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Videos posted by the group show drivers moving protesters, who keep returning to retake their places Motorists dragged Just Stop Oil protesters out of the way as activists halted traffic flow across four central London roads on Saturday. The group said 61 Just Stop Oil supporters stopped traffic on Charing Cross Road, Kensington High Street, Kennington Road and Blackfriars Road, “demanding that the government halts all new oil and gas consents and licences”. Continue reading… ​Videos posted by the group show drivers moving protesters, who keep returning to retake their placesMotorists dragged Just Stop Oil protesters out of the way…

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Journalist Amber de Botton takes special adviser role for new prime minister Rishi Sunak has hired Amber de Botton as his director of communications, Downing Street confirmed on Saturday, in the latest in a series of appointments made by the prime minister in his first week in office. De Botton’s career as a journalist has included working for ITV News and Sky News. She leaves ITV News, where she was head of UK news and previously politics. Unlike an impartial civil servant, the special adviser will be able to give political advice to ministers, defend the government’s actions and criticise…

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Many new products now need multiple safety test facilities for home and abroad, say entrepreneurs British inventions are being brought to market overseas because new Brexit safety certification rules mean they can’t be sold in the UK. Trade bodies and entrepreneurs have blamed the government’s decision to stop accepting the European Union’s CE mark and instead create a new UK Conformity Assessed (UKCA) mark showing that a product is safe. Continue reading… ​Many new products now need multiple safety test facilities for home and abroad, say entrepreneursBritish inventions are being brought to market overseas because new Brexit safety certification rules…

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