That’s according to the Transport Secretary, Mark Harper Transport Secretary Mark Harper said “no option is off the table” ahead of his decision on whether to renew the contract of train company TransPennine Express (TPE). Passengers of the FirstGroup-owned company have suffered from widespread delays and cancellations over the past year. Its contract to run […]
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Beer prices have shot up but sales have begun to decline, alcohol giant Heineken said as the business and punters have felt the effects of higher inflation. Heineken, which owns hundreds of brands including Amstel, Birra Moretti, Beavertown and ciders Strongbow and Orchard Thieves, said average selling prices were 12% higher in the latest quarter compared
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Fewer than half of children saw a dentist in the past year in England, with opposition MPs warning parts of the country have become “dental deserts”. Data commissioned by the Liberal Democrats found there are as many as 3,000 people per NHS dentist in some English areas. Lib Dem leader Sir Ed Davey is expected
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Paddington’s meeting with the Queen during the Platinum Jubilee celebrations is in the running to be voted the TV moment of the year at the Bafta Television Awards. The comedy sketch, part of the BBC’s Party At The Palace broadcast, saw the duffle-coat-wearing bear offer the late monarch a marmalade sandwich from his hat during a
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Ofgem has announced all UK household energy suppliers have agreed to a ban on forcibly installing prepayment meters in the homes of people over the age of 85, Ofgem said suppliers have signed up to a new code of practice which will also see them give customers more chances to clear debts. PPMs have been
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Manchester City have submitted a planning application to expand the capacity of the Etihad Stadium to more than 60,000 while adding a hotel, museum and other facilities. The plans will add around 7,000 new seats to the stadium by expanding the north stand with a larger, single upper tier, following a different design to the
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Michelle Yeoh has said she is looking for new challenges, including as a producer, as she credited perseverance, hard work and passion for her historic Oscar win last month. The 60-year-old became the first Asian to win the Academy Award for best actress for her performance as a laundromat owner in Everything Everywhere All At Once. The
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Thirteen new wholetime firefighters have celebrated the end of their initial training at a pass out ceremony hosted by Derbyshire’s Chief Fire Officer/Chief Executive (CFO) Gavin Tomlinson. Held at the Services Joint Police and Fire Training Centre in Ripley, todays pass out ceremony marked the end of an intensive 14-week initial training course which covered
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Detectives are appealing for witnesses to an assault at a Chesterfield pub that left a man with a fractured skull. The incident took place at Beach and Groove bar on Sunday April 9 between 1.30am and 2am and left the victim, a man in his late teens, with a fractured skull. Officers are keen to
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Jeremy Corbyn has also said that Sir Keir Starmer’s insistence that the pair were never friends is “primary school stuff”. The former Labour leader, who has been blocked from running as the party’s candidate in Islington North at the next general election, said that he had always seen Sir Keir as a “colleague” when the
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