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New Report Shows York Faces One Of The Highest Debt Levels In England
Drawing on a dataset of nearly 300,000 insolvent UK consumers currently struggling with their personal finances, Aryza’s new UK Debt Statistics report found that Preston has the highest level of average personal debt in England, standing at £19,473. York has ranked fourteenth with an average debt level of £18,144.
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Government Takes Out First Nationwide Injunction Against Climate Activists Blocking Key Roads
New injunction will ban activities that obstruct motorways and major A roads across the entire country.
8:23 AM 26th October 2021
Less Than One Week To Go Until The Self Assessment Deadline
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Self-employed workers urged to act now, or face a £100 fine
8:06 AM 25th October 2021
UK Emergency Medical Team Deployed To Papua New Guinea
The six British members of the Emergency Medical Team in Papua New Guinea
A team of specialist medics from the UK’s Emergency Medical Team has arrived in Papua New Guinea in response to an urgent appeal for international assistance.
2:58 PM 25th October 2021
RAF Airlifts 102 People Who Have Left Afghanistan To The UK
These flights are the first military relocation of eligible Afghans and British nationals since the end of the evacuation from Kabul
The RAF has airlifted over 102 people who had already left Afghanistan from a neighbouring third country. The airlifts took place across two flights and both have landed safely in the UK. Those on board will now receive support to begin their lives in the UK under Operation Warm Welcome.
4:00 AM 25th October 2021
More Businesses Urged To Give A ‘Helping Hand’ To Young Care Leavers Moving Into Their New Home
Businesses across the country are being urged to introduce a life-changing free home improvement scheme for young care leavers. ‘Helping Hands’ was launched in 2019 by EQUANS, the new brand for global energy company ENGIE’s regeneration and services-led activities, and the Care Leaver Covenant.
4:00 AM 25th October 2021
Move To Lateral Flow Tests For Travel Begins Today
Fully vaccinated passengers and most under 18s arriving from non red-list countries can use a lateral flow test on or before day 2 of their arrival in England
2:43 PM 24th October 2021
Head First Alastair Santhouse Chats To Andrew Palmer About A Psychiatrist’s Stories Of Mind And Body
Andrew Palmer
Group Editor
Have you ever felt out of sorts and could not quite put your finger on what was wrong? If that is the case, then heading over to the Crown Hotel, Harrogate for 09:30 on Sunday 24 October, may just be the tonic for you. Alastair Santhouse, psychiatrist, and author will be speaking as part of the Harrogate Literature Festival about writing his first book Head First A Psychiatrist’s Stories of Mind and Body.
4:00 AM 22nd October 2021
Yorkshire And Humber Councillors Shortlisted For 2021 LQIU & CCLA Cllr Award
The LGIU and CCLA are proud to announce that the following councillors have been shortlisted for the 2021 Cllr Awards.
4:00 AM 22nd October 2021
National Flu And COVID-19 Surveillance Reports Published - 21 October 2021
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Weekly national influenza and COVID-19 report, monitoring coronavirus (COVID-19) activity, seasonal flu and other seasonal respiratory illnesses.
7:58 PM 21st October 2021
Thames Barrier Closed For 200th Time
Barrier being closed to protect London from a high tide as a result of low pressure and northerly winds coinciding with spring tides
9:49 AM 21st October 2021
UK House Prices Rise By 10.9% Compared To 2020
According to the latest UK house price index, the average cost of a house in the UK is £264,444, as property prices have risen by 2.9% compared to the previous month and risen by 10.6% compared to the previous year.
4:00 AM 21st October 2021
Plan To Drive Down The Cost Of Clean Heat
Plans to incentivise people to install low-carbon heating systems in a simple, fair and cheap way as they replace their old boilers over the coming decade.
7:38 AM 19th October 2021
Campaigners Condemn Government Conference With “Corporate Climate Villains”
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Today (19 October) the UK government hosts a Global Investment Summit to encourage private sector investment in UK green industries
4:00 AM 19th October 2021
Care Home Provider Creates 49 Jobs In Sheffield
Local care home provider, Exemplar Health Care, is currently recruiting for 49 health care assistant roles across two of its homes in Sheffield, in order to meet the growing demand for social care in the region.
6:23 PM 18th October 2021
Bradford VIPs Celebrate Metro Bank Grand Opening
(L-R) Deputy Mayor Beverley Mullaney, Martin House's Chris Varney, Bradford Metro Bank store manager Denis Charlette, Metro Bank mascot Metro Man, Tom Mullaney and Metro Bank Local Director Fraser Anderson
The UK’s community bank, Metro Bank, hosted a Grand Opening for its new Bradford store on Saturday 16th October when the store was officially opened by Bradford’s Deputy Mayor, Cllr Beverley Mullaney.
3:42 PM 18th October 2021
Prime Minister's Tribute To Sir David Amess MP: 18 October 2021
PM Boris Johnson paid tribute to Sir David Amess MP in the House of Commons.
3:22 PM 18th October 2021
One In Six People In Yorkshire Not Able To Buy Essential Foods
14 percent of people in Yorkshire and the Humber could not buy essential food items in the last fortnight One in every five Yorkshire and the Humber residents were unable to access non-essential foods 10 percent of Yorkshire residents reported buying less food than usual as a result of shortages One in six residents of Yorkshire and the Humber were unable to purchase essential food…
2:57 PM 18th October 2021
Basil Watson Chosen To Design National Windrush Monument
Internationally renowned artist selected by Windrush Commemoration Committee Design pays tribute to the vision of the Windrush pioneers Monument expected to be unveiled on Windrush Day 2022
7:00 AM 18th October 2021
Foreign Secretary Statement On Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe: 16 October 2021
Foreign Secretary Liz Truss issued a statement today (16 October) on Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe.
1:55 PM 17th October 2021
Opinion
Are We Really Doing Our Level Best?
Sonia Price
Features Writer
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I have to level with you, I haven’t a clue just what Boris Johnson is talking about when he talks about levelling up. Was his rhetoric nothing more than a gig for a handsomely paid speechwriter - hopefully one based somewhere North of London - if he is as good as his words - and that’s basically it? We’ll soon forget about it.
5:00 AM 16th October 2021
Opinion
COP This Boris
Richard Trinder
Editor
With The Conference of the Parties, version 26, rapidly approaching and absolutely no sign of the desperately required reduction in carbon outputs, I offer this suggestion to our beleaguered PM. The Problems Looking from afar, where all the rough edges are ever so conveniently blurred into an irrelevant soup, I see three huge and overlapping problems sitting in the PM’s in-tray.
4:45 AM 16th October 2021
Weekend Feature: How To Present Effectively To An In-person And Virtual Audience
RADA Business is a business performance partner which builds on RADA’s world-class training for actors by transferring techniques to the business world, and is helping professionals master their communication skills in a post-pandemic environment. Christine Adam, RADA Business Tutor, provides insight
4:00 AM 16th October 2021
Half Of Working Mums Don’t Get The Flexibility They Request At Work, According To TUC & Campaigner Mother Pukka
Almost 13,000 working mums responded to a new TUC and Mother Pukka survey on flexible work with Half (50%) saying their boss had rejected their flexible working request – or only accepted part of it. Most (86%) mums working flexibly said that they have faced discrimination and disadvantage at work as a result TUC calls for a legal right to flexible work to be advertised with every job, as government consults on new rights.
10:17 AM 15th October 2021
UK Borrowers In The Dark About True Cost Of Borrowing, Demonstrating Huge Disparity Between Confidence And Capability
Only 1 in 10 Brits were able to select the correct interest they’d pay on a three-year loan, despite 73% of borrowers claiming to know the answer. Just 1 in 5 Brits (22%) were able to correctly identify a credit card minimum payment. 1 in 4 Brits regularly lose sleep over their borrowing.
7:26 AM 14th October 2021
Michael Page To Recruit Over 500 Jobs In Yorkshire To Create Sustainable Homes
Global recruitment specialist, Michael Page, has today announced it is recruiting for over 500 new jobs across North Yorkshire. The new roles, which will be based predominately in Knaresborough, have been created by pioneering modular housing company, ilke Homes.
6:39 AM 14th October 2021
LNER Inspires Tomorrow’s Talent
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London North Eastern Railway (LNER) is delivering "record investment" in supporting aspiration in communities up and down its route, with new projects set to benefit more than 11,000 children and young people over the next 18 months.
12:10 PM 13th October 2021
UK Changes Travel Rules For Travellers From Nigeria To England
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Fully vaccinated travellers from Nigeria will now be able to visit England without needing to take multiple COVID-19 tests or self isolate.
7:39 PM 11th October 2021
Voting For Yorkshire And The Humber’s Favourite Railway Station In The World Cup Of Stations Kicks Off
This week the British public can vote for their favourite railway station in the World Cup of Stations 2021 48 stations from across Britain will compete in a series of Twitter polls Tournament seeks to find the station and staff who have played their role in supporting their local area to recover from the pandemic People up and down Britain can now vote for their favourite railway station…
2:43 PM 11th October 2021
Can You Answer 20 Quiz Questions Written By The Chase Star Paul Sinha?
He’s best known for his incredible quizzing ability as one of the stars of TV’s The Chase, but it turns out that as well as being rather good at answering quiz questions, Paul Sinha is a dab hand at writing them too.
5:00 AM 9th October 2021
LNER Raises More Than £300,000 For Charity In Pioneering Partnership
London North Eastern Railway (LNER) is proud to reach a fundraising milestone as it marks the third anniversary of its pioneering partnership with suicide prevention charity, Campaign Against Living Miserably (CALM), with more than £300,000 raised.
4:36 PM 8th October 2021
UK City Of Culture 2025 Longlist Revealed
For the first time, each longlisted bidder will receive £40,000 to develop a full application. The winner will be announced next year and will be at the centre of the UK’s cultural spotlight in 2025
7:17 AM 8th October 2021
Travel Update: 47 Countries And Territories Removed From Red List
From 11 October, the red list will reduce to 7 countries and proof of vaccination will be recognised from 37 new countries and territories.
6:59 PM 7th October 2021
Queen's Baton Relay Launched At Buckingham Palace
Dame Louise Martin, President of the Commonwealth Games Federation; His Royal Highness Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex; and Her Majesty the Queen in the ceremony at Buckingham Palace.
Her Majesty The Queen has officially launched the Birmingham 2022 Queen’s Baton Relay in a unique ceremony at Buckingham Palace. The Queen, accompanied by The Earl of Wessex, attended a special ceremony on the forecourt of the Palace to launch the 16th official Queen’s Baton Relay.
6:38 PM 7th October 2021
UK Industry Receives Cash Infusion From Prince Albert’s Royal Commission To Tackle Global Challenges
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£100k funding awarded to 13 young innovators to bring academia and industry together to face COVID-19, climate change and more Projects selected include revolutionary breast cancer detection, future coronavirus drugs, waste processing bioreactors and brain-mapping artificial intelligence Applications for the 2022 Industrial Fellowships are now open Talented young innovators from across…
4:38 PM 7th October 2021
Travel Advice Changes Made For Over 30 Countries And Territories
The Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office has lifted its advice against all but essential travel for over 30 countries and territories.
5:45 PM 6th October 2021
Salary Boosts For New Maths, Science And Computing Teachers
Salary boosts for new maths, physics, chemistry and computing teachers
2:41 PM 6th October 2021
B. Braun Medical Ltd Shortlisted For Industry Award
B. Braun Medical Ltd’s nurses have been shortlisted for a Nursing Times award. The Sheffield-based company is a finalist in the ‘Best UK Employer of the Year for Nursing Staff’ category at the Nursing Times Workforce Summit and Awards. B. Braun undertook three projects which formed the basis of the shortlist.
3:48 PM 5th October 2021
Hull Vehicle Branding Firm Teams Up With University Of Hull To Kit Out Eco-friendly Transport
A new bike hire hub ready to loan out more than 60 refurbished bikes to University of Hull students has opened on campus.
3:25 PM 5th October 2021
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