25 m. ago Primark boss quits after 'error of judgement' in behaviour towards female colleague in a 'social environment'

Primark's parent firm, Associated British Foods (ABF), said Paul Marchant has stepped down as chief executive of the high street fashion brand with immediate effect following an investigation.

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26 m. ago World markets and US dollar suffer worst monthly losses since 2022 as Trump trade war riles investors – business live

Shares slide after President Donald Trump says new reciprocal tariffs expected this week will include all nationsWall Street shrinks in response to price pressures, stoking fears of Trump tariffsEurope’s main stock indices are a sea of red, as investors react to Donald Trump’s declaration that the reciprocal tariffs he is set to announce this week will include all nations.Italy’s FTSE MIB index has dropped 1.4%, France’s CAC is down 1%, and Germany’s DAX has lost 0.95%.The tariffs imposed by the U.S. government and the fear of new announcements as early as Wednesday are creating a bleak atmosphere on trading floors worldwide. Just last Wednesday, the DAX was above 23,000 points, but it now appears that the index may soon test the 22,000 mark.The risk appetite seen in the initial weeks of the year has dissipated as investors and asset managers pull back, reduce positions, and refrain from taking on large new ones. The inclination to buy the dips has nearly vanished. Continue reading...

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32 m. ago Retail world stunned as Primark boss quits over inappropriate behaviour

Paul Marchant’s dramatic resignation follows independent investigation by external lawyers into “incident” involving female colleague

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54 m. ago Primark boss Paul Marchant resigns with immediate effect over 'inappropriate behaviour'

Primark’s parent firm, Associated British Foods (ABF), said Paul Marchant has stepped down as chief executive of the high street fashion brand with immediate effect following an investigation.

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63 m. ago Rutherglen's £116k crossing upgrade helps pedestrians and cyclists

The new toucan crossing is based on Main Street in the town.

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1 hour ago 38 Londres Street: On Impunity, Pinochet in England and a Nazi in Patagonia by Philippe Sands review – war crimes revisited

In the final part of a bravura trilogy detailing the struggle to bring war criminals to account, Sands tracks a former SS commander to Chile, where he found a friend in Augusto PinochetThis is the concluding part of Philippe Sands’s extraordinary trilogy – part history, part moral investigation, part memoir – that documents the legal and personal battles to bring to account Nazi war criminals and their disciples.In East West Street he recounted the plight of Lviv, the city now in Ukraine, whose Jewish population either fled before Nazi occupation or, like many of Sands’s extended family, was thereafter wiped out. Two Jewish lawyers who got out early were instrumental in creating the legal concepts of crimes against humanity and genocide that were introduced at the Nuremberg trials. Continue reading...

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8 h. ago High street banks to monitor struggling customers as bill rises kick in

Energy costs, water bills and council tax are some of the expenses which will be going up for many households.

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9 h. ago Huge fire rips through building on Scots high street as emergency services rush to scene

Six fire appliances, multiple police vehicles and an ambulance crew are on the scene.

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12 h. ago Tina O'Brien enjoys some bubbly in a bikini amid marriage split from Adam Crofts

Coronation Street star Tina O'Brien looked upbeat as she shared luxurious photographs of herself from a European minibreak following reports of her marriage collapse

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13 h. ago "It was chaos": Shopping horror after man stabbed in attack at retail park before area evacuated

The victim ran into Matalan after the brutal attack

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13 h. ago Preston’s attempts to bore Aston Villa to distraction crumble like pastry | Jonathan Liew

Championship perennials are beige down to their signature snack but their existence is still something to savourThe man behind the counter at Greggs on Fishergate has never heard of a butter pie, but try Poundbakery over the street. Poundbakery doesn’t do butter pie, but try Greenhalgh’s on the corner. Greenhalgh’s: closed on Sundays. The chip shop on Market Street does meat pie, meat and potato, steak, steak and kidney, chicken and mushroom, cheese and onion. Butter pie? A shake of the head.You’ve got to try the butter pie. That’s what everyone says the first time you visit Preston. It was created in industrial times, for the largely Catholic working population to eat on Fridays when meat was forbidden. Often you hear it described as a “delicacy”, but even this is to overstate its intensely yeoman nature. It’s layers of potatoes, onions and butter in a pie. It’s cheap. It’s hearty. It’s unpretentious. It exists to be consumed and then immediately forgotten. It is – with deepes...

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14 h. ago Hidden tomb discovered by scientists investigating vast city beneath Giza pyramid

A 'sarcophagus' hidden more than 600 feet below the surface in Egypt is the latest discovery from the team that uncovered a 'vast city' beneath the Giza pyramids.

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15 h. ago Can YOU spot the cat? Mindboggling puzzle puts your eye sight (and patience) to the test

The creators claim that only those with incredible eyesight will be able to spot the hidden cat within such a short amount of time - are you up to the task?

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15 h. ago Coronation Street fans spot former star in Casualty leaving viewers 'confused'

Casualty viewers were left shocked on Saturday night as they thought they recognised an inmate who had been stabbed in the latest episode of the BBC medical drama

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15 h. ago Wayne Rooney wees against wall in front of passers by on trendy London street

Wayne Rooney was spotted urinating against a wall after a night out in London's Marylebone and Mayfair following his work as a pundit for BBC Sport on the FA Cup

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16 h. ago How to beat the Trump Slump: As tariff fears crash markets, shares guru JOANNE HART picks stocks from banking to media and retail that could make you a fortune

Tariffs, tantrums, security gaffes - Donald Trump's second term in the White House has certainly been eventful so far. And financial markets are unimpressed.

Economics

16 h. ago Bespoke whisky business awarded licence in the heart of busy West Lothian town

West Lothian Licensing Board agreed to award a premises licence to The Wee Whisky Shop in Linlithgow High Street run by Andrew Ure.

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16 h. ago 'I went to the restaurant hidden in an historic Rochdale building'

Tucked away in the corner of a Grade I-listed town hall, the restaurant is doing something unique

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16 h. ago LIVE: 'Avoid the area' warning after reports of stabbing at retail park

Police and paramedics are in attendance outside a Matalan store in Oldham this afternoon

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19 h. ago Franco Smith makes bold Glasgow Warriors claim as he looks to burn candle at both ends

URC champions will now switch their attention to European Champions Cup

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