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Government ‘preparing for Thames Water collapse - contingency plans’

The government has rejected calls for women to get menopause leave

Menopause leave trial rejected by government

Holliday Grainger stars in BBC spy thriller The Capture

Review: The Capture may be hokum, but it's very entertaining hokum

A wax figure of Boris Johnson appeared outside a job centre in Blackpool (Credit: PA Media)

Boris Johnson waxwork appears outside job centre as PM quits as Tory leader

Major new rule change could allow 1.5m workers to take on extra jobs

Labour calls for “full investigation” into whether Hancock and other ministers used private email (Photo by STEVE REIGATE/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

Labour calls for “full investigation” into whether Hancock and other ministers u...

Holidays to Europe and the United States are not likely to resume until August at the earliest, experts have warned (Photo: Shutterstock)

Holidays to Europe and the United States unlikely to return until August, expert...

Ministers urged to reconsider graduated licences for new drivers

Cinemas are trialling ‘vaccine passport’ technology - but will the scheme go ahe...

Lancashire's Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCG) said teachers will not be prioritised due to a shortage in supply of vaccines

Lancashire health chiefs explain why county's teachers are "not a priority" for ...

These are Burnley Covid hotspots with an infection rate over 900

These are Burnley Covid hotspots with an infection rate over 900 as the Governme...

Meeting others outdoors still poses Covid risks - could it be banned?

Crow Wood in Burnley; inset, managing director Andrew Brown. Photo: Andy Ford

Prominent Burnley businessman slams 'ridiculous' second national lockdown

Prime Minister Boris Johnson presented several press briefings before testing positive for coronavirus (Getty Images)

You can ask a question at the government's daily coronavirus press briefing - he...

Burnley MP Antony Higginbotham

Burnley MP Antony Higginbotham column: Businesses getting the support they need

FUNDING: Clive Grunshaw

Clive Grunshaw calls for answers over ‘savage’ police cuts

Ethel Austin

High Street workers lose compensation battle

Members of the Fire Brigades Union (FBU) strike.
Photo by: Owen Humphreys/PA Wire

Firefighters to strike on Wednesday

Villages destroyed so Government Ministers don’t lose face

LETTER: Climate change scares are just a giant rip-off

LETTER: Good news that Colne house plan is refused

LETTER: 2011 Census is most intrusive ever