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JD Sports has cut profit expectations for the second time in eight weeks, blaming heavy discounting across the fashion market.

The retailer said it did not expect any growth in sales at established stores during the year and warned that annual profits would be no more than £935m, down from …

Jon Rahm has welcomed Sergio García back to the DP World Tour fold and said his Spanish compatriot remains one of the best players in the world who can have a big impact on Europe’s Ryder Cup ambitions later this year.

García’s switch to the LIV circuit and subsequent resignation …

Starbucks has said that people using its coffee shops in North America need to buy something, u-turning on a policy which allowed anyone to use its toilets even if they had not made a purchase.

The world’s biggest coffee chain this week published a new code of conduct saying that …

Amazon is to deploy nearly 150 electric heavy goods vehicles as well as piling packages on to trains and post-style trolleys in an effort to reduce the carbon footprint of delivering goods in the UK.

The tech company said it had bought more than 140 electric Mercedes-Benz heavy goods vehicles …

Good morning. In a grinding war where significant changes at the front are hard to discern,

a video released by Ukraine on Sunday

So near and yet so far. England did all the hard yards in the second Women’s Ashes ODI at Melbourne on Tuesday, wiping Australia out for 180 after inducing one of their worst ever batting collapses – eight Australian wickets lost for 49 runs.

Then, after wobbling to 125 for …

The first hearing in the impeachment trial of South Korea’s suspended president, Yoon Suk Yeol, ended after just a few minutes on Tuesday as Yoon failed to appear at the constitutional court.

The court’s justices have about five months to decide whether to strip Yoon of his presidential duties over …

Schools, the NHS and local councils will be banned from making

ransomware payments

In a crackdown on such cyber-attacks, operators of critical national infrastructure will be barred from bowing to demands when criminal gangs hold IT systems hostage.

Payouts by private …

A 319-year-old Grade II-listed building in the heart of Bristol that was the headquarters of the precursor to the modern Labour party has been awarded £4.7m for a major renovation.

Kingsley Hall is deeply woven into Bristol’s history and has been witness to various social movements.

Once a Conservative club …

Wang Xing thought he was travelling to a casting call with film producers in Thailand.

The 22-year-old Chinese actor, also known by his stage name Xing Xing, had been communicating on WeChat with people he believed were Chinese employees of a major Thai entertainment firm, according to Thai police. One …