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Deposit return scheme delayed until March, Yousaf confirms

Deposit return scheme delayed until March, Yousaf confirms

Deposit return scheme delayed until March, Yousaf confirms

18 April 2023

The government has been urged to use the delay to alleviate concerns with the scheme.


Large animals travel more slowly because they cannot keep cool – study

Large animals travel more slowly because they cannot keep cool – study

Large animals travel more slowly because they cannot keep cool – study

18 April 2023

How far an animal can travel dictates where – and how far – it can migrate, find food, mate and spread into new territories.


Teenager sought over hit-and-run after man killed by car

Teenager sought over hit-and-run after man killed by car

Teenager sought over hit-and-run after man killed by car

18 April 2023

Lewis Wright, 17, is wanted by Merseyside Police after a stolen car hit David Francis in Liverpool.


Talking therapies could reduce future risk of heart disease, study suggests

Talking therapies could reduce future risk of heart disease, study suggests

Talking therapies could reduce future risk of heart disease, study suggests

18 April 2023

The therapies can help with common mental health problems like stress, anxiety and depression.


Leo Varadkar: SF not ‘guilty by association’ with Dowdall but should back court

Leo Varadkar: SF not ‘guilty by association’ with Dowdall but should back court

Leo Varadkar: SF not ‘guilty by association’ with Dowdall but should back court

18 April 2023

The Taoiseach called on the party to vote to renew the Special Criminal Court in June instead of abstaining.


Faith leaders urge Britons to volunteer over the coronation weekend

Faith leaders urge Britons to volunteer over the coronation weekend

Faith leaders urge Britons to volunteer over the coronation weekend

18 April 2023

Senior religious figures have voiced their strong support for The Big Help Out volunteering project on May 8.


Inflation expected to dip again after shock February increase

Inflation expected to dip again after shock February increase

Inflation expected to dip again after shock February increase

18 April 2023

The Office for National Statistics is set to show that the rate of CPI inflation fell to 9.8% last month.


Humza Yousaf pledges ‘fresh start for Scotland’ as he sets out priorities

Humza Yousaf pledges ‘fresh start for Scotland’ as he sets out priorities

Humza Yousaf pledges ‘fresh start for Scotland’ as he sets out priorities

18 April 2023

The First Minister promised to ‘go back to the drawing board’ on plans to introduce further restrictions on alcohol advertising.


Leo Varadkar accused of being ‘smug’ as TDs battle over parties’ housing records

Leo Varadkar accused of being ‘smug’ as TDs battle over parties’ housing records

Leo Varadkar accused of being ‘smug’ as TDs battle over parties’ housing records

18 April 2023

Mr Varadkar accused Sinn Fein of ‘gaslighting’ young people, and claimed that Labour was suffering from a “crisis of confidence”.


Where can you watch and listen to the coronation celebrations?

Where can you watch and listen to the coronation celebrations?

Where can you watch and listen to the coronation celebrations?

18 April 2023

The BBC, Channel 4 and Sky News are all offering their own take on the coronation of the King and Queen Consort.


Street artists’ marathon mural highlights Great Ormond Street fundraising appeal

Street artists’ marathon mural highlights Great Ormond Street fundraising appeal

Street artists’ marathon mural highlights Great Ormond Street fundraising appeal

18 April 2023

Great Ormond Street Hospital Children’s Charity is the London Marathon’s charity of the year and its runners are hoping to raise £3.5 million.


‘Be vigilant’ public told ahead of Liverpool Eurovision finals

‘Be vigilant’ public told ahead of Liverpool Eurovision finals

‘Be vigilant’ public told ahead of Liverpool Eurovision finals

18 April 2023

Public asked to be eyes and ears of police as thousands of visitors expected in the city


Food banks in hospitals now the norm, say nurses

Food banks in hospitals now the norm, say nurses

Food banks in hospitals now the norm, say nurses

18 April 2023

A union official said the NHS has reached a ‘boiling point’.


Ministers urged to introduce gun-style licensing laws for machetes

Ministers urged to introduce gun-style licensing laws for machetes

Ministers urged to introduce gun-style licensing laws for machetes

18 April 2023

Conservative MP Anna Firth made the call in a bid to ‘get every machete off the streets and out of our homes’.


Plans to ban more machetes and zombie knives branded ‘too little, too late’

Plans to ban more machetes and zombie knives branded ‘too little, too late’

Plans to ban more machetes and zombie knives branded ‘too little, too late’

18 April 2023

Policing minister Chris Philp defended the Government plans.


Co-op invests £240m into membership proposition with raft of price cuts

Co-op invests £240m into membership proposition with raft of price cuts

Co-op invests £240m into membership proposition with raft of price cuts

18 April 2023

Around 4.5 million people are currently members and the group said it hopes to grow its membership by a further million over the next five years.


Alastair Campbell plays bagpipes lament for late Good Friday Agreement figures

Alastair Campbell plays bagpipes lament for late Good Friday Agreement figures

Alastair Campbell plays bagpipes lament for late Good Friday Agreement figures

18 April 2023

The former Downing Street communications chief played the tune in memory of politicians involved in the peace deal who ‘are no longer with us’.


Government and media ‘must make it clear’ terrorism is ‘completely unacceptable’

Government and media ‘must make it clear’ terrorism is ‘completely unacceptable’

Government and media ‘must make it clear’ terrorism is ‘completely unacceptable’

18 April 2023

Benjamin Shaw, whose sister and two of his nieces were killed in the West Bank, spoke out during a ministerial visit to his north London home.


Release of paramilitary prisoners in 1998 ‘horrible but necessary’ – Tony Blair

Release of paramilitary prisoners in 1998 ‘horrible but necessary’ – Tony Blair

Release of paramilitary prisoners in 1998 ‘horrible but necessary’ – Tony Blair

18 April 2023

Former taoiseach Bertie Ahern said the Good Friday Agreement would never have been signed without the decision to release prisoners.


New plastic-free ‘planet-friendly’ poppy partly made from discarded coffee cups

New plastic-free ‘planet-friendly’ poppy partly made from discarded coffee cups

New plastic-free ‘planet-friendly’ poppy partly made from discarded coffee cups

18 April 2023

The poppy will be plastic free and made of recyclable paper for the first time since it was introduced 102 years ago.


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