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The economy shrank by 0.3% between October and December, in a sharper fall than expected. Source link

The dispute over council funding and calls for abortion clinic buffer zones make the front pages. Source link

Polls open to elect new MPs in Kingswood and Wellingborough. Source link

A Department of Health and Social Care spokesperson said: “Our sympathies remain with those affected by pelvic mesh and we are focused on improving how the system listens to patients and healthcare professionals, as well as introducing measures to make medicines and devices safer. “The national pause remains in place …

NI’s councils have published their rate increases with Mid and East Antrim the largest hike. Source link

The club says the work will be undertaken over the summer after fans approved of the project. Source link

The Executive meets amid an ongoing dispute with the UK government over revenue raising. Source link

In the UK, Graeme Biggar, head of the National Crime Agency, said in December that he wanted to see tougher sentences for offenders who possess child abuse imagery, adding that AI abuse imagery “matters, because we assess that the viewing of these images – whether real or AI-generated – materially …

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are visiting athletes training for next year’s Invictus Games in Canada. Source link

Peter Marks, who runs the UK’s biggest club chain, says students are going out later and spending less. Source link

Reports to a Jewish security charity say incidents were almost double the previous record set in 2021. Source link

Antisemitic incidents rising by almost 150% in the UK and a nursing recruitment “meltdown” leads the papers. Source link

Passengers say they have to wear coats, hats and gloves for the journey between Oban and Glasgow. Source link

Mia’s team mates and her coaches at Glasgow City have been very supportive. She now uses her heart defect as motivation and hopes she can help inspire others. “I’ve never really thought about it but now I feel like it’s a bit of extra motivation to prove to everyone that’s …

Business owners worry about losing the reliability of the Royal Mail after proposals for reductions. Source link

Gavin and Stacey fans are still desperate to find out if Smithy said yes to Nessa. The last reboot of the BBC hit sitcom in 2019 ended with a cliff-hanger marriage proposal. Rumours it would return in December for a one-off Christmas special have been downplayed by the show’s co-creator …

Three men who raped a woman who thought she had gotten into a registered taxi will be sentenced in April. The woman got into a car after a night out with friends in Hull city centre on 30 July. Bakhtullah Safi and Habibullah Ahmadzai, both 18 and of Wellsted Street, …

Salisbury mayor Atiqul Hoque is accused of making antisemitic comments, the BBC understands. Source link

A statement submitted as part of the application said the idea was to increase the amount of people staying in the Forbidden Valley and improve attraction availability in that area of the park. “With the reopening of the popular ride Nemesis alongside existing attractions Sub-Terra, Blade and Galactica, it is …

Robin Ennion said subsidised accounting errors generated by the faulty Horizon computer system. Source link