Network Rail boss vows to scrap weekend engineering works this summer if leisure trips soar after Covid lockdown Weekend rail closures could be scrapped if leisure travel surges after lockdown Network Rail chairman Sir Peter Hendy predicts weekend demand could surge To avoid disruption maintenance and upgrade work could move to weekdays By Milly Vincent For … Read more
Critics have called for an end to a year-long e-scooter trial in Newcastle after just seven days – after riders ditched helmets, rode on pavements and almost hit pedestrians. Some 250 electric scooters were opened up to the public for the first time last week as the Government decides whether to legalise the use of … Read more
The British Army could lose one third of its Challenger 2 main battle tanks as part of the government’s ongoing Strategic Defence Review. The tanks – which were designed to counter the threat of a Cold War Soviet Union – were threatened with being retired to save costs. However, it is understood that officials are … Read more
Boris Johnson is urged to scrap the ban on care home visits by March to give a ray of hope to the elderly who have been cut off from their loved ones during the pandemic Six charities have banded together to urge Boris Johnson to allow visits to care homes by relatives from the beginning … Read more
Dominic Cummings wanted Boris Johnson to SCRAP the Sage committee after raging at leaks by pro-lockdown scientists amid fears some of them were using their position to push for tougher restrictions The PM was encouraged to act against Sage over concerns that some of the group’s experts were using their roles to publicly push for … Read more
One in seven over-75s is yet to get a TV licence following controversial decision to scrap freebies According to BBC figures around 2.7million over-75s have purchased a licence The BBC has praised the figures, saying they represent ‘good progress’ for the scheme Last August the BBC stripped 4.2million elderly viewers of their free licences By … Read more
A Dutch court today ordered the government to lift a Covid curfew that sparked the Netherlands’ worst rioting for decades – saying authorities had misused emergency powers meant for more perilous crises such as a dyke breach. The 9pm curfew was the first to be imposed in the Netherlands since the Nazi occupation in World … Read more
A Dutch court today ordered the government to lift a Covid curfew that sparked the Netherlands’ worst rioting for decades – saying authorities had misused emergency powers meant for more perilous crises such as a dyke breach. The 9pm curfew was the first to be imposed in the Netherlands since the Nazi occupation in World … Read more
Ministers should consider abolishing VAT on electric vehicles (EV) or increase the incentives currently available to buy them, a market report has said. The RAC’s annual report on motoring found that electric car demand is marginally higher than a year ago, with fewer than one in ten drivers polled saying their next car will be … Read more
Social media users have highlighted an urgency to gather signatures on a petition to scrap the tampon tax on period pants. Rubina Raut who founded UK-based period pants brand WUKA in 2017, has racked up almost 18,000 signatures on an online petition to recognise the reusable underwear as entitled to being taxed fairly. While sanitary … Read more