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Morrisons has cut the price of items including turkeys and Champagne for all shoppers after a system glitch hit its loyalty card on Monday, but some customers may face delayed Christmas orders. The supermarket chain is offering 10% off an entire shop on Monday and Christmas Eve for its loyalty card holders, and discounted prices […]
The Met Office has forecast a “mild Christmas” with “notably high temperatures” over the festive period. The weather service said conditions “should not play a factor” in any disruption to roads over the next few days as people travel home for Christmas. Met Office spokesman Oli Claydon said it would be a “mild Christmas” for […]
A fire that broke out at the front of a shop in Birmingham is “under control”, emergency services said. West Midlands Fire Service said it responded to the incident at Stratford Road, Sparkhill, shortly before 4.55am on Monday. The fire service said the blaze at the front of a retail store spread to shop signage […]
A victim of an alleged sex abuser priest has called for the Archbishop of York to step down over his “insulting and upsetting” response to his handling of the case. The anonymous woman questioned the “moral compass” of Stephen Cottrell, the Church of England’s second most senior bishop, saying the Church “deserves better”. Mr Cottrell […]
The NHS has urged people to look out for symptoms of dementia as they gather with loved ones at Christmas as new data shows more people than ever before have been diagnosed with the condition in England. November figures from the health service revealed 499,068 people have received a dementia diagnosis – a jump of […]
Belfast City Airport’s runway is “operating at normal” after it was forced to close following an emergency incident. A plane’s nose wheel collapsed as it landed in the airport amid adverse weather conditions on Sunday afternoon. There were four crew on board and no passengers when the hard landing occurred. The incident triggered emergency procedures […]
TV and radio presenter Roman Kemp has said it was “really special” to visit The Repair Shop’s barn for its festive special. The 31-year-old, who is the son of Spandau Ballet bass player Martin Kemp and Pepsi And Shirlie singer Shirlie Holliman, has been involved in the show as part of a collaboration between the […]
The UK economy flatlined in the third quarter of the year, according to revised official figures. The Office for National Statistics said that UK gross domestic product (GDP) showed no growth between July and September, in the run up to the Autumn budget. Statisticians had previously estimated 0.1% growth for the quarter. The ONS also […]
Shop staff are facing a “Christmas crime wave”, an MP has warned as new figures revealed an average of more than 650 shoplifting offences a day went unsolved in the past year. In the year to March 2024, 245,500 investigations were closed without a suspect being identified – an average of 672 a day – […]
A “sisterhood” of celebrities have voiced their support for US actress Blake Lively in the wake of her lawsuit and sexual harassment complaint against her co-star and director Justin Baldoni. Lively’s former cast members from the 2005 film The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, America Ferrera, Amber Tamblyn, and Alexis Bledel, released a joint social […]