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Airport Confirms Goodbyes Remain Free at Home
New Loved One Levy ensures nobody reaches the terminal without making an appropriate emotional contribution to aviation.
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Thameslink Seat Cushions Find Britain’s Softest Reform
Thameslink will upgrade more than 60,000 seat cushions from 2027, turning a hard commuter complaint into a government success story.
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Rail Freight Growth Target Gives Containers Career Plans
The rail freight growth target promises more goods by train, more targets on paper and one increasingly ambitious container.
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Number Plate Crackdown Arrives, and the Blank Rectangle Pleads Creative Differences
A new roads policing centre targets illegal number plates, while one blank rectangle discovers that total anonymity may look suspicious.
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Fleet Solid Support ship keel Gets a Tiny Audit
RFA Resurgent’s keel is laid at Appledore, while a tiny wooden keepsake audits the Navy’s ships, jobs and official confidence.
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UK Rapid Response Team Heads to Nepal, Duffel Gets Promoted
A UK Rapid Deployment Team is heading to Nepal after devastating floods, while one fictional duffel bag mistakes useful organisation for a promotion.
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Regional Solar Installations Count the Roofs at Last
New government figures show nearly 172,000 UK solar installations in 2026, prompting an empty watering can to demand its own regional league table.
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Pub and Hotel Rates Review Arrives, and the Till Checks Its Sums
The Treasury has launched an independent review of pub and hotel business rates valuations, with recommendations due before the 2029 revaluation.
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Energy Storage Challenge Gives the Lunchbox 100 Hours to Panic
The Ultra Long Duration Energy Storage Challenge offers £28 million for technology that can store clean electricity for more than 100 hours.
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West Midlands Bus Local Control Gets Its Own Timetable
The West Midlands moves towards public control of its bus network, leaving one blank timetable to manage the transition.
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