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The return of breast screening units

20 February 2021

Most breast screening programmes in Britain were paused in March 2020 because of Covid-19. Screening has since restarted, but there’s much to be done as almost a million women have missed mammograms.

A bad week for Project Fear

9 February 2021

It’s been a lousy few days for the doomsday merchants, the ones who said that companies would flee Britain once Brexit bit.

Steep cost of separatism revealed

9 February 2021

A new analysis of the prospects for Scotland should the SNP succeed in detaching it from the rest of Britain makes grim reading for the separatists.

Chocolate’s coming home

9 February 2021

International food giant Mondelez is shifting the bulk of its Cadbury’s Dairy Milk production back to Britain. This reverses much of the outsourcing that took place in 2017.

SNP in bid to stop test case for unilateral referendum

23 January 2021

Scotland’s Attorney General told its highest court on Friday 21 January that the pro-separatist campaigner seeking a ruling that the Scottish parliament can lawfully hold a second “independence” referendum unilaterally lacks the legal standing to bring his case.

Deep mining again in Cumbria

17 January 2021

The first new deep coalmine in Britain for over 30 years will go ahead in Cumbria. It will supplying coking coal for steelmaking.

PPE: local firms step up

17 January 2021

A Yorkshire company has developed new production facilities for personal protective equipment, one of many innovations from British firms in the face of the pandemic.

British Gas: no to fire and rehire

12 January 2021

British Gas engineers were on strike for 5 days in defence of their pay and conditions. More action will follow unless the company withdraws the threat of firing and rehiring workers on worse conditions.

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