Day: March 9, 2023
Driver faces having 81 points on his licence for speeding 22 times on same road
March 9, 2023A laundry delivery driver could face a whopping 81 penalty points after being caught speeding 22 times in just three weeks. Peter McPherson, 58, who lives in Wembley, racked up the points during shifts for Galicia Laundry services company. He has admitted committing the offences on a 30mph stretch of the A40 Westway flyover between […]
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Pensioner says Ulez charge will leave him ‘unable to visit his parents’ graves’
March 9, 2023A pensioner fears he will no longer be able to visit his parents’ graves when the £12.50 ULEZ charge is expanded. Stuart Woodroffe, 69, from Coggeshall, near Colchester, Essex, drives an hour to the cemetery in Upminster, east London, every month. But his Vauxhall Insignia isn’t compliant, meaning he faces having to fork out an […]
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HS2 construction to be ‘delayed imminently to save money’
March 9, 2023The government is expected to shortly confirm delays to certain sections of the HS2 project in order to cut costs. It is understood that delays will primarily affect the high-speed railway between Birmingham and Crewe, and between Crewe and Manchester. However, the BBC reports that industry sources have indicated some design teams working on the […]
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What the papers say – March 9
March 9, 2023T hursday’s newspapers continue to cover the Government’s small boats Bill after it emerged the EU has concerns it could breach human rights laws. The Independent, the Daily Express, the i and The Guardian all report on Rishi Sunak’s “contentious” new migrant policy. The Daily Mirror and the Daily Mail focus on football commentator Gary […]
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Piers Morgan defends Gary Lineker’s criticism of Government asylum policy
March 9, 2023P iers Morgan has defended Gary Lineker’s criticism of the UK Government’s new asylum policy, arguing that the Match Of The Day host is “not a news reporter”. The Talk TV host said Lineker’s remarks were “clearly incendiary” but that his opinions “should not matter to the BBC’s news output”. Lineker, 62, has faced criticism […]
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Boris Johnson ‘privately warned’ Dominic Raab about his conduct when PM – report
March 9, 2023F ormer prime minister Boris Johnson reportedly privately warned Dominic Raab about his conduct when the latter held several cabinet positions under Mr Johnson’s leadership. The ex-Conservative leader is understood to have provided evidence to Adam Tolley KC, the independent lawyer who is looking into a number of formal complaints made by senior civil servants […]
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More than 200 arrests made in week-long crackdown on county lines drug gangs
March 9, 2023M etropolitan Police say they made more than 200 arrests and seized over one million pounds worth of drugs during a week-long crackdown on county lines gangs in London. From Monday February 27 to Sunday March 5, Met officers charged 105 people with a total of 223 charges, which included 150 drug trafficking charges and […]
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Marisha Wallace talks reinventing Guys and Dolls showgirl Miss Adelaide
March 9, 2023It’s a tale as old as time: British actors heading to the US to make their name. But it rarely works the other way, which makes the brilliant Marisha Wallace’s trajectory so gratifying. Hailing from North Carolina, she started out on Broadway before coming to London in 2017 to fill in on the West End […]
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Yellow weather warnings in place for snow and ice across parts of Scotland
March 9, 2023Y ellow weather warnings for snow and ice are in place across much of Scotland on Thursday as temperatures fell below zero overnight. A yellow warning for snow and ice is in place in the north of Scotland, where temperatures were as low as minus 4C in the early hours of Thursday morning. A further […]
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