Andrew Ellson
The Times of London
United Kingdom
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Cold and flu medicine withdrawn from shelves over health fears
Cold and flu remedies are being pulled from shelves due to the risk they pose to people about to have major surgery.Products being withdrawn are those containin → Read More
Nearly half of UK TV viewers say ethnic minorities over-represented
Nearly half of viewers believe ethnic minorities and LGBT communities are over-represented on television.A YouGov survey found that Britons were more likely than other nationalities to believe their country’s broadcast media did not accurately reflect the make-up of society.Forty-five per cent of pe → Read More
Downing Street offices ‘not fit for purpose’, workplace adviser says
The offices at Number 10 Downing Street are “not fit for purpose” and Rishi Sunak needs to move his executive team to a modern workspace to avoid the “poor decision-making” of the past → Read More
Company linked to Michelle Mone bought private jet after PPE windfall
Baroness Mone is known to enjoy travelling by private jet. Her Instagram account has pictures of her flying to and from Britain in one.A private jet has even been at the heart of the recent scandal engulfing the Tory peer. This year, leaked WhatsApp messages from Mone linking her to PPE Medpro appea → Read More
Britain sleepwalking into food crises, National Farmers’ Union warns
Britain is “sleepwalking” into a food supply crisis, the country’s farmers and growers have warned.Ahead of an emergency press conference today, the National Farmers Union (NFU) said the government needed to step in to assist primary producers under severe strain from soaring fuel, fertiliser and fe → Read More
Baroness Mone’s Belgravia mansion is yours for £20m
Life has been stressful for Baroness Mone lately. Last week, the Tory peer was facing allegations that she and her family benefited from £29 million in pro → Read More
England’s glorious start has fans dreaming of delight at Christmas
There were beers in England and cheers in Qatar as the Three Lions celebrated their best start in a World Cup.England and Wales, who were making their first → Read More
Mutiny expels Bounty chocolates from the Celebrations box
They have long been the Marmite of chocolate bars. Now the makers of the Bounty bar have recognised the divisive nature of their product by trialling a “Bounty- → Read More
American tourists are coming back to Britain as the pound tumbles
The number of American tourists visiting Britain has soared with the fall in the value of the pound.UKinbound, a trade association for tour operators, says that → Read More
How Covid left its mark on our lives
In the summer of 2020 we emerged, blinking, from the depths of lockdown and wondering if the world would ever be the same again. Handshakes, we thought, were go → Read More
Stop replacing people with machines, Tesco told in self-service row
Tesco is facing a backlash from customers as it introduces more self-service checkouts across its shops. Britain’s biggest supermarket chain has received angry → Read More
Center Parcs backs down over plan to close for the Queen’s funeral
Center Parcs has reversed its controversial decision to order holidaymakers to pack their bags and leave resorts on the day of the Queen’s funeral.The company h → Read More
Britons pull plug on hot tub craze
Britain’s love affair with the hot tub appears to be going cold.Across the country, owners are draining their pools as the cost of living crisis bites. One in f → Read More
Pubs face biggest threat to the trade in decades
Publicans who pulled through pandemic lockdowns and recessions say they now face ruin → Read More
Amazon workers walk out after demanding pay rise
Hundreds of workers at an Amazon warehouse have staged a walkout after rejecting a 35p-an-hour pay increase. Hundreds of staff left the depot in Tilbury, Essex, → Read More
Shoppers falling behind after turning to ‘buy now, pay later’
More shoppers are using “buy now, pay later” deals and the number of missed repayments has quadrupled in a year.By the middle of last month more than £5.6 bil → Read More
Supermarket savings hard to spot due to price and pack size confusion
Confusing price labels in supermarkets could be encouraging shoppers to spend more than necessary.Analysis by The Times of hundreds of price tags this week at T → Read More
Kellogg’s loses legal challenge over new food promotion rules
Coco Pops, Frosties and other Kellogg’s cereals high in sugar will not be allowed to be promoted in supermarkets after the company lost a High Court challenge o → Read More
Brighton moves to deter interest in second homes
Brighton is preparing to become the first city in Britain to take action against second homeowners after an influx of buyers during the pandemic pushed the aver → Read More
Why have petrol prices risen and will they go down again?
The cost of filling a typical family car with petrol has exceeded an average of £100 for the first time after the biggest daily jump in the price of petrol in 17 years on Tuesday. But how did we get here — and when will the prices come down? Why have fuel prices gone up?Petrol and diesel prices are → Read More