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London goes to WAR with Sadiq's 'illegal' road schemes
Residents in Hackney, Ealing, Hounslow, Lambeth and Croydon have now launched a legal challenge to stop the road closures.
Saturday, 23 January 2021
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- Shipping crisis: I'm being quoted £10,000 for a £1,600 container'A shortage of shipping containers, rising costs, and congestion at ports are holding back imports from China.
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- Carnival extends cruise suspensions and cancellationsWorld's largest operator cancels European and Australian sailings and pushes back US restart
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- Cruise ships return to Weymouth Bay following Storm Christoph CRUISE ships have returned to Weymouth Bay following the wet and windy weather caused by Storm Christoph.
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- 200 lorries turned back at UK crossings every day due to new paperworkOfficials have admitted that up to 200 lorries a day are being turned back at UK crossings into the European Union because they do not have the right paperwork, but they insist the vast majority are getting through. However, traffic through the UK’s second largest port, Holyhead, has slumped since the start of this year…
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