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Bank mulls interest rate hike amid inflation dilemma caused by Ukraine war
While the Bank is under pressure to raise rates to bring inflation under control, it is expected to be more cautious given the uncertainty over the economic outlook.
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PM to ‘stick to principles’ amid claims he is going from ‘dictator to dictator’
The Prime Minister is visiting Saudi Arabia and its neighbour the United Arab Emirates on Wednesday as he tries to wean the West off Russian energy
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Scotland’s Covid cases could peak in next couple of weeks – expert
The BA.2 sub-variant of Omicron now makes up more than 80% of coronavirus cases in Scotland and appears to have become dominant faster than in England.
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Queen holds face-to-face audience with poet Grace Nichols
The 95-year-old head of state, who reached her Platinum Jubilee last month, has faced a bout of Covid in recent weeks
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Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe flies back to UK following her release by Iran
The announcement brings an end to a six-year ordeal for Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe who was arrested in 2016 in Tehran on spying charges – allegations she has always denied.
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Saharan dust moving across Europe could hit UK on Wednesday
It comes as parts of southern Spain have been blanketed following a thick plume which has turned skies orange
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Record 69% of debit card transactions in December were contactless
Around 415 contactless transactions took place every second last year typically, UK Finance said
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Ukrainian Refugee Children To Begin Lifesaving NHS Cancer Care
A team of NHS doctors, nurses and technicians travelled to Poland at the weekend to provide the children and their families medical support
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GPs buckling under the strain as they support patients stuck on NHS waiting list
“The profession is in crisis and it’s a matter of concern."
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Doctors who died during pandemic to be remembered
Sculptor Richard Tannenbaum said his work aims to show that “the public are inextricably linked with those NHS workers who lost their lives in caring for us”.
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HSBC to close 69 more bank branches
HSBC said that less than 50% of its customers now regularly use it branch network
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Data shows how Covid is rising - but deaths continue to fall
It is the first time since the end of January that all UK nations have seen a simultaneous week-on-week increase in infections