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19/09/2013
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Waitrose Reported To OFT Over Hot Drink Offer
A Waitrose supermarket in Buckingham has been reported to the Office of Fair Trading over offering its loyalty card holder free hot drinks.
The owner of a cafe next to the supermarket has claimed that the offer is damaging his business and that it is "unfair trading".
Cafe owner, Garry Sutherland, claims to have lost £200 a week since the Waitrose offer began six weeks ago.
Liverpool Consider Suspending Bus Lanes To Ease Traffic
Liverpool City Council are considering temporarily scrapping their bus lanes in an effort to reduce congestion in the city.
The city's Mayor, Joe Anderson, has cited research showing that bus lanes cause traffic jams and don't encourage any more people to use public transport.
It is understood LCC are considering suspending the lanes for nine months. A meeting will be held next week to discuss the proposal.
Edinburgh Zoo Koala Gives Birth
Edinburgh Zoo has become the first in the UK to succeed in breeding koala's.
It is understood that female koala at the zoo is believed to be carrying a joey it is pouch after giving birth early in the summer.
According to the zoo the joey can be seen wriggling in the pouch and could make its first appearance in the next six weeks.
(MH/CD)
A Waitrose supermarket in Buckingham has been reported to the Office of Fair Trading over offering its loyalty card holder free hot drinks.
The owner of a cafe next to the supermarket has claimed that the offer is damaging his business and that it is "unfair trading".
Cafe owner, Garry Sutherland, claims to have lost £200 a week since the Waitrose offer began six weeks ago.
Liverpool Consider Suspending Bus Lanes To Ease Traffic
Liverpool City Council are considering temporarily scrapping their bus lanes in an effort to reduce congestion in the city.
The city's Mayor, Joe Anderson, has cited research showing that bus lanes cause traffic jams and don't encourage any more people to use public transport.
It is understood LCC are considering suspending the lanes for nine months. A meeting will be held next week to discuss the proposal.
Edinburgh Zoo Koala Gives Birth
Edinburgh Zoo has become the first in the UK to succeed in breeding koala's.
It is understood that female koala at the zoo is believed to be carrying a joey it is pouch after giving birth early in the summer.
According to the zoo the joey can be seen wriggling in the pouch and could make its first appearance in the next six weeks.
(MH/CD)
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Menezes family due in UK
The family of the Brazilian man shot dead on the Tube, after being mistaken for a suicide bomber, are due to arrive in Britain on Monday.
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