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WH Smith UK high street sales fall as stores put on the market
WH Smith has reported falling sales in its UK high street stores, while revenues rose at its more successful travel arm, as the retail group attempts to
offload its ailing town centres division
.The retailer’s up-for-sale high street division – where it sells newspapers, books, stationery, cards …
United Utilities and Pennon to increase dividend payments as water bills rise
Two of England’s privatised water monopolies, the South West Water owner Pennon and United Utilities, have said they will increase dividend payments to investors, as they prepare to raise household bills.
The companies said they had accepted the regulator Ofwat’s final determination of what they may charge customers – removing …
Johnny Herbert axed as steward by FIA over ‘incompatible’ role as F1 pundit
Johnny Herbert has left his role as a Formula One driver steward after the FIA said his grand prix work was “incompatible” with his job as a media pundit.
Herbert attracted criticism from Max Verstappen’s camp last season for his comments about the Red Bull driver’s performance at the Mexican …
‘It will devastate people’: Palestinians despair at looming Unrwa closure
Pressing her face to the blue bars of a pharmacy window, Fatmeh Jahaleen pleaded for just a few extra boxes of medication. She relies on the pharmacy inside an East Jerusalem clinic run by the UN’s agency for Palestinian refugees, Unrwa, for a monthly supply of blood pressure and kidney …
Rachel Reeves confirms government backing for Heathrow third runway
Rachel Reeves has confirmed that the government will throw its weight behind a third runway at Heathrow, claiming it will make the UK “the world’s best-connected place to do business”.
In a speech in Oxfordshire on her plans for national growth, the chancellor said: “We cannot duck the decision any …
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Bishop of Liverpool accused of sexual assault and harassment
The bishop of Liverpool has been accused of sexual assault and harassment by two women.
John Perumbalath denies the allegations from 2023, which come months after the Church of England was embroiled in an abuse scandal that triggered the
resignation of the archbishop of Canterbury
.Perumbalath said …
UK reportedly planning electric car loan subsidies to push sales
The UK government is reportedly considering subsidising purchases of electric vehicles by guaranteeing consumer loans, as it looks at ways to boost sales that are failing to reach official targets.
Ministers have started talks with the car finance sector on how to make more low-interest or interest-free loans available to …