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Lidl to shut stores for three days this Christmas so staff can spend time with family
Lidl is the latest supermarket to give its staff a well earned break over Christmas
FA’s decision not to light Wembley arch branded ‘antisemitic’ by Tory MP
Conservative former minister Sir Michael Ellis said the FA ‘seem to regret every death and injustice, apart from the death of Jews’.
WHO asks China for more information on rise of respiratory illness spreading in the country’s north
The emergence of new diseases, particularly new flu strains or other viruses capable of triggering pandemics, typically starts with undiagnosed clusters of respiratory illness like this.
ONS figures show signs of slowing of immigration coupled with increasing emigration
Migration hit a record level of 745,000 in 2022, a revised estimate shows.
20 of the best things people said about Cliff Richard after he rejected photo with ‘fat’ Elvis
"Elvis eats 22 Big Macs in a hour in order to avoid meeting Cliff Richard. 1975."
Misery for millions as household energy bills set to soar
The regulator said the increase was almost entirely driven by market instability and global events, particularly the conflict in Ukraine.
‘You want us gone’: Nigel Farage and Nella Rose in fiery clash over immigration views
“I’m stopping you getting a GP appointment? You’re not getting an appointment because the NHS is lacking funding!"
Laurence Fox is ‘intelligent racist’, High Court libel trial told
The actor-turned-politician is being sued by former Stonewall trustee Simon Blake and drag artist Crystal at the High Court in London.
Welfare reforms branded a ‘cynical attack on disability benefits’
The Chancellor said many unemployed people ‘can and want to work’ but the ‘system makes that too hard’.