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Consortium spearheaded by Direct Line founder, Sir Peter Wood, have swooped for companyA consortium spearheaded by Direct Line founder Sir Peter Wood has swooped for the funeral services company Dignity in the first UK takeover attempt of the year.A su…
Trial of Romario Henry and Oludewa Okorosobo on charges of robbing star cyclist told full gang not yet apprehendedTwo of the suspects wanted for a knifepoint raid at the home of the Olympic silver medallist Mark Cavendish have not been tracked down by …
Discount retailer also rejigs leadership team, replacing relative of founder as chairThe discount retailer Wilko has borrowed £40m from restructuring specialist Hilco and rejigged its leadership team as it faces a cash squeeze after falling to a loss a…
Desmond Maddix, 36, died after another patient smuggled into ward and injected him with lethal dose of drugA patient in a secure mental health unit died after another patient injected him with heroin smuggled in as a result of staff failing to identify…
Prime minister’s ambition for schools in England faces 5,000 shortfall in maths teachers and sixth form funding gapRishi Sunak claims that England is out of step with the rest of the developed world by not requiring young people to continue studying ma…
Alidoosti was arrested for support of women’s movement in Iran, including posing on Instagram without hijabThe celebrated Iranian actor Taraneh Alidoosti has been released from prison by the authorities after her friends and family provided bail. Pictu…
PM admits waiting times are too long as he makes five promises in new year speechUK politics live – latest news updatesNHS waiting times are too long, Rishi Sunak has admitted in a new year’s speech that saw him urge hospitals not to cancel elective su…
Exclusive: Leaked figures show tiny fraction of England’s farms received payment under sustainable farming incentiveJust 224 farmers in England were paid under the government’s flagship post-Brexit nature-friendly agriculture scheme last year, the Guar…
Cruddas, Greenhalgh and Campbell Bannerman to launch Momentum-style campaign to overhaul party democracyThe former Conservative treasurer Peter Cruddas, a key ally of Boris Johnson, is set to launch a Momentum-style grassroots campaign to overhaul p…
Company valued last year at £1.4bn says revenues rose almost threefold to £27mEuan Blair’s apprenticeship company, Multiverse, made a pre-tax loss of £14.2m last year – the sixth straight year of losses since the son of the former prime minister set it…