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EUROPE: UK ports’ 2024 freight total of 429.7 million tonnes was lowest since 2000
Bunkerspot
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August 1, 2025
Details Written by Ian Taylor Published: 01 August 2025 Announcing the 2024 freight statistics this week, the Department of Transport (DfT) said that UK ports collectively handled a total of 429.7 million tonnes, which was the lowest level since...
D G Shipping urged to roll back circular barring crew holding certificates through fraudulent means from sailing
ETInfra.com
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August 1, 2025
As much as 80 per cent of the Indian seafarers are employed on foreign flagged ships.MUMBAI: Pressure is building up on the Directorate General of Shipping to scrap its July 18 circular that barred Indian seafarers holding certificates issued by...
Vital road linking Scotland to Northern Ireland 'neglected' by the SNP as campaign launched to upgrade route
Scottish Daily Express
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July 31, 2025
A vital road which links Scotland to Northern Ireland and the rest of the UK has been left "neglected" by the SNP Government as a campaign was launched to upgrade it quickly. The A75 carries traffic to Cairnryan and Stranraer and is used by...
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Yusen to acquire Walden Group's healthcare logistics business
Business Weekly
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No sum has been disclosed but Yusen Logistics (Europe) B.V. (YLE”), an overseas subsidiary of Yusen Logistics Group, has committed to acquire the healthcare logistics business of the Walden Group through the acquisition of the entire share capital...
Immunisation Nurse - Vaccination UK
Thurrock Nub News
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August 1, 2025
ABOUT US: Vaccination UK has been commissioned by NHS England since 2015 to provide school aged immunisations, including Influenza, to pupils across numerous counties across England and all boroughs of North London. We are also commissioned by NHS...
Met Office issues yellow weather warning for ‘very strong winds’ as Britons urged to brace to Storm Floris
GB News
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August 1, 2025
The Met Office has issued a yellow weather warning for wind as Britons brace for Storm Floris. The warning covers a large part of the UK and will be in place from 6am on Monday, August 4, until 6am the following day. The storm is likely to result...
Storm Floris set to batter UK with ‘unseasonably strong’ 85mph winds, Met Office warns
The Independent
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August 1, 2025
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...
Storm Floris to hit UK next week with 'unseasonably strong' winds and heavy rain forecast
LBC
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1 August 2025, 11:07 | Updated: 1 August 2025, 11:49 Storm Floris to hit UK next week as strong winds and heavy rain forecast. Picture: Alamy Storm Floris will hit parts of the UK on Monday with unseasonably strong winds, the Met Office has...
Drivers in England handed major victory as new £20 daily charge scrapped
Birmingham Live
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August 1, 2025
Drivers in England have been handed a major victory with a new £20 daily charge scrapped. Petrol and diesel drivers have secured a victory as a council scraps plans for a £20 daily charge in a major U-turn. Oxford Council has spared motorists and...
Family of British siblings who drowned on Spanish holiday tell how pleas for 'one last swim' turned to tragedy
Evening Standard
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August 1, 2025
“They hadn't finished the autopsies and their side of logistics with forensics,' Macalia said. “Ricardo is feeling, obviously, very pained because he was in the water with them, so that's going to be hitting him hard.”
Storm Floris to bring unseasonably strong winds up to 85mph and heavy rain to UK
Wales Online
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August 1, 2025
Storm Floris has been named and is forecast to bring unseasonably strong winds to the UK on Monday, the Met Office said. The strongest winds are most likely across Scotland during the afternoon and night, with gusts of up to 85mph possible along...
Storm Floris to hit UK on Monday with unseasonably strong winds forecast
The Guardian
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August 1, 2025
Storm Floris is forecast to bring unseasonably strong winds to the UK on Monday, the Met Office says. The strongest winds are expected during the afternoon and night across Scotland, with gusts of up to 85mph possible on exposed coasts and hills....
Met Office maps show where Storm Floris will hit UK with 85mph winds
Yahoo News - United Kingdom
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Forecasters are warning Storm Floris is set to bring unseasonably strong winds and heavy rain to the UK next week. The strongest winds are most likely across Scotland during Monday afternoon and night, with gusts of up to 85mph possible along...
Met Office names Storm Floris as parts of UK to see heavy rain and strong winds
Messenger Newspapers
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The Met Office said the storm is set to bring unseasonably strong winds to the UK on Monday, August 4. The strongest winds are most likely across Scotland during the afternoon and night with gusts of up to 85mph possible along exposed coasts and...
Fluor Joint Venture Awarded Front End Engineering and Design for Proposed Second Phase of LNG Canada Facility in British Columbia
Voice of Alexandria - Minnesota
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IRVING, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug 1, 2025-- Fluor Corporation (NYSE: FLR) announced today that its Joint Venture (JV) with JGC Corporation has been awarded the contract to update the Front End Engineering and Design (FEED) for a proposed Phase 2...
Storm Floris to hit UK on Monday with heavy wind and rain forecast
Metro
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August 1, 2025
Storm Floris is set to hit the UK on Monday, with coastal areas in the north and west seeing the worst of the weather (Picture: AFP or licensors) Storm Floris has been named by the Met Office and is set to bring unseasonably strong winds to the UK...
A grateful farewell: GSA leaders reflect on 6 years of transformation, support at UK
UKNow - Kentucky
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August 1, 2025
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Aug. 1, 2025) — In the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, when it became apparent that the Governor’s School for the Arts (GSA) was not going to meet in person for its session in the summer of 2020 — which would have been its...
Staggering cost of removing major UK city's 1,300 failed 'Clean Air Zone signs' revealed
Daily Express
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August 1, 2025
The eyewatering cost of removing signs for a major UK city's £100 million 'Clean Air Zone' has cost taxpayers' a staggering £600,000 - after Labour axed the project. Over 1,300 signs were installed across Greater Manchester, at a cost of £3m,...
Drivers 'worried' about new parking ban in England
Birmingham Live
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August 1, 2025
A 'looming' parking ban has left drivers "worried" about how they will have to adapt to new rules. The Government looks set to ban pavement parking across England in the near future, in a major change for the nation's roads. Campaigners want...
Ex-North Wales police inspector restores old bike for COPS Unity Tour
Wrexham.com
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An ex-North Wales Police Inspector has lovingly restored his old police push-bike to feature in this years’ COPS Unity Tour charity bike ride. Following his retirement, ex-police Inspector Craig Jones returned to North Wales Police in a staff...