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Shadow chancellor Mel Stride has called for the UK’s financial regulator to investigate “possible market abuse” by people working in the Treasury and Downing Street in the run-up the Budget. The move comes as Chancellor Rachel Reeves denied she misled the public over the state of the country’s finances, after it emerged she and officials…
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B&M Retail Ltd has been fined £2m over mice infestations at three Birmingham stores where inspectors found rodent-gnawed foodstuffs and droppings near children’s toys. The company was prosecuted for food hygiene offences by Birmingham City Council after complaints led to inspections being carried out between November 2024 and October 2025. Locations included St Andrew’s Retail…
Free welcome cafe opens in Highworth to help community connect
A free cafe has been set up in a town to help prevent loneliness by encouraging people to connect with others. The monthly Warm and Welcome Wednesday Cafe in Highworth, Wiltshire, has been set up by the volunteers behind Highworth Community Larder, which redistributes food that would otherwise have been thrown away. The cafe is…
Gatwick Airport left without running water at both terminals
Passengers at Gatwick Airport have faced long queues for toilets and closed restaurants and bars after a major water supply outage. Both terminals at the UK’s second busiest airport lost running water on Sunday morning after a power failure at a treatment works that serves the area. People told the BBC of confusion and frustration…
Social supermarket helps me to afford Christmas
BBC Yazz Gough uses the Re:dish Good Stuff social supermarket in the Reddish area of Stockport A customer of a social supermarket has said she “can afford a few extras for Christmas” thanks to the money she saves there on her weekly groceries. Yazz Gough, who goes to the Re:dish Good Stuff in the Reddish…
