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Maintenance fund to give £9bn a year to fix schools, hospitals and prisons
Chief Secretary to the Treasury Darren Jones said £6 billion a year would go to repairing hospitals and £3 billion to schools and colleges.
Bank of England holds interest rates at 4.25 per cent
The Bank of England has left interest rates unchanged at 4.25 pr cent, leaving savers in a 'tough spot' and mortgage holders in limbo ...
Tijjani Reijnders ‘can be very important’ for Man City – Nathan Ake
Nathan Ake expects fellow Dutchman and new Manchester City team-mate Tijjani Reijnders to have a big impact at the club. Reijnders joined City from AC Milan last week in a deal worth an initial ...
HMRC reveals surge in corporation tax gap and small business non-compliance
Corporation tax accounts for nearly half of Britain’s £46.8 billion tax gap amid a rise in non-compliance from small businesses, according to the latest figures from HM Revenue & Customs.
Esther Rantzen and terminally ill preacher make case for assisted dying Bill
A terminally ill Christian preacher has criticised the “nonsensical” religious argument against assisted dying that suffering must be part of life, as Dame Esther Rantzen urged MPs to pass a Bill she ...
Morrisons ‘bounces back’ from cyber attack despite pressure on shoppers
The Bradford-based grocery business revealed on Thursday that group sales grew by 4.2 to £3.9 billion for the 13 weeks to April 27.
Tough action needed to halt level of attacks on police in NI, federation warns
Legislators and courts need to take “tough and decisive action” to counter the “shocking and appalling” toll of attacks on police officers, the Police Federation for Northern Ireland has said.
UK interest rates kept on hold with Bank alert to ‘highly unpredictable’ world
UK interest rates have been left on hold as the Bank of England said it was keeping watch on a “highly unpredictable” world amid rising energy prices. The Bank’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) ...
David Lynch memorabilia including scripts and props sell for more than £3m
More than 450 items of memorabilia were sold in the Los Angeles auction, hosted by Julien’s Auctions and Turner Classic Movies (TCM) at the Peninsula Beverly Hills, where they fetched a combined 4.25 ...
Former Keighley MP Ann Cryer smeared as racist, says son
The son of a former Keighley Labour MP Ann Cryer says she was smeared as a racist after raising the alarm about child rape gangs.
Why police were seizing cars in Great Horton on Wednesday
POLICE have seized a number of vehicles after targeting different locations in Bradford. West Yorkshire Police’s neighbourhood policing team worked across the Great Horton area on Wednesday. It led to ...
Aaron Taylor-Johnson: Innovative filming makes 28 Years Later ‘like no other’
Actor Aaron Taylor-Johnson said his latest film 28 Years Later has “got a feel that’s like no other movie”, thanks to the experimental way it was shot. The latest installment of the apocalyptic drama ...