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Poundland has said it is plugging more money than ever into new security measures to tackle retail crime after losing more than £40 million worth of stock last year. ch prompted the group to take steps to bolster its financial performance, including lowering prices for customers and increasing cost savings. As well as bodycams and headsets for staff to communicate quickly when incidents occur, Poundland said it was working more […]

Tyson Fury has claimed he has retired from boxing in a video post on social media. The 36-year-old former world heavyweight champion lost his second fight with current title holder Oleksandr Usyk last month in Saudi Arabia. Fury said in a cryptic video message posted on Instagram: “Hi everybody, I’m going to make this short and sweet. “I’d like to announce my retirement from boxing. It’s been a blast. I’ve […]

The UK will be an AI “superpower”, Sir Keir Starmer said as he unveiled plans to expand use of the technology in a bid to boost growth. The Prime Minister conceded there would be “teething problems” involved in the process but insisted changes would help revolutionise creaking public services and turn around Britain’s economy. The Government has said it will “take forward” all 50 recommendations made by tech entrepreneur Matt […]

He's been cleared manslaughter, but convicted of assault and prolonged domestic violence A man has been found guilty of assault and prolonged domestic violence towards his partner, but cleared of her manslaughter. Kiena Dawes, 23, had written a suicide note saying, “Ryan Wellings killed me”, before leaving their nine-month-old daughter with a friend and taking her own life on a railway line on July 22, 2022. Wellings, 30, had denied […]

Just Stop Oil (JSO) supporters have spray-painted “1.5 is dead” on Charles Darwin’s grave following confirmation that last year was the first to breach the key global warming threshold. Two people used chalk paint on the 19th-century biologist’s grave in Westminster Abbey, London, at about 9.30am on Monday, the climate protest group said. Alyson Lee, 66, a retired teaching assistant from Derby, and Di Bligh, a 77-year-old former chief executive […]

The former First Minister of Scotland confirmed the news on Instagram Nicola Sturgeon has announced she will end her marriage to former Scottish National Party chief executive Peter Murrell. In a post on Instagram, the former first minister of Scotland said: “With a heavy heart I am confirming that Peter and I have decided to end our marriage. “To all intents and purposes we have been separated for some time […]

The inquest into the deaths of five people killed in the helicopter crash just outside Leicester City’s stadium will begin on Monday – more than six years after the tragedy. Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha, the owner of the Premier League club, fellow passengers Nusara Suknamai and Kaveporn Punpare, pilot Eric Swaffer and his partner Izabela Roza Lechowicz, also a professional pilot, were killed in the crash on October 27 2018 next to […]

Motorists are “feeling the strain” of brighter headlights “more than ever before”, campaigners have said after a transport minister sought to ease road safety concerns. Lilian Greenwood, asked for the Department for Transport’s assessment of the safety of LED headlights, said statistics “do not show any discernible trend to suggest that advances in lighting technology are contributing negatively” to road vehicle collisions. But AA members have told the organisation that […]

A fresh dispute is flaring on the railways, threatening disruption to more services in the coming weeks. The first of a series of weekend strikes by train managers on busy rail routes started on Sunday, causing timetables to be reduced. Members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT) at Avanti West Coast will stage a number of Sunday walkouts in a dispute over rest day working. Avanti urged its […]