18 h. ago River Island's 230 stores at risk as high street chain sees huge drop in sales

River Island has called in advisers from PricewaterhouseCoopers in a bid to turn around the fortunes of its 230 High Street branches which employ around 5,500 people

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22 h. ago Massive high street fashion chain puts dozens of stores and thousands of jobs at risk as bosses draw up company rescue plan

The clothing retailer, which has 230 shops and employs around 5,500 people, is taking the step after latest figures showed it suffered a £32.2 million loss in 2023.

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2 d. ago Over 2,000 people from Lanarkshire languishing on NHS waiting list to see psychologist

Freedom of Information Requests revealed that some 22,880 across Scotland are currently on a psychologist waiting list.

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3 d. ago Over 4,000 people from the Lothians languishing on NHS waiting list to see psychologist

Freedom of Information Requests revealed that some 22,880 across Scotland are currently on a psychologist waiting list.

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3 d. ago Nearly 23,000 Scots stuck on NHS waiting list to see psychologist

EXCLUSIVE: Freedom of Information Requests revealed that some 22,880 are currently on a psychologist waiting list - with NHS Lothian having the longest list.

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3 d. ago Free meal for 500 people to celebrate National Fish and Chip Day in this Scottish city

Scotland’s National Fish and Chip Day comes on Friday with 500 free meals and Irn Bru being given out on in this city

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3 d. ago This viral jacket had a waiting list of over 2,500 people, and it's now back in stock

From Marks & Spencer's khaki utility jacket , which caused a storm on social media, to the ubiquity of the brown suede blazer on the high street, there have been several jacket trends making their mark in 2025.

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8 d. ago The Latest: Supreme Court lets Trump end humanitarian parole for 500,000 people from 4 countries

A Supreme Court ruling Friday lets President Donald Trump end humanitarian parole for 500,000 people from 4 countries

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8 d. ago Renfrewshire's Winter Connections praised for 'punching above weight' as thousands benefit

More than 2,500 people participated in the scheme which ran from approximately November until March.

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1 week ago What to know about a cholera outbreak in Susan that has killed over 170 people

A cholera outbreak in Sudan has killed 172 people, with more than 2,500 others becoming ill over the past week

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1 week ago Liverpool parade collision: police continue questioning alleged driver – live updates

Officers given more time to question 53-year-old who has been arrested on suspicion of drug driving and attempted murderA visual guide to how the Liverpool parade collision unfoldedMy colleague Caroline Davies has written up a summary of how events on Monday unfolded:More than 500,000 people had lined the streets to watch Liverpool players and staff on an open-top bus with the Premier League trophy travel a 10-mile route over three-and-a-half hours. The victory parade began at Allerton Maze, south of the city, and ended with a finale on the Strand. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Schoolgirl almost chokes to death twice during 3 year NHS wait for operation

Lauren Crome, 12, is on the waiting list at Glasgow’s Royal Hospital for Children with her parents living in fear of her choking due to a severe throat condition

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1 week ago Schoolgirl who nearly choked to death stuck on NHS waiting list as parents live in fear

Lauren Crome has been suffering from debilitating condition since she was three years old

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1 week ago Heartless conmen who dressed as Pudsey Bear to steal more than £500,000 of money people thought was for charity are ordered to pay back £100,000

The gang was led by David Levi who would wear the beloved Children In Need's yellow bear costume outside supermarkets to con shoppers into making phony donations.

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2 w. ago Games Workshop to hand out £20m to staff as Warhammer maker continues to build

The company has some 1,500 people working at its Nottingham base and more globally

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2 w. ago NSW floods: three dead, one missing as state faces worse flooding than many have seen in their lifetimes

With more intense rain forecast, the SES has a fleet of 500 boats and nine helicopters trying to assist 48,000 people isolated in flood watersNSW floods live updates: latest flooding newsNSW floods map: record-breaking rain in charts and mapsGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA third person has died in flood waters on the New South Wales mid-north coast and authorities hold grave fears for one person still missing.NSW police advised late on Thursday that the bodies of three people had been recovered. One remains missing in floodwaters on the mid north coast.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Extinction Rebellion may have gone quiet, but climate protest will come roaring back | Oliver Haynes

The pandemic and harsh laws suffocated climate movements as we knew them. Get ready for a new kind of actionOn 21 April 2019, I was on Waterloo Bridge in London with my younger siblings. Around us were planters full of flowers where there were once cars, and people singing. This was the spring iteration of Extinction Rebellion, when four bridges in London were held by protesters. My siblings, then 14, had been going out on school strike inspired by Greta Thunberg, and wanted to see her speak.We were there for less than a day, but the occupations of bridges and other blockades lasted for 11 days. Tens of thousands of people mobilised in the UK that spring. An estimated 500,000 people were affected by the shutdowns the movement imposed on central London’s road networks, and more than 1,000 protesters were arrested in what was then an official part of XR’s strategy. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago WRU defend redundancies as 4,500 people urge them to reconsider

The WRU has come under fire for its decision to cut its hub officers programme

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3 w. ago ‘We sometimes milked 3,000 snails a day!’: the dying art of milking molluscs

For 1,500 years, Mexico’s Mixtec people have extracted ink from the rare purpura snail to dye yarn. But they fear the species – and their rich tradition – may soon be lost for everPhotographs by Mauricio PalosThe site for the camp is well chosen. Mangrove trees provide shade from the sun; from their hammocks, the two men can look out over the yellow sand of Chachacual Bay. Rocks rise at both ends of the beach, breakers crashing against them. Next to the camp, turtles have left their tracks in the sand. “They often come at night and keep us company,” says Mauro Habacuc Avendaño Luis, 81, known to everyone as Habacuc.While Habacuc lights a campfire to make coffee, his son Rafael, 42, sets up a small tent for the night. Rain is forecast. “We’ve been camping in the same spot for many years,” says Habacuc. “From here, we roam the coast in search of the purpura snail.”White cotton skeins dyed with snail ink turn from yellow to green and finally ‘tixinda’ purple in the sun Continue reading...

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3 w. ago My kind of town! Chicago is the only U.S. city to land a spot on list of 20 best places in the world for culture

The ranking was compiled by Time Out experts and a survey of 18,500 people

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