4 h. ago Shops 'closed' and police 'everywhere' as gunman fears put schools in lockdown

Armed officers and a police helicopter descended following the incident

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6 h. ago Schools in lockdown after 'firearm spotted' and emergency alert in UK town

Schools were put under lockdown after police received reports of a man with a firearm in Wigan - a number of shops were reportedly also forced to close

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38 h. ago Popular high street chain shutting 14 stores today – full list of closures

Bodycare has announced it will close another 30 shops starting today after the high street beauty chain collapsed into administration in another hammer blow to Britain's declining high street

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55 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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56 h. ago Bodycare to close another 30 shops while administrators seek rescue sale

Bodycare said the latest set of closures would be on Tuesday and Thursday this week.

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58 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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4 d. ago 'Frumpy jealous mums hate my glam school run outfits – but I'm eye candy for dads'

Carla Bellucci, who is often dubbed 'the UK's most hated mum', has claimed that other parents at the school gates are 'threatened' by her glamorous appearance and fear she might 'steal' their husbands

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5 d. ago Two M&S stores to close this month as shoppers left 'gutted'

Two locations are set to shut down before the month’s end

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5 d. ago Sir David Jason to reprise Open All Hours role for 50th anniversary special

‘Only Fools and Horses’ star will close fictional corner shop for final time

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6 d. ago Aldi confirms it will be closing all UK stores for three days over Christmas

The discount retailer will close over 1,000 shops across England, Scotland and Wales over the period

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6 d. ago Warning! The rightwing junktanks behind the Tories’ worst disasters still have the keys to No 10 | George Monbiot

Who is running the government’s ‘growth school’ for civil servants? The answer surpassed my worst fearsForgive me if I’ve got this wrong, but I seem to recall the country voting the Tories out last year. Part of the reason, if I remember correctly, was their staggering incompetence and insouciance, epitomised by Liz Truss’s mini-budget. That catastrophe was, like Truss’s political career, formed and steered by the neoliberal junktanks of Tufton Street.But now I begin to doubt my recollections. We booted them out through the front door, right? Yet they still appear to be in the house. Perhaps they came round the back. After taking an interest in the Department for Business and Trade’s “growth school” speaker sessions for civil servants, I sent a freedom of information request. Given that Keir Starmer, like Truss, has placed his growth “mission” at the centre of policy, and that this department is responsible for delivering it, the instruction given to its officials is crucial to the ...

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7 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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7 d. ago Major bakery chain closes all stores after failed expansion in UK

The US bakery chain first launched in the UK in 2020, but has now announced it is closing all 12 of its locations in the nation after a failed expansion that leaves them with no choice

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8 d. ago Popular Greater Manchester shop to close after nearly 80 years as owners share ‘deeply grateful’ message

'It has been an honour to be part of your lives'

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9 d. ago Dracula rises again: Umi Myers on a new show with its teeth on the pulse

A new production of Dracula at the Lyric Hammersmith tells the classic horror through a female perspective and aims to cleverly explore contemporary fears while scaring the old school pants off you

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9 d. ago Manhunt for gunman after one killed and five injured in Texas sports bar shooting

Texas police have released images of the suspected gunman at Alas Locas sports bar in Cleveland

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9 d. ago B&M confirms all UK stores to close, and when they'll reopen

The UK bargain brand shared the news on Monday

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1 week ago Phone shops set to keep doors closed when their open in bid to stop thefts

Thefts of mobile phones are getting worse as some smartphone shops take drastic measures such as keeping the store doors shut when they are open for business

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1 week ago Australian authorities offer $1m bounty for fugitive gunman who shot dead two police officers

Manhunt for ‘sovereign citizen’ Dezi Freeman enters day 12

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1 week ago Full list of high street stores shutting doors this month including River Island and Poundland

The Centre for Retail Research forecasts that 17,349 shops could close in 2025, resulting in approximately 201,953 retail job losses. Here's a list of all the major retailers that are closing stores in September 2025.

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