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Businesses up and down the country have warned that soaring petrol and diesel prices are making them “anxious” amid fears that costs could rise even further.Fresh data from the RAC shows that drivers are currently facing huge prices at pumps, with a litre of petrol costing 161.47p per litre, while diesel is setting motorists back 181.45p.These figures have risen dramatically since the outbreak of war in the Middle East at the end of February, with price levels not seen since 2022 in the aftermath of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.Despite reaching a low of 150.59p per litre a month ago,…

The power failure which hit a Network Rail operations centre in Manchester was a rare incident. But after commuters were left facing chaos, it has raised questions about how a short outage at one operating centre could have a widespread impact.Network Rail will face scrutiny for how its systems coped and responded to the outage.That’s the publicly-owned body whose job it is to operate and maintain Britain’s railway infrastructure. That means the tracks, signals, embankments and major stations.It was at Network Rail’s operating centre in Manchester that the problem started. Its operating centres are where crucial controls are housed that…

England defender Lucy Bronze says a Uefa boycott of Fifa competitions would be the “right thing” for the future of the game, despite the impact it could have on women’s football.”I think the players who play in those competitions, the European players, we stand by our beliefs and what the right thing is for our game,” said Bronze, who was speaking in New Zealand on Chelsea’s pre-season tour.”And if that means boycotting competitions, then that has to happen.”It’s for the future of the game and not just for me today and tomorrow.”It’s for all the little girls or little boys…

A controversial “bottle tax” is putting thousands of jobs, and even British beer itself, at risk, Andy Burnham was warned.Brewer, unions and glass manufacturers presented cases of ‘Burnham’s Brew’, a specially created IPA, to Number 10 Downing Street and also to the Prime Minister’s Number 10 North, in Manchester.They say that the Extended Producer Responsibilty (EPR), or ‘bottle tax’, which was introduced as a Net Zero initiative, is a threat to the glass sector and brewing industry.The EPR puts the financial onus on dealing with waste on the businesses behind the packaging, rather than councils. But it is charged by…

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The court heard how Levy, from Tottenham, targeted vulnerable women engaged in sex work on the streets.He declined to give evidence during his trial but pleaded not guilty to the two murders, as well as two counts of rape, grievous bodily harm with intent, and non-fatal suffocation against the surviving woman.The jury, which was given a majority direction in the trial, found him guilty of all charges after 13 hours of deliberation.The Metropolitan Police confirmed to the that it believed Wilkins’ death could have been avoided had there not been multiple points of failure in the handling of Levy.The Met…

Celtic assistant manager Shaun Maloney says there is “no timeline” for Martin O’Neill’s return from the “small procedure” the boss underwent in hospital and the 74-year-old will “make the call” about whether he will be in the dugout for Sunday’s trip to Kilmarnock.

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