12 h. ago Keir Starmer makes major asylum hotel vow as plan met with backlash

Prime Minister Keir Starmer revealed he wants to shut all asylum hotels down before his existing 2029 deadline, saying he understands public anger amid a wave of protests

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18 h. ago Yvette Cooper to give major asylum update as PM lashes out at Farage's fantasy plans

Home Secretary Yvette Cooper will address MPs returning from the summer break after a difficult summer for Labour with tensions rising over asylum hotels

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21 h. ago Poundland to close final Scots store this month in major restructuring plans

The discounted chain has already closed stores in Perth, Broxburn and Port Glasgow last month.

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25 h. ago All the major planning, licensing and road closures across Greater Manchester

All the recent public notices submitted to authorities across the city-region

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3 d. ago Corrie's Jennie McAlpine in huge debt after being forced to close restaurant

Coronation Street star Jennie McAlpine and her husband Chris Farr announced the closure of their restaurant Annies in Manchester earlier this year, and it has now been reported that the business closed with debts

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4 d. ago Coronation Street star Jennie McAlpine's huge debts revealed following the devastating closure of her restaurant

The actress announced the closure of her Manchester restaurant Annies via a social media back in July.

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4 d. ago Corrie's Jennie McAlpine's restaurant hit with staggering debts amid closure

Coronation Street star Jennie McAlpine, known for her role as Fiz Brown on the ITV soap, and her husband Chris Farr announced the closure of Annies in Manchester last month

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4 d. ago Lotus to sack nearly half its UK workforce with 550 jobs at risk amid fears it could quit Britain

The company has launched a consultation process to determine how many roles out of the 1,300-strong workforce at the factory in Norfolk will be affected.

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5 d. ago Welsh council issues major update on plan for 'highly disruptive' bin strikes

An initial 13 days of industrial action were pledged with the possibility of more over the Christmas holidays

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5 d. ago ‘Bristling with spikes’: oldest known ankylosaur fossil found in Morocco

Extravagant armour and tail weaponry on Spicomellus afer fossil confound existing theories of how the species evolvedTank-like physique, bristling with body armour and a collar of spikes the length of golf clubs, Spicomellus afer looks more like a Pokémon creation than a living creature. This bizarre dinosaur roamed the flood planes of what is now north Africa 165m years ago, palaeontologists have revealed.The fossil, the oldest known ankylosaur specimen, was unearthed near the central Moroccan town of Boulemane. Its extravagant armour has confounded existing theories of how the ankylosaurs, a major group of plant-eating dinosaurs, evolved. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Poundland to close 68 UK stores after High Court battle – see full list

Poundland is to push ahead with more store closures after receiving court approval for a major restructuring plan. Here is the full list of affected UK locations

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5 d. ago 'We are heartbroken... you've given Manchester something truly special'

Feel Good Club has been a beloved spot in the Northern Quarter

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5 d. ago Full list: All the Poundland stores to close after restructure approved

The closures come after the company received court approval for a major restructuring plan

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6 d. ago The Poundland stores set to close revealed after business escapes collapse

The closures come after the company received court approval for a major restructuring plan

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6 d. ago Full list of Poundland closures as major restructuring plan announced

One of the stores set to close is in Darwen, Lancashire

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6 d. ago Keir Starmer hits back against Nigel Farage and says illegal migrants face deportation

Keir Starmer has hit back at Nigel Farage after the Reform UK leader launched major plans for mass deportations of migrants. We'll bring you updates on this Breaking News story

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9 d. ago All the major planning applications submitted across Greater Manchester

These are all the significant developments submitted to councils across the city-region recently

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9 d. ago All the major planning applications recently submitted across Greater Manchester

These are all the significant developments submitted to councils across the city-region recently

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1 week ago Manchester airport tragedy: 40 years on, how the aviation world learned from the disaster

55 passengers and crew lost their lives aboard a British Airtours plane in a disaster that led to major improvements in air safety

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1 week ago Chelsea's Nicolas Jackson plans turns sour as Enzo Maresca completes major U

Nicolas Jackson has fallen out of favour with Chelsea boss Enzo Maresca after being pushed down the pecking order by the arrivals of new forwards Joao Pedro and Liam Delap

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