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Heston launches ‘Full English’ sandwich – complete with baked bean bread

Heston launches ‘Full English’ sandwich – complete with baked bean bread

The snack is available at Waitrose and from Waitrose.com.

Almost half consumers expect to permanently change shopping habits post-Covid

Almost half consumers expect to permanently change shopping habits post-Covid

The survey also showed that 47% of people think the number of times they shop online will definitely increase.

Pc Andrew Harper’s widow calls on public to back life sentence campaign

Pc Andrew Harper’s widow calls on public to back life sentence campaign

Lissie Harper wants people who kill emergency services workers to face life sentences.

Sweeping changes announced by Brittany Ferries will hit 50,000 passengers

Sweeping changes announced by Brittany Ferries will hit 50,000 passengers

Up to 35,000 passengers either cancelled or delayed their travel plans with the company last weekend.

Game Of Thrones star warns Oldham: Lockdown is coming if you don’t act now

Game Of Thrones star warns Oldham: Lockdown is coming if you don’t act now

Oldham Council engaged the services of James Cosmo for its latest video message to residents.

Stations fall silent one week on from Stonehaven rail crash

Stations fall silent one week on from Stonehaven rail crash

Three people died when an Aberdeen to Glasgow Queen Street train crashed into a landslide across the tracks on Wednesday August 12.

Heathrow’s new coronavirus testing facility ‘ready to go’

Heathrow’s new coronavirus testing facility ‘ready to go’

The west London airport hopes the new testing scheme will allow passengers to leave quarantine early.

Population-wide coronavirus testing planned

Population-wide coronavirus testing planned

The Health Secretary said such mass testing would allow the further safe easing of restrictions.

Williamson ‘trying to do his best’ in unprecedented circumstances – Hancock

Williamson ‘trying to do his best’ in unprecedented circumstances – Hancock

Health Secretary Matt Hancock defended under-pressure Education Secretary Gavin Williamson over the A-levels debacle.

Competition watchdog pondering £780m Carlsberg and Marston’s merger

Competition watchdog pondering £780m Carlsberg and Marston’s merger

The Competition and Markets Authority said it is establishing whether to launch a formal investigation.

Hancock: Delay to scrapping PHE ‘would have been wrong’

Hancock: Delay to scrapping PHE ‘would have been wrong’

Critics have expressed dismay that the public health body was dismantled in the middle of the coronavirus crisis.

2020 set to be the worst year for pay awards in a decade, report predicts

2020 set to be the worst year for pay awards in a decade, report predicts

Headline pay award fell to 0.5% in the three months to July, say researchers.

Lockdown in Oldham could be ‘catastrophic’, council leader warns

Lockdown in Oldham could be ‘catastrophic’, council leader warns

Figures for the seven days to August 15 show Oldham had a rate of 83.1 new cases per 100,000, down from 109.7 in the seven days to August 8.

Inflation surges on fuel costs and clothes prices after lockdown

Inflation surges on fuel costs and clothes prices after lockdown

The rate of Consumer Prices Index inflation lifted to 1% in July from 0.6% in June.

Rail commuters face 1.6% rise in fares

Rail commuters face 1.6% rise in fares

The cap on the annual increase in most regulated fares is linked to the previous July’s Retail Prices Index measure of inflation.

Government to increase Covid-19 testing to 150,000 per fortnight

Government to increase Covid-19 testing to 150,000 per fortnight

It comes as Heathrow unveils a new double-testing programme which it hopes will remove the need for travellers to quarantine.

Australia signs deal for Oxford coronavirus vaccine

Australia signs deal for Oxford coronavirus vaccine

The country’s leader promised to make doses ‘as mandatory as you can’.

Heathrow unveils testing programme in hopes of reducing mandatory quarantine

Heathrow unveils testing programme in hopes of reducing mandatory quarantine

The airport, which recorded a drop in passenger numbers of 89% year-on-year in July, has been hit hard by the pandemic.

Cap on rail season ticket increases to be revealed

Cap on rail season ticket increases to be revealed

The cap on the annual increase in most regulated fares is linked to the previous July’s Retail Prices Index measure of inflation.

Terror timeline: How two brothers spent four months planning the arena bombing

Terror timeline: How two brothers spent four months planning the arena bombing

Hashem Abedi – brother of bomber Salman Abedi – was found guilty of 22 counts of murder at the Old Bailey following his trial, which he shunned.

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