Residents who had to be evacuated from Whaley Bridge can now return home after nearly a week of fear over the dam. Around 1,500 residents were removed from their homes on Thursday after the town’s dam at Toddbrook Reservoir was damaged during heavy rain. Emergency workers worked for six days to get the dam wall…
The government is being urged to consider putting a ‘calorie tax’ on cakes, biscuits and other processed food after the success of sugar tax. The Action on Sugar and Action on Salt company said businesses producing calorie loaded food should be taxed to encourage healthier versions of food. This all comes after the sugar tax…
Pass rates have dropped for Scottish Highers but has risen for the National 5 qualifications. More than 133,000 students are finding out their exam results in Scotland and 60,000 have chosen to find out by text and/or email. A total of 185,914 pupils sat Higher exams this year and 138,972 (72.8% have achieved a A…
UK retailers have recorded the worst month for sales in July since records began. Total sales increased by 0.3% in July compared to 1.6% in July last year. July saw record temperatures which would normally expect bigger sales of items that are summer clothes but the demand was not as big as normal. Helen Dickinson, chief…
The bloc says it cannot accept any changes to the current withdrawal agreement to stop a “no deal”. BBC News – UK
Tesco has announced that around 4,500 staff in 153 Tesco Metro stores are set to lose their jobs. The supermarket said they are making changes to the way the stores operate to “serve shoppers better”. Tesco boss Jason Tarry said the firm did not take the redundancy decision lightly. The company said the metro store…
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