One minister has said that a push by the government to increase the use of imperial measures after Brexit will bring British “culture” back into the shops. Boris Johnson is expected to make an announcement this Friday to coincide with the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee to pave the way for greater use of pounds, ounces, feet …
High Street Bank Barclays is set to close another 27 branches this year, blaming low customer numbers and a shift to online banking, as rivals also plan to close hundreds. More than 300 bank branches are already scheduled to close this year ( Image: REUTERS) Barclays it is closing another 27 bank branches and will …
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Graduates of the top 50 non-British universities in the world can apply to come to Britain through a new visa scheme. Ministers hope the “high-potential individual” route, which opens on Monday, will attract the “brightest and best” at the start of their careers to work in the UK. Successful applicants with a bachelor’s or master’s …
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Top Gun: Maverick has flown to the box office, amassing more than £ 196 million worldwide and securing the biggest premiere weekend in history for a Tom Cruise movie. Amid post-pandemic unrest for the industry and fears that audiences will never return to cinemas in large numbers, the aftermath of the 1986 blockbuster grossed about …
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Owner Evangelos Marinakis has promised that the promotion is “just the beginning” for Nottingham Forest. The Reds ended a 23-year absence from the top flight by winning 1-0 at Huddersfield Town in the Wembley Championship play-off final. And success marks a realization of Marinakis’ ambition for the club. Since taking over in May 2017, the …
Kalyeena Makortoff Rising costs have created a “time bomb” for small business owners in the UK, warned the president of the Federation of Small Business (FSB), with nearly half a million companies at risk of going to bankruptcy in a few weeks without a new wave of government support. While FSB President Martin McTague applauded …
Pep Guardiola’s Premier League champions Manchester City have sent a message to Nottingham Forest after regaining promotion to the top tier of English football. The Reds ended their long Premier League exile by beating Huddersfield Town 1-0 in the league play-off final at Wembley on Sunday. Defender Steve Cook joked about players planning to go …
“There are some things that oil CAN’T buy”: Fabinho’s wife, Rebeca Tavares, points to Man City after thousands of Liverpool fans take to the streets to celebrate the team’s success this season, less than 24 hours after his defeat in the Champions League final. Liverpool had an open-air bus parade to celebrate its success on …
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Neil Warnock says he is “gutted” by former Huddersfield Town club after the final defeat in the league play-off against Nottingham Forest. The Reds beat the Terriers 1-0 at Wembley on Sunday to earn their place in the Premier League. But they survived two VAR scares during the 90 minutes when Harry Toffolo appeared to …
V Ladimir Putin’s army has suffered “devastating losses” among its middle and lower-ranking officers in its war in Ukraine, British defense chiefs said on Monday. They added that the scale of the death toll is likely to hurt the Russian army’s control and command over Putin’s invasion, which is now in its fourth month. UK …
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