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Stoke-on-Trent sees biggest house price rise in UK – report

Posted by December 30, 2024

Stoke-on-Trent saw the largest growth in house prices in the UK in 2024, according to a lender's research.The study from Halifax found the city's average house

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Birmingham Six: Paddy Hill dies aged 80

Posted by December 30, 2024

Mr Hill founded the Glasgow-based MOJO (Miscarriage of Justice Organisation) after his release, helping others who were imprisoned despite being innocent of the

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Avanti West Coast strike to hit New Year’s Eve trains

Posted by December 30, 2024

On New Year's Eve, Avanti West Coast says it will run one train per hour between Euston and each of Birmingham, Manchester and Preston, with a limited service t

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New counter-terror powers to disrupt English Channel crossings

Posted by December 30, 2024

As outlined in the King's Speech, the government will introduce the Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill.The new law aims to "modernise the asylum and i

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Marcus Fakana: Briton, 18, jailed in Dubai over sex with…

Posted by December 30, 2024

An 18-year-old Briton convicted of having sex with an underage 17-year-old British girl in Dubai has handed himself in to authorities there to begin a one-year

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YouTube urged to promote ‘high-quality’ children’s programmes

Posted by December 30, 2024

But Nandy, who has a nine-year-old child, said online platforms were failing to promote the "widest range" of material. "[It's] something that affects my family

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ISP Zen Internet Reveals its UK Network Traffic Peaks for…

Posted by December 30, 2024

Rochdale-base broadband ISP Zen Internet has revealed that they saw their busiest ever period for network traffic on 4th December 2024, when streaming of liv

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Gatwick Airport Departures: Disruption continues into fourth day

Posted by December 30, 2024

When the fog dissipates, many planes and pilots may be out of place due to the previous delays and cancellations, which is likely to bring further disruption to

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Glen Sannox: ‘Green’ ferry has higher emissions than diesel ship

Posted by December 30, 2024

There is also no local supply of LNG in Scotland, so the gas has to be brought up from a terminal in Kent using diesel road tankers. This 445-mile road journey

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Ninth legion’s ‘lost battle’ found, claims Roman expert

Posted by December 30, 2024

This leads Dr Elliott to paint a vivid picture of how the Roman occupation arrived in this part of the midlands."The Ninth Legion, nearly 6,000 men, would have

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The man who ‘jumped’ a double-decker bus over Tower Bridge’s…

Posted by December 30, 2024

On 30 December 1952, a double-decker bus drove on to Tower Bridge on its usual route between Shoreditch and Dulwich.It was late in the evening, dark and the tem

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Teesside Airport continues to make loss after public takeover

Posted by December 30, 2024

In the company accounts, Mr Forster said the airport had struck a number of deals to bring new routes to Teesside throughout the year.This included TUI reintrod

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