Covid morning updates: UK cases top 50,000 and North East sees record number of 999 calls - Chronicle Live
UK cases top 50,000 for first time in three months and North East Ambulance Service report record number of 999 and 111 calls and over 2,000 hours lost to hospital handovers
CCTV image shared as concerns grow for council leader's missing husband Mike Lanigan - Teesside Live
The 73-year-old, who is married to Redcar and Cleveland Council leader Mary Lanigan, was last seen on Thursday afternoon
World’s largest triceratops skeleton sells for $7.7mn at Paris auction house - The Independent
‘Big John’ has made it to the Guinness World Records as the largest known triceratops skeleton
Despair at axeing of Darwen's last bank branch - Lancashire Telegraph
THE closure of a town’s last remaining bank branch has been labelled ‘a bitter blow’.
'Greener' fuel causes soaring prices at the pumps, experts warn - Daily Mail
The switch to 'greener' petrol is fuelling soaring prices at the pumps which could overtake the all-time record within days, the RAC warned yesterday.
NONE of the 30 ministers who attend Cabinet have had £10,000 heat pumps installed at their homes - Daily Mail
The Telegraph approached each Cabinet minister either directly or via their press aides over the last 48 hours to ask if they had a heat pump at home after Boris Johnson vowed to make the UK net zero.
Wales changes the rules on Covid tests for international travel - Wales Online
The Welsh Government is bringing in new rules for foreign trips but later than changes in England
Top Crypto Trader Says Ethereum Rival Solana Will Outshine Both Bitcoin and ETH – Here’s His Target - The Daily Hodl
A leading crypto trader and analyst says an Ethereum (ETH) competitor appears ready to surge by more than four times its current levels.
Inflation likely to hit 5%, warns Bank of England chief economist - BBC News
The Bank of England's new chief economist says it will have a "live" decision on interest rates next month.
Woman who dropped cigarette hit with on-the-spot fine worth her weekly wage - The Mirror
Macey Megson was told she wasn't allowed to pick up the cigarette end that she dropped in Hull after she was pinged by a council enforcement officer on October 20
Mum's anger over £160 fine for using restaurant's car park 'for five minutes' - The Mirror
The seething parent said she assumed it would be okay to use the car park for a few minutes whilst no customers were around and has insisted she won't pay the fine
The radical £804m bid that could revolutionise North East buses with cheaper and faster journeys - Chronicle Live
The plans include upgraded stations, more zero-emission buses, and the London-style ability to travel across multiple forms of public transport using a contactless bank card
