Petrol and diesel vehicles are to be banned from a city centre in what is believed to be the world's first Zero Emissions Zone. The new zone in Oxford City Centre will see all petrol and diesel taxis, cars and buses excluded from six central streets from 2020. The area ...
Jeremy Corbyn will be rubbing his hands after a new report by the International Monetary Fund backed Labour's tax strategy and discredited the Conservatives' approach. Higher income tax rates for rich would reduce inequality without impacting economic growth. The research revealed higher income tax rates for the rich would help reduce ...
A water firm has been ordered to pay almost £500,000 after supplying water infected with a parasite - leaving thousands of homeowners with unsafe tap water, a court heard. United Utilities used water from an underground rural reservoir which may have contained contamination from farm animal faeces after a heavy ...
A new mapping project will combine Ordinance Survey routes with air quality data - to help cyclists avoid pollution hotspots. EarthSense are using Google Earth, along with fixed air pollution sensors, to produce the interactive maps, which will produce forecasts up to three days in advance. The air quality models ...
Porches a.k.a. Aaron Maine returns with new song 'Country'. The song features backing vocals by Dev Hynes and Bryndon Cook. The accompanying video was co-directed by Maine and Nick Harwood (producer on Blood Orange’s 'Augustine' and 'Sandra’s Smile') and shot in and around Maine’s childhood stomping grounds in upstate New York. Maine ...
Horrified locals were stunned after an animal rescue charity shop revealed a gruesome Halloween display - complete with bloody severed limbs. Krzysztof Darewicz, 32, spotted the 'very violent' display at a PDSA shop - despite the charity promoting animal welfare. He says he thought the display in West Ealing, west ...
A man went drinking then went home and stabbed his housemate to death - and chopped off the victim's PENIS, a court heard. Jeffrey Barry, 56, went to two bars and consumed a litre of rum before he stabbed Kamil Ahmed 25 times at their home. CCTV footage at the ...
An inspirational 11-year-old boy has started a charity project to collect new socks and underwear for the homeless. Joe Cox had noticed a growing number of rough sleepers while walking around in his neighbourhood of Leith, Edinburgh. His simple idea, which he has dubbed Socks for the Street, has touched ...
Britain now has a higher tax burden than Spain after the share of GDP taken in tax rocketed. The Tories have long claimed to be the party of low taxes but that claim is unlikely to stand up for much longer. With a month to go until the budget a graph ...