19 h. ago Team behind popular Prestwich craft ale bar issues update on new location

The beer shop and bar has been trading from the Longfield centre in Prestwich since 2019

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39 h. ago Who is Calum Scott? Referee's rise from police protection after junior match attack to Celtic Scottish Cup showcase

The whistler will take charge as Celtic face St Johnstone in a huge Hampden showcase on April 20

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2 d. ago Viagogo failing to prevent potentially unlawful practices, say campaigners

Listings on resale site suggest that touts are speculatively selling tickets they do not yet haveThe ticket resale platform Viagogo has been accused of failing to prevent “misleading and potentially unlawful” practices on its platform, despite facing intense scrutiny as the government consults on new anti-touting laws.Ministers are weighing up plans to cap the price at which tickets can be resold, after Labour pledged in its election manifesto to tackle ticket touts using platforms such as Viagogo and StubHub to charge fans huge mark-ups for in-demand shows. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Locals have say on King Charles' Poundbury 'ghost town' estate with strict rules

When creating Poundbury, the King sought to challenge 20th-century planning trends and policies, which had led to isolated housing estates and shopping centres away from places of work and leisure - forcing people to make more car journeys

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5 d. ago ‘I can’t believe I’m paid to watch Ncuti Gatwa!’: Doctor Who’s boundary

From being crowned Miss Newcastle to making waves in Star Wars’ first same-sex couple, the Doctor’s latest assistant has had a stellar rise to fame. The actor chats stunts, space and why she’s hungry for moreMost teenagers rebel against their parents in small ways: sneaking out, stealing a nip of Cointreau, arriving home past curfew. Not Varada Sethu, the Newcastle-raised actor who’s about to grace screens as new companion Belinda Chandra in the forthcoming season of Doctor Who. Her rebellion took on a go-big-or-go-home attitude befitting a future screen star: when she was 18 she entered, and subsequently won, the Miss Newcastle beauty pageant. “Oh my God, I thought that was gonna be buried somewhere!” she exclaims when I bring it up. The whole thing was “kind of an accident”, she explains: “My sister and I were walking around in Eldon Square shopping centre, and they asked us if we wanted to enter, and I thought: ‘Yeah, I’ll give it a go’ – I thought it might piss off my paren...

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5 d. ago Fashion chain New Look to shut another store this month after string of closures

The New Look branch - situated in Broadway Shopping Centre - has recently launched a major closing-down sale with prices cut by up to 70%

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5 d. ago AI shopping app found to be actually powered by Philippines call centre workers

Hundreds of human contractors were completing purchases manually for the shopping app, report says

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6 d. ago Fresh detail around theft of designer clothes at shopping centre is alarming

The Mexican cartel have been linked to the $5,000 thefts of designer clothes from the Katy Mills Mall in Texas, US, as officers carried out a search warrant on an Airbnb

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6 d. ago Sadness as huge UK toy chain to close town centre shop in weeks

The Entertainer, which sells toys, puzzles and board games, has hung closing down sale posters in the window of its Barrow-in-Furness shop, which is set to shut for good on May 3

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7 d. ago ‘Go Trump’: Florida shoppers back tariffs – but others are worried

Some Gainesville voters remain loyal to the president, while others cut back on buying and business owners hike pricesIn Gainesville, Florida, a small city in the north-central part of the state, small businesses and shoppers are bracing for the impacts of Trump’s sweeping tariffs.The Trump administration announced a baseline of 10% tariffs on nearly every country in the world last week, with much higher rates on countries such as China, Taiwan and Vietnam, and 20% tariffs on European Union countries. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Iconic clothing shop in Merthyr town centre forced to close because of the costs it faced

Paula Owen said it had been a pleasure and the customers had been amazing

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8 d. ago Two boys charged with 'endangering lives' after seat thrown over Westfield Stratford balcony

The two boys are accused of endangering lives and are due to face court next month

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8 d. ago Two teenagers charged after seat thrown from top floor of London shopping centre

Two boys charged with criminal damage with intent to endanger life, Metropolitan Police say

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8 d. ago Two boys, aged 14 and 16, charged after huge seat thrown from third floor of Westfield shopping centre

Two teenagers have been charged after a huge seat was thrown from the third floor of a Westfield shopping centre.

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8 d. ago Two teenagers guilty of killing man, 80, who was ‘kicked and punched to death in park’

A 15-year-old boy and a girl, aged 13, were accused of killing Bhim Kohli, aged 80, in Franklin Park in Braunstone Town, near Leicester, with the man allegedly kicked and punched

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9 d. ago ‘Indie brand’ bakery and coffee shop to open at new town centre neighbourhood

As well as a cafe, Cotton will also use the premises as a bakery to supply their Manchester outlets

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9 d. ago Major UK city B&M closes store 'indefinitely' as shoppers told to leave immediately

The closure of The Square shopping centre in Birmingham has led to the permanent closure of a B&M store, with shoppers told to leave and staff given a 'very vague' letter

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9 d. ago Person fighting for life in hospital after incident at busy central London station

Person fighting for life in hospital after incident at busy central London station  News Shopper

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1 week ago Streaming: Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy and the best older women age

The recent Bridget Jones sequel, a big hit at the UK box office, celebrates the romance between its middle-aged star and her gen-Z lover, but from Babygirl to The Mother, how do women on screen with younger partners usually fare?At this admittedly early stage of 2025, with all the noisy blockbusters of summer still ahead of us, the UK’s box-office report tells a nostalgic story. The year’s highest-grossing new release, raking in more than double its nearest rival, Captain America, is Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy – a sequel in which its American distributors had so little confidence that they booted it straight to streaming. Brits who missed it in cinemas can finally access it on VOD this week. The film itself is something of a pleasant surprise too: a tender-hearted, flannel-cosy romcom – easily the best in the series since the first, 2001’s Bridget Jones’s Diary – now suffused with the gentle melancholy of middle age.Age, of course, is a critical concern of this instalment, whi...

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1 week ago New Look to shut another high street store in weeks after string of closures

The site - which is situated in the Willow Place shopping centre - has been in the town for 15 years and New Look has not confirmed how many staff members will be affected by the closure

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