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Welcome to bbc news. Utility companies could be charged by the hour for digging up busy roads when they work on improving their infrastructure. Ministers hope the policy would force contractors in england to speed up repairs, or carry out work at night to reduce traffic delays caused by their projects. Roadworks cost the economy £4 billion a year due to due to delayed deliveries and people being unable to get to work on time. The proposals follow successful trials in london and kent, which saw ...

Expansion of data centers fuels demand for generators and battery backups: “You cannot have downtime.”

West Wales celebrities, including rugby players, will be on the judging panel for the Child of Wales Awards 2024.

West Wales celebrities, including rugby players, will be on the judging panel for the Child of Wales Awards 2024.

A Shropshire company is celebrating after finishing in the top three of a national photographic competition.

Daytime TV show Loose Women has been praised for having an all-Black panel of women on the programme and called for them to host it regularly.

Exclusive: Ex assistant commissioner Neil Basu said it was a ‘mistake’ Sir Mark Rowley would not admit his force was ‘institutionally’ racist at the first London Policing Board meeting

Baroness Louise Casey has warned the Metropolitan Police has a duty to turn itself around - not just for London, but for the entire country.

The London Mayor is preparing to launch a London Policing Board to help the force get its act together in the wake of a series of scandals.

Sadiq Khan spoke after unveiling a new London Policing Board to oversee and scrutinise the Met.