Day: August 30, 2024

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LNER Train

Business

LNER train driver strikes called off after talks

A series of weekend strikes by train drivers on LNER have been called off. Members of Aslef were due to walk out on Saturday after the union claimed there had been a breakdown in industrial relations. More than 20 days of strikes were planned on weekends in the next few months which would have disrupted services. The dispute is separate to the long-running pay row involving drivers across the country […]

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Professional dancer Amy Dowden’s return to Strictly Come Dancing

Entertainment

Amy Dowden’s Strictly Come Dancing return to be marked with ’empowering’ dance

Professional dancer Amy Dowden’s return to Strictly Come Dancing will be celebrated with an “empowering” group dance by the show’s professionals. The performance will feature in the launch show of the BBC dancing programme’s 22nd series, which will see it celebrate its 20th anniversary. Dowden will return to the show after being diagnosed with breast cancer in May 2023, when she found a lump the day before her honeymoon, and […]

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Jeremy Clarkson

Business

Jeremy Clarkson’s pub opening ‘sparks jump in nearby property searches’

A spike in searches for homes near Jeremy Clarkson’s new pub has been recorded by property website Rightmove. The pub in Asthall, near Burford in Oxfordshire, reopened to the public on August 23 after being renamed The Farmer’s Dog. Hundreds of people queued to wait for the doors to open on the first day of trading. Rightmove said that August 24, the day after the pub’s opening, saw the highest […]

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Poppy Maskill and Tully Kearney claim ParalympicsGB’s first golds in Paris

Sport

Poppy Maskill and Tully Kearney claim ParalympicsGB’s first golds in Paris

Swimmers Poppy Maskill and Tully Kearney delivered Great Britain’s first Paralympic golds of Paris 2024. Maskill, 19, set a new world record of one minute and three seconds to claim the women’s 100m butterfly S14 title. Kearney then took the S5 200m freestyle crown in 2:46.50, upgrading the silver she won at Tokyo 2020. The victory secured a second career Paralympic gold for the 27-year-old, who is reigning S5 100m […]

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