‘Sponge roads’ like ‘Rice Krispy cakes’ that soak up water will be built in flood-risk areas to stop sewers overflowing under £150m Defra plan The high-tech roads will be used as part of a project by Slough Borough Council The council has won funding from Defra for sponge roads to help with flooding Sponge roads … Read more
Householders in more than 100 districts will receive average bills of more than £2,000 next week as town halls put up council tax by 11 times the rate of inflation. Across England the average bill for a typical Band D home will be £1,898 – up £80 on last year, according to figures released yesterday. … Read more
Most of England recorded at least one day with no coronavirus deaths over the past week – the first time this has happened in six months. Five out of nine regions were free of fatalities for a minimum 24 hours while London averaged 1.5 deaths daily over the week. Official figures show there were no … Read more
UK police chiefs ‘wasted £10m on surveillance planes that can’t work in built-up areas and are unable to land at most airfields’ The National Police Aviation Service decided to replace helicopters with planes But the fixed-wingVulcanair P68 aircraft are not agile enough for urban areas Now officers could offload the planes to the Maritime and … Read more
UK police chiefs ‘wasted £10m on surveillance planes that can’t work in built-up areas and are unable to land at most airfields’ The National Police Aviation Service decided to replace helicopters with planes But the fixed-wingVulcanair P68 aircraft are not agile enough for urban areas Now officers could offload the planes to the Maritime and … Read more
The areas of Britain that have seen the biggest house price rises during the pandemic have been revealed exclusively to Mail Online Property. Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk and Banbury, Oxfordshire, top the list compiled by Halifax and have seen prices rocket by £100,000 – or more than a third. The analysis, based on places with … Read more
One in three Britons now live in areas where Covid infections have effectively fallen to zero. The number of virus-free neighbourhoods has doubled in just a week, according to official data. Some areas have had no new infections for a month. The findings prompted calls for the lockdown to be lifted more quickly – and … Read more
When lockdown eases we are getting out of town for some relaxation amid the gorgeous Surrey Hills in one of the area’s most luxurious hotels By MailOnline Reporter Published: 18:48 GMT, 26 February 2021 | Updated: 18:49 GMT, 26 February 2021 Tired of waking up to the same old cityscape and the noisy hustle and … Read more
Ministers are facing mounting calls for the parts of England with the smallest coronavirus outbreaks to be released from lockdown earlier with official data showing cases in the worst-hit areas are seven times higher than in others. Department of Health data showed Devon, Cornwall and the Isle of Wight recorded fewer than 50 infections per … Read more
REVEALED: The nine areas of the UK that ‘will give all over-50s their first Covid vaccination by March 7’ – almost a MONTH ahead of schedule Over 50s in Bristol, Leicestershire and West Yorkshire could get a jab by March 7 Six other areas could be injecting their first doses to over 50s by the … Read more