11 h. ago Restaurant chain shuts down all UK branches after 20 years with 15

Ping Pong, a popular Chinese dim sum restaurant chain, has announced it will close its remaining restaurants and customers have been left devastated by the news

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43 h. ago Full list of 38 New Look stores closing so far as chain 'could be auctioned off'

The latest closure saw New Look close its store in Hamilton, Scotland, on July 1 - then next up, the high street chain will shut its branch in Neath, Wales on August 6

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46 h. ago This beloved London Chinese restaurant chain has shut all its branches with immediate effect

This beloved London Chinese restaurant chain has shut all its branches with immediate effect  Time Out

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46 h. ago London Chinese restaurant chain Ping Pong has shut all its branches with immediate effect

London Chinese restaurant chain Ping Pong has shut all its branches with immediate effect  Time Out

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4 d. ago Popular restaurant chain announces sudden closure of all UK branches

In a sad update on Instagram, the chain confirmed all its restaurants have now been shut down - and diners have been left devastated by the news

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5 d. ago Beloved ‘60s Icon, 75, Dazzles London Event in Chic Pink Blazer and High

Beloved ‘60s Icon, 75, Dazzles London Event in Chic Pink Blazer and High-Top Sneakers  parade.com

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8 d. ago Beloved radio star tragically dies in London hospital after four decades on air as colleagues pay tribute

Beloved radio star tragically dies in London hospital after four decades on air as colleagues pay tribute  Daily Mail

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1 week ago Plans finally revealed for town centre Wilko store left empty for years

The shop shut down after the UK chain went into administration back in 2023

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1 week ago Somerset House: Amy Poon to open her first permanent restaurant serving Chinese family dishes

The restaurant will mirror timeless classics from Chinese kitchens

Society

2 w. ago High street chain's 80% off closing down sale as 9 stores shut this week – see list

A much loved high street chain has announced closures at several branches across the country, which will see discounts of up to 80% on a variety of products including homeware and fragrances

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2 w. ago 'Top quality' London restaurant beloved by Michelin and diners closes, blaming Rachel Reeves' budget

Initially a venture by two of London's most experienced maître d's Paulo de Tarso and Nicolas Jaouën, the much-loved restaurant won applause from the Michelin Guide and other critics.

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2 w. ago Heartbreak as city's oldest Chinese restaurant closes after 63 years

The restaurant, known for its orange chicken and egg foo yung, first opened in 1962.

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2 w. ago Full list of Scots River Island stores at risk of closure as fashion chain plans to shut 33 shops

Hundreds of jobs are at risk at River Island as part of plans to shut 33 of its UK stores.

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2 w. ago Full list of Scots River Island stores as high street fashion chain plans to shut 33 shops

Hundreds of jobs are at risk at River Island as part of plans to shut 33 of its UK stores.

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2 w. ago ‘You don’t brag about wiping out 60‑70,000 people’: the men who dropped the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki

This summer will mark 80 years since the attacks stunned the world. Today, every one of the crew members who carried out the bombings is dead. Here, one of the last writers to interview them reopens his files‘It was a beautiful morning. The sun was shining on the buildings. Everything down there was bright – very, very bright. You could see the city from 50 miles away, the rivers bisecting it, the aiming point. It was clear as a bell. It was perfect. The perfect mission.”I’m sitting in a Chinese restaurant in San Francisco opposite the navigator of the Enola Gay, the B-29 bomber that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima on 6 August 1945. The year is 2004, and Theodore “Dutch” Van Kirk, aged 83, has agreed to be interviewed for a book I’m writing for the 60th anniversary of that fateful mission. Van Kirk informs me, with the trace of a smile, that this will probably be the last interview in his life. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Massive high street fashion chain plans to shut 33 stores with 71 more at risk

The chain plans to close 33 of its UK stores, putting hundreds of jobs at risk as part of a major restructuring plan, according to reports.

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2 w. ago Supermarket chain with 300 stores to shut branch this week as closing down sale launched

The supermarket chain has confirmed that its store at the Albion Centre, Ilkeston, is closing over the weekend after more than two decades in the town in a fresh blow to the high street

Economics

3 w. ago Poundland sale risks more than a thousand jobs as 68 stores to close

The discount chain also indicated it will shut dozens more of its UK shops in the coming years under the new ownership.

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3 w. ago Poundland to shut 68 stores as part of rescue deal after chain was sold for £1

It comes after Poundland was sold for £1 last week to investment firm Gordon Brothers, the former owner of Laura Ashley

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3 w. ago Chinese restaurant featured in Netflix thriller Black Doves has licence revoked over illegal workers

Immigration enforcement officers raided the restaurant in central London last year and found four staff working without the correct visas or having illicitly entered the UK.

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