10 h. ago Major high street beauty chain to close another 30 shops as rescue sale sought – see full list

The British high street beauty retailer announced that the latest closures would occur on Tuesday and Thursday this week, with around 130 staff members facing redundancy

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13 h. ago Primark: iconic fashion brand boss warns large UK stores face 'pressure'

Shoppers could see fewer big high-street stores as rising taxes threaten to hit retailers’ wallets 💸

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62 h. ago Kirkcaldy fire: Scottish high street closed off as fire crews battle blaze

Emergency crews at the scene

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63 h. ago Emergency services close off street after smoke seen coming from manholes

A resident living in the area has reported that the road is being dug up

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3 d. ago Woods next to Scots high school cordoned off following sexual assault

An area of woodlands near Kirkcaldy High School has been taped off following a sexual assault.

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4 d. ago Massive Glasgow recycling centre blaze captured as fire crews leave scene

Fire crews battled the fire on Glasgow's London Road throughout the night.

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4 d. ago Glasgow recycling centre fire burns overnight as smoke billows over city

Fire crews are continuing to battle the blaze at the plant on London Road in Glasgow after the inferno broke out last night.

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5 d. ago Huge food chain closes all UK shops and vanishes from high street

It has abruptly closed all 12 of its UK outlets, disappearing from the high street just four years after its arrival

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6 d. ago Banksy could have identity revealed as police treat latest artwork as criminal damage

Street artist has managed to keep his identity a closely-guarded secret since his emergence in the mid-1990s

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7 d. ago Major high street bank closes 4 more branches this week – see full list of locations

NatWest is set to close four more branches this week as part of its plan to axe 106 branches by the end of 2025. The bank has already closed 53 branches in January 2025

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7 d. ago Dumfries branch of Bodycare closes after high street chain goes into administration

The High Street outlet is one of 32 stores across the country which has shut, with around 450 members of staff being made redundant.

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9 d. ago White City fire: 100 firefighters battle 'complex fire' as blaze rips through former BBC HQ in west London

Wood Lane is shut as London Fire Brigade crews battle a major blaze in the early hours of the morning

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9 d. ago White City fire: 100 firefighters battle flames as huge blaze rips through former BBC HQ in west London

Wood Lane is shut as London Fire Brigade crews battle a major blaze in the early hours of the morning

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1 week ago UK high street beauty chain to close 32 stores as it collapses into administration

The move will see around 450 employees made redundant.

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1 week ago High street chain Bodycare announces 32 UK stores to close with 450 jobs lost

Administrators said challenges became "too difficult to overcome"

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1 week ago High street beauty chain to close 32 shops with hundreds of job losses

High street beauty chain Bodycare is to shut 32 of its shops across the UK after falling into administration.

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1 week ago Firefighters battling 'large blaze' at recycling centre near Dundee airport

Fire crews are battling a blaze near Dundee Airport

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1 week ago Aberdeenshire crash: Ellon residential street closed after car and lorry crash

Emergency services are on the scene.

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1 week ago How 'cultlike' Lush preaches to its customers about Gaza and trans people

Lush has taken its most extreme action yet as the high street firm has shut down its website and closed all of its UK stores in a pro-Palestine statement of solidarity.

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1 week ago Cosmetics chain Lush closes ALL of its stores and shuts down its website in protest over Palestine

High street cosmetics firm Lush has shut down its website and closed all its UK stores in what the company says is a pro-Palestine statement of solidarity.

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