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Major UK fashion retailer with 40 stores plunges into administration - 109 jobs lost

[unable to retrieve full-text content]The major high street brand is struggling as customers move online.

Urgent repairs to Parliament could cost taxpayers up to £40bn

MPs and peers have been presented with options to restore the Palace of Westminster at a cost of up to almost £40 billion.The restoration and renewal client board has put forward two options...

Frenchman cleared of drug trafficking returns from Malaysia

Frenchman cleared of drug trafficking returns from Malaysia1 hour agoDoug FaulknerGetty Images"Malaysia has stolen 909 days of my life," a Frenchman has said as he arrived in France following his...

Dublin bus crash LIVE: Several seriously injured after major city centre collision

Several people are understood to have been seriously injured after a double-decker bus drove down a pedestrianised street and crashed in Dublin city.Emergency services have rushed to the scene of the...

Tesco apologises after putting up signs in the wrong language

Shoppers at a Tesco branch in Helston, Cornwall, were left both amused and bemused after spotting bilingual signs in Welsh instead of Cornish. The signs, intended to highlight local produce,...

Met Office names 10 areas facing snow on Friday - full list

The Met Office has named the 10 UK areas facing snow on Friday as more bitterly cold and wintry weather sweeps across the country.The national forecaster has issued new 12-hour weather warnings for...

King’s cousin arrested amid new royal drug scandal

The Spanish Royal Family has been engulfed in a new drug scandal after one of its extended members was arrested for allegedly laundering a cartel’s money. Francisco de Borbón von Hardenberg, a...

Warning of long airport queues under new EU border control system

Warning of long airport queues under new EU border control system1 hour agoKaty Austin,Transport correspondentandSimon Browning,Transport reporter Getty ImagesThere are warnings of queues at passport...

Italy foils 'Russian cyber-attacks' at Winter Games

Getty ImagesElizabeth BotcherbyBBC Sport journalist1 hour agoItaly has foiled "Russian origin" cyber-attacks targeting the Winter Olympics, says Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani.He said websites...

Met Office issues new 12-hour snow warning for 10 areas - full list

The forecaster said: "Rain moving north across England today is expected to increasingly turn to snow over higher ground through the afternoon and evening. The snow will continue overnight and into...

Duke of Marlborough appears in court charged with strangling estranged wife

The Duke of Marlborough has been pictured arriving at Oxford Crown Court this morning after being accused of strangling his estranged wife Edla. Charles James Spencer-Churchill, a relative of Sir...

What Starmer knew about Madelson's sordid links to Epstein when he appointed him

Sir Keir Starmer received a brief two-page assessment from Cabinet Office ethics officials near the end of 2024 outlining potential complications surrounding Lord Mandelson's appointment as...

MPs back plan to release Mandelson files after Labour anger forces climbdown

MPs back plan to release Mandelson files after Labour anger forces climbdown12 minutes agoJoshua Nevett,Political reporterandHarry Farley,Political correspondentGetty ImagesMPs have approved the...

Gordon Brown lashes out against Starmer as his 30-year grudge against Mandelson boils over

Why did Britain's most senior civil servant fail to open an investigation last autumn? That's the question Gordon Brown is now asking as the Mandelson scandal deepens.The revelation that Lord...

Andrew moves out of Royal Lodge home

Andrew moves out of Royal Lodge home25 minutes agoDaniela RelphRoyal correspondentGetty and BBCAndrew Mountbatten-Windsor has moved out of his home in Windsor to the Sandringham Estate in Norfolk,...