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Bake Off’s Prue Leith made a dame

Bake Off’s Prue Leith made a dame

Bake Off’s Prue Leith made a dame

11 June 2021

The 81-year-old is a prolific cook book author, broadcaster and restaurateur.


Honours list rewards volunteers who provided food lifeline during pandemic

Honours list rewards volunteers who provided food lifeline during pandemic

Honours list rewards volunteers who provided food lifeline during pandemic

11 June 2021

Caterers, taxi drivers and community volunteers have been rewarded for their efforts in getting food to the vulnerable during the Covid crisis.


Scottish pop sensation Lulu made CBE in birthday honours

Scottish pop sensation Lulu made CBE in birthday honours

Scottish pop sensation Lulu made CBE in birthday honours

11 June 2021

The singer is recognised for services to music, entertainment and charity.


United scientific community honoured after immense Covid-19 response

United scientific community honoured after immense Covid-19 response

United scientific community honoured after immense Covid-19 response

11 June 2021

Experts behind the Oxford University/AstraZeneca vaccine were among those receiving accolades.


MBE delight for east Belfast Irish language trailblazer

MBE delight for east Belfast Irish language trailblazer

MBE delight for east Belfast Irish language trailblazer

11 June 2021

Linda Ervine founded Turas, an Irish language project which has blossomed into one of the largest class providers in Belfast.


Brides-to-be suffering ‘sleepless nights’ amid wedding restriction uncertainty

Brides-to-be suffering ‘sleepless nights’ amid wedding restriction uncertainty

Brides-to-be suffering ‘sleepless nights’ amid wedding restriction uncertainty

11 June 2021

One said restrictions make ‘no sense’ and they would be better off getting married during ‘half-time in a football match’.


Sea eagles spotted at Loch Lomond for first time in over a century

Sea eagles spotted at Loch Lomond for first time in over a century

Sea eagles spotted at Loch Lomond for first time in over a century

11 June 2021

A pair of the birds have been seen searching for suitable nest sites at the loch.


Levelling up risks becoming ‘a joke’, warns former head of civil service

Levelling up risks becoming ‘a joke’, warns former head of civil service

Levelling up risks becoming ‘a joke’, warns former head of civil service

11 June 2021

Lord Kerslake said an upcoming White Paper should set out the parameters by which levelling up is measured.


Queen honours royal head of tech after year of virtual engagements

Queen honours royal head of tech after year of virtual engagements

Queen honours royal head of tech after year of virtual engagements

11 June 2021

Toby Zeegen was one of a number of the Queen’s staff to receive honours which were awarded independently of Downing Street.


New diagnostic test could improve survival chances for lung cancer patients

New diagnostic test could improve survival chances for lung cancer patients

New diagnostic test could improve survival chances for lung cancer patients

11 June 2021

Thousands of people in Hampshire and Yorkshire will be invited to undergo the new iDx Lung diagnostic tests during the next three years.


Fan zone attendees urged to take coronavirus test beforehand

Fan zone attendees urged to take coronavirus test beforehand

Fan zone attendees urged to take coronavirus test beforehand

11 June 2021

But proof of a negative test is not mandatory to get into the site in Glasgow Green.


David Baddiel: PM playing culture war game over support for England team

David Baddiel: PM playing culture war game over support for England team

David Baddiel: PM playing culture war game over support for England team

11 June 2021

Downing Street has not backed the players’ decision to take the knee.


Google promises not to harm rivals with new proposals for Chrome browser

Google promises not to harm rivals with new proposals for Chrome browser

Google promises not to harm rivals with new proposals for Chrome browser

11 June 2021

The UK’s competition watchdog was concerned over Google’s plans to remove third-party cookies.


Farmers on the brink as Brexit causes ‘massive hole’ in numbers of fruit pickers

Farmers on the brink as Brexit causes ‘massive hole’ in numbers of fruit pickers

Farmers on the brink as Brexit causes ‘massive hole’ in numbers of fruit pickers

11 June 2021

The number of seasonal workers applying to work at one Kent-based company is down 90% in the last two years and there are fears for the future.


Heathrow passenger numbers 90% below pre-pandemic levels

Heathrow passenger numbers 90% below pre-pandemic levels

Heathrow passenger numbers 90% below pre-pandemic levels

11 June 2021

Just 675,000 people travelled through the west London airport last month.


Lockdown easing sees economy grow

Lockdown easing sees economy grow

Lockdown easing sees economy grow

11 June 2021

Gross domestic product was at 2.3% in April – the highest since July 2020 – but still below pre-pandemic levels.


Johnson defends vaccine pledge as G7 leaders gather in Cornwall

Johnson defends vaccine pledge as G7 leaders gather in Cornwall

Johnson defends vaccine pledge as G7 leaders gather in Cornwall

11 June 2021

Prime Minister Boris Johnson has promised 100 million Covid-19 shots to some of the world’s poorest countries but campaigners urged him to do more.


Johnson hits out at ‘excessively burdensome’ Brexit checks in Northern Ireland

Johnson hits out at ‘excessively burdensome’ Brexit checks in Northern Ireland

Johnson hits out at ‘excessively burdensome’ Brexit checks in Northern Ireland

11 June 2021

Boris Johnson will have talks with European Union leaders in the margins of the G7 summit over the coming days.


Death of star will start ‘game of pinball’ for planets in system, say scientists

Death of star will start ‘game of pinball’ for planets in system, say scientists

Death of star will start ‘game of pinball’ for planets in system, say scientists

11 June 2021

Astronomers have predicted the transformation of a star into a white dwarf will send its planets bouncing off each other’s gravity.


Joe Biden ‘extremely sympathetic’ in Harry Dunn case, says PM

Joe Biden ‘extremely sympathetic’ in Harry Dunn case, says PM

Joe Biden ‘extremely sympathetic’ in Harry Dunn case, says PM

11 June 2021

The death, in August 2019, sparked an international controversy after Anne Sacoolas had diplomatic immunity asserted on her behalf.


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