2 w. ago Pubs and restaurants to stay open until the early hours in bid to save hospitality industry and boost 'the British night out'

Labour ministers are pushing plans to allow alcohol-selling businesses to increase their opening hours - after lockdown, spiralling costs and crippling tax raids took their toll on night life.

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2 w. ago Horror moment woman snatches baby girl in pram outside seaside ice cream shop

Nicolette Goldrick, 51, was jailed after she attempted to abduct a baby in a pram outside a shop, before her mum and a member of the public swooped in to save her

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2 w. ago Horror moment kidnapper snatches baby girl in pram outside seaside ice cream shop

Nicolette Goldrick, 51, was jailed after she attempted to abduct a baby in a pram outside a shop, before her mum and a member of the public swooped in to save her

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2 w. ago Council takes action to save one of Greater Manchester's most iconic pubs

"The pub holds a unique place in our city’s history, and we cannot allow it to fall further into disrepair."

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2 w. ago Busy high street 'needs new plan to stop excessive clustering of takeaways and vape shops'

Concerns are growing that traders on the street are struggling

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3 w. ago Tiny Welsh village raised £100,000 to try to save their local pub and succeeded

There are fewer than 1,000 people living in the village outside of Cardiff and yet they raised the huge sum to keep the pub open

Economics

4 w. ago Communities gain power to block vape shops and save pubs in £5bn plan

The government will hand funding directly to ‘the true patriots that build our communities up’

Economics

4 w. ago Communities will get new powers to put 'pride' back into their derelict high streets with powers to transform boarded up high streets and BLOCK new vape stores

Communities will be given new powers to transform boarded-up shops and block bookies and vape stores from their high street.

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4 w. ago New betting and vape shops could be blocked under new community powers

Communities will be given the power under plans to revitalise neglected high streets

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4 w. ago High streets to be revitalised under new powers to save local pubs and libraries

Unwanted betting and vape shops could be blocked from opening as part of the Government’s new Pride in Place programme.

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