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Exclusive: cost-cutting plans would leave local stations in England with hardly any programmes made for their own listeners BBC local radio stations could be left with just a handful of programmes specific to their area under proposals set to be announced this week. A fresh round of BBC cuts is due to be announced on Monday, with sources telling the Guardian it will herald the end of most local radio stations as truly distinctive standalone outlets. Continue reading… ​Exclusive: cost-cutting plans would leave local stations in England with hardly any programmes made for their own listenersBBC local radio stations could…

  Truss demanded chilled white wine and ‘absolutely no mayonnaise on anything’, according to new book Truss demanded chilled white wine and ‘absolutely no mayonnaise on anything’, according to new book 

Rashford is the first United player to reach a century of goals since Wayne Rooney.

‘We recognise the deep frustration felt by many members over this decision.’

Luxury store made profit of £51m in 2021-22 after Covid restrictions eased and tourists returned Harrods more than doubled the pay of its managing director, Michael Ward, last year to £2.3m, even as the company collected almost £6m in government support under the furlough scheme. Ward, understood to be the highest-paid director at the upmarket department store in Knightsbridge, west London, increased his package from £1m the previous year after Harrods returned to profit as pandemic restrictions eased. Continue reading… ​Luxury store made profit of £51m in 2021-22 after Covid restrictions eased and tourists returnedHarrods more than doubled the pay…

Darren Rodwell, Barking and Dagenham council leader, selected to stand despite comments at Black History Month event A white council leader who once joked that he had “the worst tan possible for a black man” has been selected to stand as a Labour MP. Darren Rodwell, the leader of Barking and Dagenham London borough council, fought off selection competition from councillor Josie Channer, a black councillor who has previously run for selection near Bristol. Continue reading… ​Darren Rodwell, Barking and Dagenham council leader, selected to stand despite comments at Black History Month eventA white council leader who once joked that…

Case comes after Suella Braverman ignored advice that people were being kept at the centre unlawfully A case of MRSA has been reported at the congested asylum processing centre at Manston in Kent, the Guardian has learned, after it emerged that Suella Braverman ignored advice that people were being kept at the centre unlawfully. The antibiotic-resistant bacteria was identified in an asylum seeker who initially tested positive for diphtheria. But they were moved out of the site in Ramsgate to a hotel hundreds of miles away before the positive test result was received, raising concerns about the spread of the…

  The First Minister had furiously clashed with Scottish Conservative leader Douglas Ross over the issue. ​The First Minister had furiously clashed with Scottish Conservative leader Douglas Ross over the issue. 

Evans is a popular possible replacement for Daniel Craig in the role.

‘There were two-to-three years of no sound.’