British Retail Consortium figures show sales growth close to flatlining, as card spending fails to rise Britain’s largest retailers are warning they could be forced to cut thousands of jobs this year as the industry braces for higher taxes and employment costs after a bleak Christmas shopping season. In the […]
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Ministers say predators could face two years in jail, and plan to include creating sexually explicit deepfakes in bill Predators who take intimate images of unwitting victims or install cameras to do so could face up to two years’ in jail under plans drawn up by Labour. Ministers have also […]
Russia’s defence ministry claims capture of Kurakhove, a Ukrainian logistics hub which Russian forces have been advancing toward for months. What we know on Day 1,048. See all our Ukraine coverage Ukrainian president, Voldymyr Zelenskyy, said that almost 15,000 Russian soldiers had died after five months of fighting in Kursk. […]
Exclusive: 414,137 people believed to have experienced some level of harm in last year, Guardian analysis finds More than 1,000 patients a day in England are suffering “potential harm” because of ambulance handover delays, the Guardian can reveal. In the last year, 414,137 patients are believed to have experienced some […]
It is unclear what prompted Musk to write on X that Farage ‘doesn’t have what it takes’ to be Reform UK’s leader Elon Musk has called for Nigel Farage to be replaced as Reform UK leader hours after Farage described the billionaire businessman as “a hero”, in what is likely […]
This year’s awards season kicks off with big screen frontrunners such as The Brutalist, Wicked and Conclave, while on the small screen, Shōgun and The Bear lead the way Full list of winners Zoë Kravitz could make a hot water bottle look chic, and here she doesn’t have to because […]
Met office warns of continued likely travel delays, stranded vehicles and power cuts due to wintry conditions In pictures: snowfall in England and Wales Heavy overnight snow in Wales and northern England has caused travel disruption as the new year gets off to a cold start. The Met Office updated […]
Tributes flood in for ‘warm-hearted and amazing’ drag artist James Lee Williams James Lee Williams, known as drag artist The Vivienne, has died at the age of 32, their public relations representative announced on Sunday. Simon Jones posted on Instagram: “It is with immense sadness that we let you know […]
Unions concerned about potential rise in violence, drug abuse and the threat of riots at low-security facilities in England and Wales The government is considering relaxing the restrictions on inmates who can be sent to open prisons, despite warnings that the move could increase violence, drug abuse and the potential […]
Callout ends in tragedy after an as yet unnamed person fell on Thursday and their body was recovered by a rescue team A man has died after falling 70 metres from a mountain ridge in the Lake District. Keswick Mountain Rescue said its first callout of the year ended in […]