Image copyright PA Businesses who have signed up to pay their employees the “real living wage” are being urged to continue doing so during the coronavirus crisis. The living wage is set by the Living Wage Foundation and is separate to the statutory National Living Wage, which rose to £8.72 an hour on Wednesday.. One […]
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Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionPM: Number of NHS volunteers in 24 hours equal to “population of Coventry” The number of people who have volunteered to help the NHS in its fight against coronavirus has passed half a million, double the government’s recruitment target. Speaking at his daily news conference, PM Boris […]
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Image copyright AFP Image caption There have been more than 900 confirmed cases of coronavirus in London Up to 40 stations on the London Underground network are to be shut as the city attempts to reduce the effect of the coronavirus outbreak. Transport for London (TfL) announced there will be a partial shutdown of the […]
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Image copyright Alison Cameron/LDRS Image caption Alison Cameron was diagnosed with Covid-19 on 5 March A woman with coronavirus has described how being in self-isolation is “frightening”. Alison Cameron, 53, is one of 15 people in the London borough of Kensington and Chelsea to have been diagnosed with the disease. “I feel really unwell. I […]
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Image copyright PA Image caption There have been more than 3,000 train faults causing service disruption so far in 2019-20 Delays on the London Underground caused by defective trains have increased by a third in three years, according to official figures. Last year 5,040 mechanical issues on Tube trains led to a delay, up from […]
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The best friend of Tashan Daniel, who was stabbed to death at a Tube station, said he carries the Olympic hopeful’s ashes in a necklace “every single day”. Leon is calling on people to “be better” and to think about the affects of knife crime. Two men have been charged with murdering Tashan, 20, at […]
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Ozil scored Arsenal’s third goal in the Gunner’s 4-0 win over Newcastle in the Premier League on Sunday Mesut Ozil has not been included in the Arsenal squad to face Olympiakos in the Europa League on Thursday. The German midfielder has been omitted due to personal reasons and will play no part in the Gunner’s […]
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Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionTackling the fly-tippers who dump by the truckload Organised criminal gangs are being blamed for the continued rise of large fly-tipping incidents across the UK. Experts said fake companies hired out buildings to dump clients’ waste, costing local authorities almost £60m in clean up costs since 2012. […]
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FA Cup: Tottenham Hotspur 3-2 Southampton highlights Tottenham battled past Southampton in a thrilling FA Cup fourth-round replay to set up a home tie against Norwich City. Spurs went ahead when Tanguy Ndombele’s shot deflected in off visiting defender Jack Stephens, before Shane Long made it 1-1 after Nathan Redmond’s effort had been parried by […]
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Mohamed Salah has now scored 66 goals in the Premier League since he arrived at Liverpool in 2017 Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp doesn’t feel as “though anything is done” despite his side reaching 70 points before the end of January and moving 19 points clear at the top of the Premier League. Mohamed Salah’s first-half […]
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