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MP Andrew Selous with Iris Lee, owner of Leighton Buzzard Garden Centre

Housing plans for garden centre site to be discussed at council meeting

Virgin Media O2 will cut up to 2,000 jobs

Virgin Media O2 to cut more than a tenth of UK workforce

Millions of patients in England will be able to get prescriptions for seven common conditions, plus the contraceptive pill and more blood pressure checks, directly from pharmacies under new plans to tackle the GP crisis in the UK.

Pharmacies to offer prescriptions for 7 new conditions amid GP crisis

Pope Francis allows women to vote in bishops’ meeting for first time

A memorial dedicated to the late Queen Elizabeth II has been approved in principle

Proposals for memorial to honour late Queen agreed in principle by town council

landlords may soon be given more power to deal with anti-social tenants

Landlords to be given extra powers to evict ‘anti-social’ tenants

129 Cineworld venues face risk of closure

The 129 Cineworld cinemas at risk as chain struggles to find buyer

Full list of places that will see a council tax increase in April 2023

The PCS Union (Credit: Getty Images)

PCS union announce 100,000 members will strike on Budget Day

Leading UK vet calls for outright ban on owning dogs with cropped ears

British passport prices are set to rise next month

Passport application fees to increase next month

Anyone going abroad should check their passport is in date, as application fees are set to rise.

Britain’s Home Secretary Suella Braverman addresses delegates on the third day of the annual Conservative Party Conference. Credit: Getty Images

Home Secretary plans to crack down on protests with new bill

Households warned they will need up to 7 bins each as part of major rubbish coll...

Many supermarkets are encouraging card payments (Photo: Shutterstock)

Latest rules on cash payments at UK supermarkets - including Asda, Tesco and Sai...

Energy firms could get powers to cut off EV charging at peak times

A national lockdown has not been ruled out, as Health Secretary Matt Hancock said it could be imposed as the “last line of defence" (Photo: Shutterstock)

Experts are recommending a 2 week national lockdown to coincide with October sch...

Leighton Buzzard Police Station, Hockliffe Road

Leighton care home could close if new one is built

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'˜We're being swamped with travellers'

Gennaro Borelli

'˜False economy' behind Sunday parking charge

Nadine Dorries MP for Mid-Bedfordshire speaking in Parliament today

Nadine Dorries MP stands up against ‘painful and barbaric’ deaths in assisted dy...

Luton Airport is proposing changes to its runway 26 flight path

Airport plans route change to minimise noise

Police chiefs meet to discuss G4S ‘situation’

Operator’s airport plans are announced

Jobs: Business red tape can be cut at same time as workers’ rights are safeguard...