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Virgin Media O2 will cut up to 2,000 jobs

Virgin Media O2 to cut more than a tenth of UK workforce

Millions of patients in England will be able to get prescriptions for seven common conditions, plus the contraceptive pill and more blood pressure checks, directly from pharmacies under new plans to tackle the GP crisis in the UK.

Pharmacies to offer prescriptions for 7 new conditions amid GP crisis

Pope Francis allows women to vote in bishops’ meeting for first time

landlords may soon be given more power to deal with anti-social tenants

Landlords to be given extra powers to evict ‘anti-social’ tenants

129 Cineworld venues face risk of closure

The 129 Cineworld cinemas at risk as chain struggles to find buyer

Full list of places that will see a council tax increase in April 2023

The PCS Union (Credit: Getty Images)

PCS union announce 100,000 members will strike on Budget Day

Leading UK vet calls for outright ban on owning dogs with cropped ears

Harborough District Council

Harborough taxpayers could face a hike of over £5 under new budget proposals

British passport prices are set to rise next month

Passport application fees to increase next month

Britain’s Home Secretary Suella Braverman addresses delegates on the third day of the annual Conservative Party Conference. Credit: Getty Images

Home Secretary plans to crack down on protests with new bill

The bill will introduce serious punishment for disruptive protestors

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Proposals to make Leicestershire zero carbon by 2045 are set out

Households warned they will need up to 7 bins each as part of major rubbish coll...

The two leisure hubs in Market Harborough and Lutterworth are still shut during the current coronavirus lockdown.

Proposals to build new leisure centres in Harborough and Lutterworth are set to ...

Many supermarkets are encouraging card payments (Photo: Shutterstock)

Latest rules on cash payments at UK supermarkets - including Asda, Tesco and Sai...

Ambitious budget proposals have been put forward - including a possible rise in council tax - as Harborough District Council looks to tackle significant financial challenges over the year ahead.

Ambitious budget proposals put forward - including a possible rise in council ta...

Energy firms could get powers to cut off EV charging at peak times

A national lockdown has not been ruled out, as Health Secretary Matt Hancock said it could be imposed as the “last line of defence" (Photo: Shutterstock)

Experts are recommending a 2 week national lockdown to coincide with October sch...