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Southwark Council has entered into an agreement with several electric bike operators to dramatically cut the cost of rides for local residents and key workers.The deal caps fares at £1.75 for a 20-minute journey across Lime, Voi and Forest bikes, marking a 75 per cent reduction on standard pay-as-you-go rates, which can reach as much as £7.00 for the same trip length.Under the new framework, all three companies will operate across the borough under shared rules designed to keep e-bikes managed safely and in the public interest. The agreement goes beyond pricing, tackling longstanding complaints about pavement obstruction, overnight alarm…

Drought-resistant crops could be banned under Labour’s EU reset deal, it has been revealed. An easing of restrictions on precision-bred organisms (PBOs) has been highlighted by key Leave supporters as a post-Brexit benefit. The process, which involves inserting new genes into crops, such as wheat, barley or potatoes, can be used to improve the robustness of crops, which could in turn make them more resilient to drought conditions.However, under Sir Keir Starmer’s previous talks with the EU, Britain could be forced to impose tougher restrictions on PBOs, in line with Brussels regulations. A new sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) agreement between…

City were crowned champions with a game to spare and a six-point gap to second-placed Chelsea last season. It ended Chelsea’s six-year dominance and was City’s first major trophy under manager Andree Jeglertz in his debut campaign in England.No Champions League football, a squad stacked with quality and the ability to keep key players fit proved vital – but what did the players learn?”How to become champions,” captain Alex Greenwood told Sport.”We had come very, very close to doing it in previous years but just couldn’t get over the line. Last season, a lot came together.”There will be new challenges…

Gavin Ashenden, a former chaplain to Queen Elizabeth II, has accused King Charles of violating the oath he swore at his Coronation to uphold the Christian Faith.The accusation follows Buckingham Palace’s decision to alter the monarch’s traditional title in this year’s Sovereign Grant Annual Report, replacing “Defender of the Faith” with “Protector of the Space for Faith within the Multi-faith Nation.”Ashenden, who served as a royal chaplain for nine years, has expressed deep alarm at the change.Ashenden departed his role after criticising a church service in which a Muslim student had been invited to recite from the Koran.Gavin Ashenden, a…

Denise Welch has confirmed her departure from Loose Women, bringing to a close a tenure spanning roughly 25 years on the ITV daytime programme.The 68-year-old actress and panellist broke the news on Thursday night through a video posted to her Instagram account, telling viewers she had decided to step away in order to dedicate herself fully to acting.Ms Welch, who is the mother of The 1975 frontman Matty Healy, described performing as her greatest passion and the skill she feels most confident in.The announcement arrives during a turbulent period for the show, with fellow panellist Nadia Sawalha separately claiming she…

Motorists are being warned that a critical road in Hampshire will remain closed for the next week as firefighters continue to battle a huge wildfire.A vehicle fire on Sunday, August 9, prompted the A31 in Hampshire to close, leading the fire to spread rapidly to the surrounding heathland.The wildfire is estimated to have spread across 165 acres, which is roughly the size of 200 football pitches.National Highways has closed the westbound carriageway between the M27 J2 (Ower) and the A338 (Ringwood), while the eastbound is shut between the A338 and M27 J1 (Cadnam).National Highways has warned that the closure will…

A mother who killed her baby daughter by burning her with a hairdryer has been jailed for six years.Courtney Gartshore, 28, used the appliance to subject three-month-old Dahlia-Rose to “significant and sustained heat” on her head and body. Emergency services were called to the scene at a property in Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, in September 2023, but the child had died. Gartshore was convicted of culpable homicide following a trial at the High Court in Aberdeen in July. Her defence had argued the baby may have already been dead before the burn injuries, but a jury took just over an hour to…

For large spells of Mackenzie Dern’s see-saw UFC career, she lacked a key characteristic that defines many champions.After making her debut in the promotion in 2018, the American-Brazilian had a magnificent start where she won six of her first seven fights to get to the cusp of a title shot.Dern was tipped to be the strawweight division’s next big star, following in the footsteps of greats such as Joanna Jedrzejczyk, Rose Namajunas and Zhang Weili, but four defeats in her next six fights saw her crowning moment put on ice.Looking back, the 33-year-old puts her defeats down to a lack…

A British conservationist who dedicated more than two decades to tracking down one of England’s most elusive moths has finally found one.Dr Dave Wainwright, who works for Butterfly Conservation, uncovered the colony of dark-bordered beauty moths at the National Trust’s Wallington Estate near Morpeth, Northumberland.It is only the second known English site for the custard and chocolate-coloured day-flying insect.The find has been hailed as a major breakthrough for the species, which was previously thought to exist at just one location in England, Strensall Common in North Yorkshire, alongside two small Scottish populations on Deeside and Speyside.The sole English population at…

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