4 d. ago Downing Street communications chief to quit after nine months

Matthew Doyle said he it was ‘time to pass the baton on’.

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4 d. ago Keir Starmer’s communications chief quits after just nine months in Downing Street

Matthew Doyle becomes the second member of Sir Keir Starmer’s top team to quit less than a year into the job

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4 d. ago Huge change to Keir Starmer's top team with senior figure quitting after 9 months in No10

Matthew Doyle, Keir Starmer's director of communications in No10, has surprisingly quit after just nine months in the job - he said it is time to 'pass the baton on'

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7 d. ago Coronation Street star QUITS ITV soap after gushing that role was a 'dream come true'

Coronation Street star has quit his role on the hit ITV soap on Monday - just months after making history.

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7 d. ago Coronation Street star QUITS ITV soap just weeks after arriving on the cobbles with his partner

Coronation Street star has quit his role on the hit ITV soap on Monday - just months after making history.

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2 w. ago Meet one of 'Britain's youngest funeral directors' who has conducted his first service at the age of 16

Alfie Taylor has become Britain's youngest funeral director aged just 16 after joining his uncle's business just months after completing his GCSEs - and he has no plans to quit any time soon.

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2 w. ago ‘Trump tariffs are reshaping our politics’: Canadians on their election

Voters reflect on their priorities and mood shifts in their communities before a crucial contestWhen the Canadian prime minister, Justin Trudeau, resigned in early January, after months of pressure to quit, the approval ratings of the progressive firebrand had dropped from their peak of 65% in September 2016 to 22%.At the end of last year, the Conservative leader, Pierre Poilievre, described by many as “Trump Lite”, was the clear favourite to win Canada’s next general election, and the top pick of 45% of Canadians for prime minister. At the time, the three biggest issues for voters were all economic: reducing the cost of everyday items, inflation and interest rates, and access to affordable housing. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Commercial director behind £100m deal resigns in latest setback to RFU

Stuart Ramsey to leave next month for role in triathlonChair has also quit and chief executive is under pressureThe Rugby Football Union’s commercial director has resigned in another setback for the beleaguered ­governing body. ­Stuart Ramsey, who was ­instrumental in securing a £100m naming rights deal for Twickenham with Allianz last year and recently agreed a partnership for England teams with Apple, will leave the RFU next month for a new role in triathlon.Ramsey’s impending departure follows the resignation of the RFU chair, Tom Ilube, last December over an executive pay row with the news coming a few weeks before a special general meeting of the RFU, which will determine the fate of the chief executive, Bill Sweeney. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago Robin van Persie brutally mocked with rude chant after taking Feyenoord job

Robin van Persie became manager of boyhood club Feyenoord last month, choosing to quit fellow Eredivisie side Heerenveen, who'd given the former striker his first managerial role

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