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Meeting others in pubs to be illegal in North East
Lockdown restrictions in north-east England are to be tightened in a bid to halt the rise in Covid-19 cases.
Friday 30 October 2026
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Lockdown restrictions in north-east England are to be tightened in a bid to halt the rise in Covid-19 cases.
Adults in England without an A-level or equivalent qualification will be offered a fully funded college course, the government has announced.
The owner of Pizza Hut restaurants in the UK will go ahead with plans to shut 29 sites, putting 450 jobs at risk, after creditors voted…
Côte Restaurants became the latest casual dining chain to undergo a restructuring after being acquired by new investors via a pre-pack administration.
Police have warned they are “struggling” to enforce coronavirus rules after the 10pm curfew on pubs amid calls for the sale of alcohol in shops to…
A post-Brexit trade deal "can and must be made", the organisation representing British businesses has said ahead of further UK-EU trade talks on Monday.
The coronavirus pandemic has left easyJet “hanging by a thread” and at risk of going under without a summer resurgence of passenger numbers, a union official…
Fred Perry has pulled one of its famous polo shirts after it became associated with a neo-fascist organisation.
A judge has ruled that Uber is "fit and proper" to hold an operating licence in London despite "historical failings".
The serviced offices giant formerly known as Regus has declared war on landlords by threatening to dump hundreds of lease commitments unless they agree to swingeing…
Private equity groups have won a concession allowing UK companies they own to access emergency state-backed loan schemes. The Treasury has relaxed the criteria used by…
Rishi Sunak’s new job support scheme will do little to prevent more than one million people losing their jobs as UK growth stalls, economists warned.
Shaftesbury, one of the biggest landlords in central London, has said struggling high street businesses had paid less than half of the rent due since March
Rishi Sunak’s failure to announce an extension to more generous help to those on low incomes threatens to leave six million poor households £1,000 a year…
The Treasury borrowed the third-highest sum for any month on record in August, according to official figures - as the chancellor prepares to unleash his latest…