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Brussels says no progress has been made in Brexit trade talks with the UK since JUNE Seventh round of Brexit trade talks concluded yesterday with no breakthrough Brussels sources said ‘we’re still where we were in June and nothing has moved’ UK Government remains adamant it wants deal agreed by end of September By Jack … Read more
Rising cost of clothes, fuel and household goods drives increase in Consumer Price Index from from 0.8% in June to 1.1% in July, ONS data shows Office for National Statistics said Consumer Prices Index inflation lifted to 1% New figure is a rise from 0.6% in June after economists said it would stay flat Retail … Read more
Turkey could become the next popular holiday destination to be added to the UK’s quarantine list as the country sees the highest number in coronavirus cases since June. The country saw a total of 1,256 new cases in the last 24 hours sparking fears the air bridge to Britain could be dropped and Britons could … Read more
BBC diversity boss June Sarpong admits corporation is ‘nowhere near’ hitting its own targets and says it will ‘take longer than we hoped’ to reach them June Sarpong said BBC not diverse enough at ‘mid-level and senior leadership’ She added it will take ‘longer than hoped’ to reach its BAME leadership target The 43-year-old was … Read more
Facebook is letting its American employees work remotely through July 2021 as the coronavirus pandemic continues to plague the country. The social media giant announced the news to Business Insider on Thursday, also revealing that they would also be giving workers money to pay for home office supplies. ‘Based on guidance from health and government … Read more
Coronavirus cases continued to fall after some lockdown measures were eased, a major study revealed today. Some 123 Britons were diagnosed with the infection out of a sample size of nearly 160,000 people between June 9 and July 8 — an incidence rate of 0.07 per cent. This was down by almost half from May, … Read more
Migos rapper Takeoff sued ‘by woman claiming he raped her at LA party’ in June Migos rapper Takeoff has been sued by a woman accusing him of having raped her at a party in Los Angeles in June ‘Jane Doe’ is suing the 26-year-old -whose real name is Kirshnik Khari Ball- ‘for sexual battery, assault, … Read more
The six-month MOT extension announced at the start of lockdown to prevent motorists from having to take their cars to be tested expires tomorrow. Vehicles due to to have an MOT from 1 August will not be eligible for the test exemption, meaning only owners of motors with test expiry dates today can still take-up … Read more
Current account competition collapses thanks to coronavirus: More people moved bank in March than the next three months of lockdown Just 98,192 accounts were switched between April and June – a 65% fall Banks closed accounts to new customers and withdrew switching bonuses Figures for the first three months of this year found Santander shed … Read more
UK car makers continue to endure a torrid period with production of new vehicles halving in June, with the ongoing toll of the coronavirus on the sector already costing 11,000 jobs in 2020, the trade body said today. Vehicles manufacturing is down 43 per cent in the first six months of the year, with the … Read more