2 h. ago High street shoe retailer confirms closure of popular town centre store

The Swindon branch of retail giant Footasylum is due to close in mid-October, this year, as the company's lease on the prominent town centre unit comes to an end

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12 h. ago People living in tents in Stockport town centre moved with possession order

The claim form showed there to be six people living in the makeshift camp

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29 h. ago Hundreds hit with food poisoning in Indonesia after eating free meals from president’s flagship program

Since its launch in January, Prabowo Subianto’s signature policy has been marred by mass food poisoning cases affecting over 1,000 peopleMore than 360 people fell ill in the Indonesian town of Sragen in Central Java after consuming school lunches, according to officials, in the largest food poisoning case to hit president Prabowo Subianto’s flagship free meals programme to date.Since its launch in January, the free school meals programme has been marred by mass food poisoning cases across the archipelago, affecting over 1,000 people. Continue reading...

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64 h. ago High street retailer confirms it will file for administration

A favourite high street store has confirmed it will file for administration, jeopardising all of its 281 stores across the UK.

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69 h. ago Poundland to axe two popular services ahead of latest store closures

It makes up part of a restructuring plan to "simplify and refocus" the struggling company.

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3 d. ago "The past 18 months have been incredibly tough": Popular Northern Quarter cafe announces closure

The brunch spot has been known to attract huge queues down the street on weekends

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3 d. ago Popular high street chain announces nine store closures with big sales underway

Hobbycraft is closing nine stores between this month and in September, with major sales to follow - here's the full list of branches being shut and their confirmed closure dates

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3 d. ago Full list of Hobbycraft closures as retailer confirms more shops to go

As part of a significant reorganisation, Hobbycraft is closing nine locations throughout the UK

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3 d. ago Major retailer with 115 stores across UK confirms more shops will close next month

Major arts and craft retailer Hobbycraft has announced the closure of several more stores for the latest move on the company-wide shake up, expected to impact several jobs

Economics

4 d. ago Spanish town ordered to scrap religious festivals ban mainly impacting Muslims

Jumilla’s ban on gatherings in public sports centres breaches right to religious freedom, says MadridSpain’s central government has ordered officials in a Spanish town to scrap a ban on religious gatherings in public sports centres, describing it as a “discriminatory” measure that breaches the right to religious freedom as it will mainly impact Muslims.“There can be no half-measures when it comes to intolerance,” Ángel Víctor Torres, the minister for territorial policy, wrote on social media on Monday. Rightwing opposition parties, he added, “cannot decide who has freedom of worship and who does not”. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Three dead as multiple shoppers shot after gunman opens fire at Target store

A gunmen opened fire on shoppers at a Target retail store in Texas, including a child, as police have sadly confirmed there have been three fatalities as the suspect has been arrested

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4 d. ago Major retail chain with 115 stores across the country confirms more shops will close next month

The popular arts and crafts retailer has announced that nine more stores will close their doors across both the remainder of August and into September.

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4 d. ago Teenager slashed and a second youth assualted during weekend attack in Paisley

There was a disturbance in the town centre on Friday night and police are investigating.

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4 d. ago Major supermarket issues urgent do not eat warning over pork pies amid health risk

The shop has confirmed that the items can be returned to retailers for a complete refund

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4 d. ago All the confirmed closures across Scotland for major discounted retail chain

The Original Factory Shop is set to close down a total of 22 shops this year.

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4 d. ago Suspect named after two people 'assaulted' in Greater Manchester town centre

He is due to appear in court

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5 d. ago Major supermarket issues urgent ‘do not eat’ warning for popular snack due to ‘health risk’

The product can be brought back to stores for a full refund, the retailer has confirmed

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6 d. ago Social media rumours shut down by police after two men injured in town centre attack

A man has been arrested

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6 d. ago Armed police called to town centre after reports of man carrying knife

A 57-year-old man has appeared in court following the alleged incident

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6 d. ago Second person arrested after man found dead near canal footpath

Robert Brown, 57, was found fatally injured on a bench near the River Nene in Northampton town centre on August 1.

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