It follows successful trials in Cornwall The Co-op says it will be the first UK supermarket to launch ‘walking deliveries’ for households and workplaces up to a 15-minute walk from its stores. They are expected to operate from 200 stores this year following successful trials in Cornwall. The rollout is likely to include smaller towns and rural villages often considered ‘offline’ by rapid home delivery providers who focus on urban […]

It comes amid ongoing deadlock at Stormont over the Northern Ireland Protocol Irish premier Micheal Martin will hold talks with political leaders in Belfast on Friday amid ongoing deadlock at Stormont over the Northern Ireland Protocol. The Taoiseach will also meet a range of business representatives on a visit that will be dominated by the political crisis over the contentious post-Brexit trading arrangements. The region’s main unionist party, the DUP, […]

That's according to research from a team of archaeologists led by the University of Cambridge Ancient faeces found at a settlement thought to have housed builders of Stonehenge suggests parasites were consumed via badly cooked cow offal during epic winter feasts. An analysis of the faeces found at the site of a prehistoric village near the monument has uncovered evidence of the eggs of parasitic worms. This suggests the inhabitants […]