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Tesco customers disappointed at changes to Clubcard rewards scheme

Tesco has announced it is to cut the value of its Clubcard rewards scheme in a move that has provoked anger from customers. The UK’s biggest supermarket said its Clubcard points will be worth twice their value when customers cash them in, rather than three times as they are now, from June 14. The scheme enables shoppers to collect points for money spent at Tesco and exchange them for vouchers which can be used in store or for excursions suchRead More

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National News

Derby confirmed as home of Great British Railways

Derby has been announced as the location to host the headquarters of new public sector body Great British Railways (GBR). Transport Secretary Mark Harper confirmed the decision on Tuesday following reports that the East Midlands city had been successful in its bid. The unsuccessful shortlisted locations were Birmingham, Crewe, Doncaster, Newcastle and York. Mr Harper said: “Among an exceptional list of shortlisted applicants, Derby scored highest in the expression of interest stage of the competition, which analysed its suitability againstRead More

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Sport

Linnets chief wants to see Walks ‘rocking’ for top-of-the-table clash

King’s Lynn Town manager Tommy Widdrington wants The Walks rocking as his side play host to the biggest game of the National League North season tonight.The Linnets go head-to-head with league leaders AFC Fylde in what has become a two-horse race between the two clubs for the league title in recent weeks.It promises to be an edge-of-the-seat occasion as Lynn look to enhance their automatic promotion hopes at the expense of the Coasters, who currently top the league standings byRead More

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National News

Casey report Met Police may have more officers like Couzens and Carrick

Britain’s biggest police force is institutionally racist, misogynist and homophobic, a damning review has found, and there may be more officers like killer Wayne Couzens and serial rapist David Carrick. The Metropolitan Police has failed to protect the public from officers who abuse women, organisational changes have put women and children at greater risk and female officers and staff routinely experience sexism, the report said. There are racist officers and staff and a “deep-seated homophobia” exists in the organisation, itRead More

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National News

Disturbing cases revealed in Met Police review

A damning report into Britain's biggest police force has uncovered some specific examples of alarming incidents The Casey review has unearthed a series of alarming case studies that expose the state of the Metropolitan Police. – While working on sexual offences unit Sapphire, officer G said multiple officers would be needed to close freezers holding forensic samples because they were so full. “She told the review that the unit’s freezers, which held and preserved evidence obtained from victims and survivors ofRead More

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National News

Metropolitan Police What are the key findings of the Casey review

Here's a summary of the key points of a damning report into Britain's biggest police force Baroness Louise Casey’s review, commissioned in the wake of Sarah Everard’s murder, has laid bare in more than 300 pages a series of grave concerns about the Metropolitan Police’s culture and standards. Describing her findings as “rigorous, stark and unsparing”, she said she hopes they will lead to fundamental change in the force. Key findings include: – Britain’s largest police force is institutionally racist, misogynist andRead More

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National News

Labour urge rejection of pensions plan

Jeremy Hunt’s pensions tax shake-up is “the wrong priority, at the wrong time, for the wrong people”, Labour has said, as it called on MPs to vote against the move. Chancellor Jeremy Hunt used his Budget to abolish the tax-free limit on pensions savings, which had stood at £1.07 million, in one of the most high-profile parts of the package. The Office for Budget Responsibility has estimated it could boost the workforce by 15,000 as people who might otherwise haveRead More

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National News

Womens groups call for urgent Met Police changes after Casey review

The Metropolitan Police have “nowhere to hide” after a “rats’ nest” of institutional misogyny was exposed by a damning report, women’s organisations have said. Centre for Women’s Justice (CWJ), Rape Crisis and the End Violence Against Women Coalition have called for urgent changes to the UK’s largest police service after a scathing review was published on Tuesday. Baroness Louise Casey’s review of the culture and standards in the force, commissioned after Sarah Everard was murdered by serving officer Wayne Couzens,Read More

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National News

Sturgeon says leadership contest shouldnt restart after husband resigns

The two frontrunners to replace Nicola Sturgeon, and the First Minister herself, have said the SNP leadership contest does not have to be restarted. Calls had been made to restart the process after the resignation of chief executive Peter Murrell, Nicola Sturgeon’s husband, at the weekend, following a row over the party’s membership numbers. Speaking at an event hosted by the Royal Society for the Encouragement of the Arts (RSA) in London on Monday, the First Minister said she hadRead More

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