15 h. ago Pharmacy crisis as almost one in 10 lost in past decade creating 'chemist deserts'

Almost one in ten pharmacies have closed since 2016 and the National Pharmacy Association says the network of pharmacies is now at its lowest in 20 years despite the Pharmacy First scheme

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41 h. ago Betrayal of Zimbabwe's white farmers: 'Tiny fraction' of those whose land was taken by Mugabe in the 2000s have received promised compensation

More than two decades ago over 4,000 commercial farmers lost their land to black counterparts amid the land reforms of then president Robert Mugabe.

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6 d. ago Make America make again? Trump’s tariffs will only be manufacturing pipe dreams | John Naughton

The president’s gambit to bring the production of goods such as iPhones back to the US ignores huge supply chain complexitiesDonald Trump’s tariff strategy has at least one biblical connection: like the peace of God, it “passeth all understanding” (Philippians 4:7). Rival attempts to extract a rationale from the chaos include the idea that he is trying to devalue the dollar, or that he is seeking to “reshore” the manufacturing capacity that the US lost through decades of globalisation. My own hunch is that he just wants to show who’s the big boss around here – or as British science fiction author Charles Stross puts it, that he “expects individual nations to come to him, hat in hand, like terrified shopkeepers pleading for mercy from a mafia don”.Cue the UK’s very own Trump whisperer, Keir Starmer, who, according to Politico, plans “to put a review of online safety rules on the table in trade talks” with the US. Which, translated, means that things such as the Online Safety Act and ...

Economics

2 w. ago Louise Redknapp on Strictly moment she realised 'I've lost sexiest woman in decade' title

Louise Redknapp - who was voted the sexiest woman of the decade in 2004 - says starring in Strictly Come Dancing was a humbling experience to start

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2 w. ago A thousand steelworkers lost their pensions 20 years ago. They are still owed money and many have died

1,000 workers in one of Cardiff's largest steelworks lost their pensions more than two decades ago

Economics

3 w. ago Fabian Hürzeler appeals to Brighton’s ‘blue heads’ to turn tables on Forest

Borrowing from the All Blacks, manager says the power of psychology has helped his side recover from 7-0 drubbingWere Fabian Hürzeler in any doubt about the importance of the FA Cup to Brighton fans, he received a gentle reminder when back in his home town of Munich. Hürzeler’s short international break, among family and friends, received a polite but pointed interruption. “Walking through the city, one of the Brighton supporters called my name and said he’s really looking forward to the game,” said the club’s head coach. “He said that we have to give everything in this game, and of course you feel it, but for me it’s important that we don’t make it artificial excitement.”Hürzeler, born a decade after Albion lost the 1983 final to Manchester United in a replay, can be excused for not knowing the lore of Steve Foster’s headband, Tony Grealish’s hirsute captaincy and the striker Gordon Smith’s “must score” miss. There are always the owner, Tony Bloom, and the club’s time-served staffe...

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