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Sale’s Alex Sanderson expects big response from English clubs in Europe
A leading Premiership director of rugby is predicting a backlash from English clubs this weekend after a largely disappointing set of results in the opening round of the Champions Cup. Sale’s Alex Sanderson is preparing to welcome back his “big four” international contingent for the visit of Racing 92 on …
Nigel Farage, man of the people, welcomes his latest billionaire to Reform
Several Range Rovers with blacked out windows pulled up outside the TV studios in Westminster. Out stepped Theresa May. Awkward. If she’d known her arrival was going to coincide with a Reform party photo call, she’d have probably asked the driver to go round the block again. Just in case …
Is France’s Fifth Republic past its sell-by date? | Letter
France in political crisis after no-confidence vote topples government, 4 December
) accurately reports the events immediately surrounding the vote of no confidence in Michel Barnier’s coalition government. But apart from the observable mediocrity of many of the key players – at least two former prime …Arctic tundra is now emitting more carbon than it absorbs, US agency says
This drastic shift is …
Mexico federal congressman shot dead in Veracruz state
A Mexican federal congressman has been assassinated, in the latest killing in an outbreak of political violence in the country.
The Veracruz attorney general’s office confirmed the death of Benito Aguas, a member of the leftist government’s ruling coalition in the 500-member lower house of congress.
Another man was also …
Jon Stewart on the fall of Assad: ‘A moment in time of pure, unalloyed joy’
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…Car finance scandal could be as big as PPI, City regulator says
Britain’s car finance scandal could end up being as big as the payment protection insurance (PPI) mis-selling saga, which cost UK banks £50bn, the City regulator’s top lawyer has admitted.
Stephen Braviner Roman, the Financial Conduct Authority’s general counsel and executive director in charge of legal affairs, said
…‘They left me in ruin’: Vodafone store operators tell of the impact of commission cuts
When Andrew Kerr collapsed in his kitchen in 2022, his blood pressure was so high that even his wristwatch knew he was in trouble.
“They put a monitor on me to check because my [smart] watch started going off … saying [there was] a fibrillation or something,” the family man …
Revealed: how Vodafone ‘left store managers with huge debts and fines during pandemic’
Vodafone “unjustly enriched” itself at the expense of scores of vulnerable small business owners by slashing commissions to franchisees running the mobile phone group’s high street stores, according to allegations filed on Tuesday in the high court.
A group of 62 of about 150 Vodafone franchise operators – some of …
Harrods workers vote to strike in Christmas week over pay and perks
Harrods workers from cleaners to shop floor and restaurant staff are set to strike in Christmas week, including during the upmarket department store’s key Boxing Day sales, in a dispute over pay and perks.
The United Voice of the World (UVW) independent union said 95% of its members at the …