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1. Road charges must be waived during rail strikes ‘to stop cities becoming ghost towns’
Drivers should be spared road charges during rail strikes to prevent cities turning into "ghost towns", the chairman of the AA has said.
The UK’s biggest strikes in 30 years are expected to cut off entire towns and cities as they shut down 80 per cent of Britain’s rail services next week. Read the full story.
2. Bank of England warns inflation will hit 11pc – but still votes against bigger interest rate rise
Inflation will climb to 11pc this year, the Bank of England has predicted, prompting the Chancellor to indicate that he will not cut personal taxes until spiralling prices are brought under control.
On Thursday the Bank's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC), led by Governor Andrew Bailey, increased interest rates by a quarter of one per cent to 1.25pc – the fifth rise in a row. Read the full story.
3. Peppercorn rents, ‘racist’ brooches: Prince and Princess Michael of Kent call time on a colourful career
With allegations of racism, questionable Russian links, disparaging comments about fellow royals and rows over a racist brooch and their palace rent, it has certainly been eventful.
The retirement of Prince and Princess Michael of Kent brings down the curtain on a colourful royal career, punctuated by a seemingly never-ending stream of controversies. Read the full story.
4. Exclusive: Dirty cost of keeping the Government’s net zero strategy alive revealed
The Government’s plan to reach net zero relies on burning the equivalent of the New Forest every five months, The Telegraph can reveal.
Ministers plan to use technology to remove carbon from the atmosphere in order to compensate for sectors such as aviation, agriculture and heavy industry, and meet their 2050 climate targets. Read the full story.
5. Mike Pence and wife hid from pro-Trump mob shouting 'hang' him during Capitol riot
Mike Pence's wife was forced to draw the curtains to conceal the then-vice president's whereabouts after a violent mob came within 40ft of him during the Capitol riot last year, it emerged on Thursday.
The vice president, the second lady Karen Pence, and the couple's daughter were hastily evacuated from the US Senate floor as rioters flooded the building chanting "hang Mike Pence". Read the full story.
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