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The John Lewis Partnership has revealed sharply narrowed half-year losses and said annual profits would be “significantly” higher as its overhaul starts to bear fruit. The employee-owned group, which runs the department store chain and Waitrose supermarket arm, reported pre-tax losses of £30 million for the six months to July 27, down 49% on a year earlier. The John Lewis department store business saw half-year sales fall 3% to £2 […]

Rock star Jon Bon Jovi and a video production assistant persuaded a woman standing on the ledge of a pedestrian bridge in Nashville to come back over the railing to safety. Police say the incident happened on Tuesday on the Seigenthaler Pedestrian Bridge, which spans the Cumberland River. The Tennessean reported that Bon Jovi was filming a music video on the bridge, which remained open to the public during the shoot. Video posted […]

The PM will set out his plans as a major report on the health service is published. The NHS must reform or die, Sir Keir Starmer will say, as a major report on the health service is published. The Prime Minister will set out his plans for tackling long waiting lists, improving the nation’s health and shifting the focus towards community services after a damning report from Lord Darzi found […]

They pick up TV presenter prize for a historic 23rd year in a row Anthony McPartlin and Declan Donnelly have won the TV presenter prize at the National Television Awards for a historic 23rd year in a row. The TV duo saw off tough competition from This Morning’s Alison Hammond, Strictly Come Dancing and The Traitors star Claudia Winkleman, The Chase and Gladiators host Bradley Walsh and TV star Stacey […]

Australia’s innings ends with a whimper after England weather early storm England weathered some early fireworks from Travis Head to restrict Australia to 179 in their series-opening T20 against Australia. A new dawn for the hosts threatened to get off to a false start as their fast bowlers were dispatched to all parts, with Head’s 59 off 23 deliveries underpinning a stunning powerplay total of 86 for one. Sam Curran […]

This Morning hoping to regain best daytime show crown Kate Garraway says that it is “sad” her late husband Derek Draper could not see her nominated for another National Television Award (NTA) for a documentary about his health issues. Garraway will be hoping to secure a hat-trick in the best-authored documentary category as she has been nominated for the prize again, this time for Kate Garraway: Derek’s Story. Speaking from […]

Concerns about a spike in baby deaths were not discussed at hospital board level until after the year-long attack spree of “elephant in the room” Lucy Letby had ended, a public inquiry has heard. The nurse was removed from non-clinical duties after the deaths of two triplet boys and the suspected collapse of another boy at the Countess of Chester Hospital’s neonatal unit on three successive days in June 2016. […]

Sir Keir Starmer has been accused of “hiding” the impact of the Government’s winter fuel payment cuts amid fears the policy will cause an increase in pensioner deaths. Former prime minister Rishi Sunak highlighted Labour research from 2017 which claimed Conservative plans to scrap the winter fuel payment for better-off pensioners could lead to almost 4,000 additional deaths over winter. Outgoing Tory leader Mr Sunak asked whether the Government believes […]

Israeli strikes on Palestinian territories have killed more than two dozen people, according to local officials. They say an Israeli air strike killed five Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, and at least 20 people, including 16 women and children, were killed in the Gaza Strip. Gaza’s health ministry said Tuesday’s strike on a tent camp in an Israeli-designated humanitarian zone killed at least 19 people. The ministry says more […]