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Piccadilly Gardens cordoned off after suspicious package found

Piccadilly Gardens, in Manchester, has cordoned off after a suspicious package found. Police vans can also be seen in the pictures. A man has been detained by police, GMP said. credit: Robyn McKee A GMP spokesman said: "A cordon is in place in Piccadilly Gardens after reports of a suspicious...

Florida voted to arm teachers

Florida’s House of Representatives voted to pass a bill allowing teachers to carry guns in the classroom, reports Huffington Post. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is expected to sign into law a bill that would allow classroom teachers to be armed, after the state's House voted 65 to 47 for the...

Brexit uncertainty takes its toll on London building activity

Political uncertainty and financial constraints have seen a halt to growth in London’s construction sector as sentiment turns negative in the capital, according to the RICS UK Construction and Infrastructure Market Survey, Q1 2019. Growth in workloads has slowed or declined across almost all sectors of construction this quarter in...

£50m cost to taxpayer after Grayling’s Brexit ferry fiasco

The public purse will take a £50m hit after the DoT (Department of Transport) ended its no-deal Brexit ferry contracts. Chris Grayling’s department had agreed £108m contracts with three ferry organisations, to assist with moving goods in the event of a no-deal Brexit. He has decided to terminate the agreements...

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