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Lower speed limits and vehicle diversions are being imposed on some of the country’s busiest roads under plans to cut illegally high levels of air pollution.
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Lower speed limits and vehicle diversions are being imposed on some of the country’s busiest roads under plans to cut illegally high levels of air pollution.

Boris Johnson and senior ministers have agreed to increase national insurance to fund long-term reform of social care and reduce NHS waiting lists.

Video conferencing firm Zoom has struck a multibillion dollar deal to buy a cloud-based call centre operator in a bet on the future of hybrid working.

A plan to crack down on online rip-offs including making it illegal for people to write or host fake reviews has been outlined by the government.

Netflix is set to report the smallest growth in subscribers in a decade next week, as the flow of young fans who have fuelled its meteoric…

Drugs giant GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) is launching a development plan that is set to create up to 5,000 new jobs.

Greene King has been forced to close 33 pubs in the past week due to staff shortages caused by people being forced to self-isolate by the…

Ocado has cancelled thousands of orders after a fire at a fulfilment centre in south-east London on Friday.

The UK’s top business lobby group and Marks & Spencer have joined a growing chorus urging the government to tackle a nationwide “pingdemic” by immediately amending…

Petrol prices have climbed to their highest level in almost eight years, says motoring organisation the AA.

Staff absences could see shortages of meat products, the industry has warned.

A fraudster posing as a car salesman has been jailed today for defrauding over 200 unsuspecting car buyers out of more than one million pounds.

Royal Dutch Shell has joined forces with Scottish Power to develop the world’s first large-scale floating offshore windfarms in the north-east of Scotland.

Thousands of independent high street businesses are at risk of collapse because of soaring debt levels incurred during the pandemic, according to a report by a…

More than half a billion pounds was wiped off the value of Asos yesterday after the online retailer said that the volatility of Covid restrictions was…