Of Cannabis Plants. And coming up in Sportsday On Bbc News whilst ranieris off, Wayne Rooneys staying hes decided to stay at Manchester United for the time being. Good evening. Tonight, we report from the frontline as iraqi troops make a major breakthrough in the battle against so called Islamic State. After fierce fighting, theyve taken the airport in iraqs second city, mosul. Its a key Staging Point to driving the militants from the western half of the city. The east has already been recaptured. The massive military operation, iraqs largest in years, has involved Tens Of Thousands of troops, including some british and American Special forces. Our correspondent Quentin Sommerville and Cameraman Nik Millard were there as Iraqi Government troops fought their way in. Before the attack, came the rockets and artillery. Its day five of the offensive to retake western mosul. Slowly, the forces make their way past a suspected is car bomb, talks en route. These armoured columns are now moving
The 2 per cent fall in office space in England in the 12 months to March 2021 was a reduction equivalent to around 35 times the floor space in the Gherkin building in the City of London.
It’s no secret that Britain’s wealth is concentrated in London and the Home Counties of England. Almost every borough in Greater London ranks highly for house prices and the general cost of living. There is good reason why campaigners call for a separate wage rate in the capital. And yet a great swathe of the less well-off parts of London are earning wage rates below those of residents living in some of the poorest parts of northern England. In Enfield, an outer London borough which ranks high on the list for house prices, the poorest quarter of employees are now, according to provisional ONS data for 2020, earning less each week before tax than the poorest quarter of employees living in Burnley, Lancashire – the second most affordable place in the country to live.
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