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Electric car charging firm agrees to drop exclusive rights on motorways

Electric car charging firm agrees to drop exclusive rights on motorways

Gridserve’s network covers two thirds of the UK’s service stations.

Grenfell: Former official apologises to bereaved families after email exposed

Grenfell: Former official apologises to bereaved families after email exposed

Richard Harral, former head of technical policy at the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, gave evidence on Monday.

Pig grunts translated into emotions for the first time – study

Pig grunts translated into emotions for the first time – study

The findings suggest farmers could set up an automated recognition system to alert them to when their pigs are distressed.

Ukrainian teenager vows to stay in Lviv as army ‘needs her support’

Ukrainian teenager vows to stay in Lviv as army ‘needs her support’

Prior to the war, Nadiia Shymkiv was a student at Ukraine Catholic University studying law.

Open All Hours actress Lynda Baron dies aged 82

Open All Hours actress Lynda Baron dies aged 82

The sitcom star was best known for her role as Nurse Gladys Emmanuel.

There are places I remember…

There are places I remember…

A mural of Ringo Starr has gone up on The Empress pub building near the former Beatle’s childhood home in Liverpool.

New diagnostic tool ‘could help reduce prostate cancer deaths’

New diagnostic tool ‘could help reduce prostate cancer deaths’

The proposed screening approach could help cut number of false positives detected by current tests.

Parliament welcomes new MP for Birmingham Erdington

Parliament welcomes new MP for Birmingham Erdington

Labour’s Paulette Hamilton was cheered by party colleagues.

Band of Builders transform home to help father-of-two’s recovery

Band of Builders transform home to help father-of-two’s recovery

Building surveyor Howard Holden suffered unexplained heart failure in his sleep at his home in Lancashsire.

Man arrested after lorry crashes into gates of Russian embassy in Dublin

Man arrested after lorry crashes into gates of Russian embassy in Dublin

The incident happened on Monday at the embassy in south Dublin.

Pioneering Helen tells how she quit the police to become a private detective

Pioneering Helen tells how she quit the police to become a private detective

Helen Wilson, 84, left the police force in the 1960s to become a private detective.

One of the world’s 26 master model builders for Lego hails ‘rewarding’ job

One of the world’s 26 master model builders for Lego hails ‘rewarding’ job

James Windle is the mind behind the builds at Manchester’s Legoland Discovery Centre.

Headteachers call for action over gender pay gap on International Women’s Day

Headteachers call for action over gender pay gap on International Women’s Day

Female heads have seen a ‘double hit’ on pay, a union said.

Boxer David Haye vouches for ‘role model’ Dizzee Rascal at assault trial

Boxer David Haye vouches for ‘role model’ Dizzee Rascal at assault trial

The sportsman described the grime artist as a ‘stand-up and down-to-earth kind of man’.

Starmer: Johnson is not fit for office but my focus is on Ukraine

Starmer: Johnson is not fit for office but my focus is on Ukraine

Sir Keir Starmer said his view of the Prime Minister had not changed but his ‘total focus’ was on Ukraine, not Boris Johnson.

PM denies intervening to secure peerage for Evgeny Lebedev

PM denies intervening to secure peerage for Evgeny Lebedev

Boris Johnson has been urged to tell a parliamentary committee everything he knows about the Russian-born media mogul’s elevation to the Lords.

Khan calls for funding certainty for TfL during visit to Co Antrim bus plant

Khan calls for funding certainty for TfL during visit to Co Antrim bus plant

The mayor of London visited the Wrightbus factory in Ballymena to see the production of previously ordered new electric double-decker buses.

Researchers find DNA differences that put people at higher risk of severe Covid

Researchers find DNA differences that put people at higher risk of severe Covid

Scientists also now know more about the virus than other conditions routinely seen in hospitals such as sepsis and flu.

Ukrainian girl moves stars to tears with viral video singing from Kyiv bunker

Ukrainian girl moves stars to tears with viral video singing from Kyiv bunker

Amelia was filmed singing the hit Let It Go from the Disney film Frozen in her native tongue while sheltering in an underground bunker in the capital.

Latest statistics on how women are represented in public life

Latest statistics on how women are represented in public life

Many occupations are still dominated by men, though representation of women has improved in recent decades.

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