27 h. ago River Island closing 32 stores in January as shoppers say they 'saw it coming'

Fashion chain River Island will shut 32 UK stores this month following a £32.3m pre-tax loss and 19% sales decline, with shoppers previously citing overpricing and outdated stores

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68 h. ago River Island to shut at least one Welsh store with staff facing uncertainty elsewhere

The retailer has confirmed the closing dates for 27 branches including one in Wales

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9 d. ago Man Utd news: Marcus Rashford doubts surface as loan star recalled to Old Trafford

Marcus Rashford faces uncertainty over his Barcelona future with doubts over his £26m buy option, while Manchester United have already decided to cancel a loan deal

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1 week ago Collapsed UK car dealer owes £75MILLION to nearly 10,000 Brit drivers – could you be one of them?

MORE than a year on from online used car dealer Cazoo’s collapse, administrators have confirmed the taxman will get £8 million in full. But nearly 10,000 unsecured creditors - many of them customers and suppliers - still face deep uncertainty over whether they will receive anything back from the estate. According to Car Dealer Magazine,...

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2 w. ago Four Man Utd players can agree to join new clubs next week as huge decisions loom

Manchester United face uncertainty heading into the January transfer window with Ruben Amorim's side left with decisions to be made on a number of their players

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3 w. ago The bleakest winter: Ukrainians face exhaustion and uncertainty as Trump demands concessions

People torn between craving for peace as conditions worsen and desire to hold strong against Russian military and diplomatic tacticsThe ammunition boxes stacked on the stage opened up to reveal figurines of angels and an infant Jesus lying in his manger. Six actors sang plaintive carols, accompanied by readings of the brooding poetry of Kharkiv writer Serhiy Zhadan. The audience sat, transfixed by the almost unbearable intensity of the spectacle.The nativity play, performed on a recent evening at Kharkiv’s puppet theatre, was a reminder that conflict has seeped into the fabric of almost everything in Ukrainian life over the past four years. “We can’t just put on comedies and escape from reality,” said Oksana Dmitrieva, the nativity play’s 48-year-old director. “The stage is a mirror, and we have to live through our emotions again, but this time from outside ourselves, together with others,” she said. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago 'The front line is everywhere': Russia is waging a new type of warfare exporting chaos, warns new MI6 boss in first speech

Britain faces an 'age of uncertainty' as an 'expansionist' Russia wages a new type of warfare exporting 'chaos', the new head of the MI6 warns today.

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3 w. ago ‘The frontline is everywhere’: new MI6 head to warn of growing Russian threat

Blaise Metreweli expected to say UK faces new ‘age of uncertainty’ in speech identifying Kremlin as key threatAssassination plots, sabotage, cyber-attacks and the manipulation of information by Russia and other hostile states mean that “the frontline is everywhere”, the new head of MI6 will warn on Monday.Blaise Metreweli, giving her first speech in the job, is expected to say the UK faces a new “age of uncertainty” where the rules of conflict are being rewritten, particularly in light of wider Kremlin aggression after the invasion of Ukraine. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago 'I was flooded on New Year’s, by summer I thought my time had come'

Chris Marks had only lived in Manchester for six months when devastating floods ruined his flat. He's opened up about the toll its taken on him - and the uncertainty he faces in 2026

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4 w. ago Bryan Mbeumo's telling response as Man Utd stars face AFCON uncertainty

Manchester United forward Bryan Mbeumo is one of three players whose availability for the Bournemouth match is still uncertain, with boss Ruben Amorim admitting he is unsure if they'll feature

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