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Car parts to bicycles retailer urges government to do more to encourage people to train as techniciansHalfords has said difficulties in hiring enough car mechanics was partly to blame for a profits warning.The car parts-to-bicycles retailer said a lack…
Human Rights Watch warns UK has ‘very short window’ to reverse legislation, including restrictions on the right to protestThe UK government could soon make the list of countries that abuse rather than protect human rights with its “outright assault” on…
Guidance for NHS says extending cholesterol-lowering treatment could save thousands more livesAs many as 15 million more people could be eligible for cholesterol-lowering statins to protect them against heart attacks and strokes, according to draft gui…
Sandie Wood had requested stunt as part of her ceremony, which also included pink coffin marked with words ‘Going out in style’A dance troupe flashmobbed a funeral with a performance of Queen’s Another One Bites the Dust at the request of a woman who w…
Independent investigation says union failed to protect members from hostile attacks within organisationThe National Union of Students has failed to protect Jewish members and activists from hostile attacks within the organisation, according to an inves…
Yevgeny Prigozhin claims passports of aid workers Andrew Bagshaw and Christopher Parry found on the bodyThe head of Russia’s Wagner mercenary group, Yevgeny Prigozhin, has claimed his forces have found the body of one of two British voluntary aid worke…
Ukraine war’s effect on wholesale gas prices prompts third upgrade in a year from CentricaThe owner of British Gas, Centrica, expects a near eightfold increase in its earnings this year due to its balance sheet being boosted by soaring wholesale gas pr…
People felt confident to gather for first time since Covid, according to Whitbread and Mitchells & ButlersNils Pratley: was there a Christmas high street miracle? Not quiteFriends and families gathered together to eat and drink over the festive sea…
Data for England shows huge pressures across NHS from emergency callouts to admissionsUK politics live – latest news updatesAmbulance response times in England were the worst on record across all major categories in December, while people waiting 12 ho…
Ministers consider ‘radical’ overhaul to get long-term sick back in work and fulfil Rishi Sunak’s growth pledgeUK politics live – latest news updatesA shake-up of disability benefits could allow people to keep claiming the payments after they return to…