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Travellers face two-hour queues at Port of Dover

Travellers face two-hour queues at Port of Dover

Travellers face two-hour queues at Port of Dover

07 July 2023

The Kent port said processing times for passing through checks by French border officials are two hours for coaches and one-and-a-half hours for cars.


Actor Simon Callow criticises use of trigger warnings in theatre

Actor Simon Callow criticises use of trigger warnings in theatre

Actor Simon Callow criticises use of trigger warnings in theatre

07 July 2023

The 74-year-old said ‘there is a fundamental failure to grasp what the theatre is’.


Government again refuses to commit to pay recommendations as strikes hit schools

Government again refuses to commit to pay recommendations as strikes hit schools

Government again refuses to commit to pay recommendations as strikes hit schools

07 July 2023

Education minister Robert Halfon said it was ‘impossible to say’ what decision would be taken.


Final day of production for UK’s best-selling car

Final day of production for UK’s best-selling car

Final day of production for UK’s best-selling car

07 July 2023

Ford will produce the final Fiesta at its factory in Cologne, Germany, on Friday.


Shell expects ‘significantly lower’ trading in gas business

Shell expects ‘significantly lower’ trading in gas business

Shell expects ‘significantly lower’ trading in gas business

07 July 2023

The London-listed oil and gas firm said trading was affected by seasonal factors in the second quarter of 2023.


Tributes paid to ‘shining star’ after girl, eight, killed in car crash at school

Tributes paid to ‘shining star’ after girl, eight, killed in car crash at school

Tributes paid to ‘shining star’ after girl, eight, killed in car crash at school

07 July 2023

Officers are questioning a woman in her 40s over the incident in Wimbledon.


Twitter threatens legal action over Meta’s rival app Threads

Twitter threatens legal action over Meta’s rival app Threads

Twitter threatens legal action over Meta’s rival app Threads

07 July 2023

Meta chief executive Mark Zuckerberg said more than 30 million people signed up to use his messaging app in the first 24 hours.


House prices fall at fastest annual rate in 12 years

House prices fall at fastest annual rate in 12 years

House prices fall at fastest annual rate in 12 years

07 July 2023

The annual drop of 2.6% in June is the largest year-on-year decrease since June 2011, Halifax said.


Gladioli demand surges as shoppers seek ‘affordable bouquets’

Gladioli demand surges as shoppers seek ‘affordable bouquets’

Gladioli demand surges as shoppers seek ‘affordable bouquets’

07 July 2023

Tesco said it has sold 60,000 bunches of the flowers so far this year, a 300% increase compared with 2022.


Mother of girl with connective tissue disorder to don cape for 10k to find cure

Mother of girl with connective tissue disorder to don cape for 10k to find cure

Mother of girl with connective tissue disorder to don cape for 10k to find cure

07 July 2023

Bonnie Jackson has taken on numerous fundraising feats over 18 months to raise awareness for Veds, with the latest being a 10k on July 9.


Skateboarder aims for world records again after failed attempt due to injury

Skateboarder aims for world records again after failed attempt due to injury

Skateboarder aims for world records again after failed attempt due to injury

07 July 2023

Ryan Swain felt it would be ‘ignorant’ not to reattempt the world record and wants to prove to others that it can be achieved


Many older people who left work in 2020-21 ended up in relative poverty – report

Many older people who left work in 2020-21 ended up in relative poverty – report

Many older people who left work in 2020-21 ended up in relative poverty – report

07 July 2023

Relative poverty refers to people living in households with income below 60% of the median in any respective year.


Board games may boost maths skills in young children – study

Board games may boost maths skills in young children – study

Board games may boost maths skills in young children – study

07 July 2023

The findings suggest the games can help to improve counting, addition, and the ability to recognise if a number is higher or lower than another.


Inquests into deaths of Nottingham attack victims to open

Inquests into deaths of Nottingham attack victims to open

Inquests into deaths of Nottingham attack victims to open

07 July 2023

Students Grace O’Malley-Kumar and Barnaby Webber, both 19, and school caretaker Ian Coates, 65, died in the attack last month.


Man who murdered mother and daughters in flat fire to be sentenced for killings

Man who murdered mother and daughters in flat fire to be sentenced for killings

Man who murdered mother and daughters in flat fire to be sentenced for killings

07 July 2023

Jamie Barrow is facing a life term behind bars for the murders of Fatoumatta Hydara and Fatimah and Naeemah Drammeh


Inquests to be heard into deaths of four boys pulled from icy lake

Inquests to be heard into deaths of four boys pulled from icy lake

Inquests to be heard into deaths of four boys pulled from icy lake

07 July 2023

Brothers Samuel Butler, six, and eight-year-old Finlay Butler, died along with their cousin Thomas Stewart, 11, and Jack Johnson, 10, in December.


Radiographers to strike for 48 hours later this month over pay

Radiographers to strike for 48 hours later this month over pay

Radiographers to strike for 48 hours later this month over pay

07 July 2023

The Society of Radiographers trade union said its members at 43 NHS trusts have voted to walk out between 8am on July 25 and 8am on July 27.


Gunman to be sentenced for Christmas Eve pub shooting

Gunman to be sentenced for Christmas Eve pub shooting

Gunman to be sentenced for Christmas Eve pub shooting

07 July 2023

Connor Chapman, 23, was convicted on Thursday after a three-and-a-half week trial at Liverpool Crown Court.


What the papers say – July 7

What the papers say – July 7

What the papers say – July 7

07 July 2023

A ‘horror’ incident at a school in south London dominates the front pages.


Uninterrupted sunshine for Wimbledon fans as British stars look to progress

Uninterrupted sunshine for Wimbledon fans as British stars look to progress

Uninterrupted sunshine for Wimbledon fans as British stars look to progress

06 July 2023

Cameron Norrie will play his second round match against American Christopher Eubanks.


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