Dorset locals hit out at huge 100,000-panel solar farm that will send ALL power to City of London - Daily Mail
The solar panels are being installed near the village of Spetisbury, but the 50 megawatts of electricity the farm will produce will not be for local residents wanting to become more environmentally friendly.
Filthy and overcrowded conditions endured by workers making Apple iPhones - The Times
For weeks, workers had battled against wave after wave of illness as they toiled to build iPhones destined to sit under Christmas trees across the globe. Factor
'Having a party if it kills me' - Pub determined to host NYE bash even after Covid 'wipes out' staff - Birmingham Live
The White Hart Pub in Tile Cross has reduced its opening hours on New Year's Eve after the outbreak
NYE travel chaos on the trains as 23 UK rail companies hit by staff sickness - Daily Mail
A total of 23 UK train companies from Southern to ScotRail and Great Western Railway to Northern have either already reduced services or will do so in the coming days in response to Covid.
New Year's Eve opening and closing times for Asda, Tesco, Aldi, Sainsbury's, Morrisons, M&S and Lidl - Manchester Evening News
Full list of New Year's Eve opening times for every UK supermarket
Royal Mail delays: The Essex areas experiencing post delays as Royal Mail apologises for inconvenience - Essex Live
It is due to self-isolation and sickness
Popular Northumberland pub cancels New Year's Eve party after staff member tests positive for Covid - Chronicle Live
The venue cancelled its New Year's Eve party after a staff member tested positive
Covid cases across BCP and Dorset “the highest they have ever been” - Bournemouth Echo
MORE than 90 per cent of Covid cases recorded in Dorset are Omicron – with infection rates across both council areas “the highest they have ever…
Concern over rise in northern Lincolnshire Covid cases - BBC News
The Omicron variant has seen cases more than double the region's public health directors say.
Man, 21, ends up with £104 bill for an 11-mile Uber XL ride home after a night out in Manchester - Daily Mail
A 21-year-old man got slapped with a £104 charge for an Uber XL trip from Manchester City Centre to Crumpsall, north Manchester - a journey of just 11 miles - after a night out clubbing.
