayer money for Covid loans – report

Banks paid more than £1bn in taxpayer money for Covid loans – report

06 October 2020

Government and banks rushed out billions of pounds in record times to help businesses through the pandemic.


MP makes Commons plea for paedophile nursery worker to name children she abused

MP makes Commons plea for paedophile nursery worker to name children she abused

MP makes Commons plea for paedophile nursery worker to name children she abused

06 October 2020

Vanessa George was released from prison in 2019 after serving 10 years for abusing toddlers at Little Ted’s Nursery in Plymouth.


Job losses: Major cuts since the start of the pandemic

Job losses: Major cuts since the start of the pandemic

Job losses: Major cuts since the start of the pandemic

06 October 2020

Covid-19 has put huge strains on businesses across the UK


Johnson’s Scotland-Northern Ireland bridge idea ‘a vanity project’

Johnson’s Scotland-Northern Ireland bridge idea ‘a vanity project’

Johnson’s Scotland-Northern Ireland bridge idea ‘a vanity project’

06 October 2020

A span across the Irish Sea could cost £20 billion to build, infrastructure minister Nichola Mallon added.


Nottingham facing lockdown after surge in Covid-19 cases

Nottingham facing lockdown after surge in Covid-19 cases

Nottingham facing lockdown after surge in Covid-19 cases

06 October 2020

The rise comes amid an outbreak at the University of Nottingham.


80% back bereavement standard to help families close loved ones’ accounts – poll

80% back bereavement standard to help families close loved ones’ accounts – poll

80% back bereavement standard to help families close loved ones’ accounts – poll

06 October 2020

An industry-wide standard would require service providers to treat grieving families more compassionately and simplify end-of-life admin.


Rare orange lobster rescued by fishmonger and rehomed in Blackpool aquarium

Rare orange lobster rescued by fishmonger and rehomed in Blackpool aquarium

Rare orange lobster rescued by fishmonger and rehomed in Blackpool aquarium

06 October 2020

The chances of the lobster being orange were one in 30 million, according to Sea Life Blackpool.


Financial help must not trail imposition of local restrictions, ministers warned

Financial help must not trail imposition of local restrictions, ministers warned

Financial help must not trail imposition of local restrictions, ministers warned

06 October 2020

Shadow chancellor Anneliese Dodds issued the warning to Treasury minister Steve Barclay in the Commons on Tuesday.


Bipolar drug probe launched by UK competition watchdog

Bipolar drug probe launched by UK competition watchdog

Bipolar drug probe launched by UK competition watchdog

06 October 2020

The CMA is investigating whether Essential Pharma may have abused its dominant position by proposing to withdraw the supply lithium drug Priadel.


Spread of coronavirus mapped in hospitals to ‘break the chain’ of transmission

Spread of coronavirus mapped in hospitals to ‘break the chain’ of transmission

Spread of coronavirus mapped in hospitals to ‘break the chain’ of transmission

06 October 2020

The study could help the NHS reduce transmission by determining if an individual caught the virus from someone else in the same hospital.


Pilot accused of lying about experience to land British Airways job

Pilot accused of lying about experience to land British Airways job

Pilot accused of lying about experience to land British Airways job

06 October 2020

The case has been adjourned to another date.


Anglican Church ‘must learn lessons’ after ‘shocking’ child abuse report

Anglican Church ‘must learn lessons’ after ‘shocking’ child abuse report

Anglican Church ‘must learn lessons’ after ‘shocking’ child abuse report

06 October 2020

An inquiry found that the Church of England failed to protect children and young people from predators, preferring instead to protect its reputation.


‘Wonderful surprise’: Orangutan born at zoo after negative pregnancy test

‘Wonderful surprise’: Orangutan born at zoo after negative pregnancy test

‘Wonderful surprise’: Orangutan born at zoo after negative pregnancy test

06 October 2020

The surprise new baby is ‘bright, alert and suckling well’, according to keepers at Chester Zoo.


Covid-19 will wipe 11% off demand for new planes over next decade – Boeing

Covid-19 will wipe 11% off demand for new planes over next decade – Boeing

Covid-19 will wipe 11% off demand for new planes over next decade – Boeing

06 October 2020

The American aerospace group is forecasting that 18,350 commercial planes will be needed between 2020 and 2029.


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