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UK experts are set to recommend all 16 and 17-year-olds should be offered a Covid vaccine, the BBC has been told.

Boris Johnson is to begin a two-day visit to Scotland later, but will not meet the country’s first minister for talks.

Petrol prices have reached an eight-year high after nine straight months of rises, according to the RAC.

Several life-saving kidney transplants within the Belfast Health Trust area could not go ahead at the weekend because not enough nurses were available to support surgeons.

Gangs are using e-scooters to sneak on to UK farms and steal high-value GPS technology, an insurer has said.

Bakery chain Greggs has said it expects to create 500 new retail jobs in the coming months as it continues to open new outlets. The new jobs come as part of the chain’s plans to open about 100 net new stores by the end of the year. Greggs swung back to profit during the first half of the year as its sales rebounded to pre-pandemic levels. The stronger-than-expected sales mean it now expects full-year profits to be “slightly ahead” of previous forecasts. Greggs reported profits of £55.5m for six months to 3 July, compared with a £65.2m loss a year…

Plans for a £700m “world-class” film and TV studios facility in the UK have been announced by a Hollywood studio.

Cleaners, porters, catering assistants, security guards and other health staff employed by private companies should receive the same pay rise as NHS staff, union leaders have said.

A father who filmed a cardboard model of Grenfell Tower being burned on a bonfire will face a second trial, the High Court has ruled.

Bethany Shriever claimed a thrilling BMX gold and Duncan Scott extended his streak in the pool as Great Britain won six Olympic medals on Friday with potentially more to come.