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Union leaders say the tax increase threatens UK food security Farmers are gathering at protests across the UK as they step up their campaign against the Government’s inheritance tax reforms – which they say would “decimate” the country’s agricultural sector. The National Farmers Union (NFU) is staging a series of events on Saturday as part of a so-called National Day of Unity, with farmers bringing food, tractors and livestock to […]

WH Smith is in talks to sell its high street arm. The company’s hight street operation is made up of about 500 stores, the first of which was opened 230 years ago. “WH Smith confirms that it is exploring potential strategic options for this profitable and cash generative part of the group, including a possible sale,” a statement said. Over the past decade, the firm has focused on its more […]

Sunday brings a new set of weather warnings Storm Eowyn has been “pretty exceptional” and was “probably the strongest storm” to hit the UK in at least 10 years, the Met Office has said. It was the most intense in “more like 20 or 30 years” for some parts of the country, forecasters added. Parts of Ireland saw the highest windspeeds since records began after they reached 114mph in Mace […]

Flooding and travel disruption on the cards Heavy rain and strong winds could bring flooding and travel disruption to parts of the UK this weekend after the severe effects of Storm Eowyn. Up to 80mm of rainfall could be seen in parts of England and Wales with several amber and yellow weather warnings issued by the Met Office over Saturday and Sunday. It comes after winds reached 100mph on Friday […]

75-year-old found in the early hours of Friday A 30-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after a 75-year-old man was stabbed to death. Scotland Yard said officers were called on Friday at 3.36am to a property on Deodar Road, Putney, south-west London, following reports of a stabbing. London Ambulance Service treated the 75-year-old man for stab injuries, but he was pronounced dead at the scene. A 30-year-old man, […]

It's almost a week into the ceasefire Israel and Hamas were expected to swap more hostages for Palestinian prisoners on Saturday, the second such exchange since a ceasefire began in the Gaza Strip last weekend and another test for the deal. The truce is aimed at winding down the deadliest and most destructive war ever fought between Israel and the militant group. The fragile deal has so far held, quieting […]

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The Traitors star Linda Rands has backed faithful Jake Brown to win the hit BBC show ahead of the grand finale, despite him being responsible for her downfall. The retired opera singer became the second traitor to be banished by the faithfuls last week after suspicions were raised about her, with Brown leading the charge. In the first episode, Rands appeared to respond to host Claudia Winkleman saying “traitors”, moments […]

The heir to a pie company fortune who murdered his best friend on Christmas Eve has been sentenced to life in prison for his “barbaric and cruel” crime. William Bush, 23, was killed by Dylan Thomas, his childhood friend and the grandson of pie company tycoon Sir Stanley Thomas, at their home in Llandaff, Cardiff, on December 24, 2023. Thomas, now 24, had been staying at his grandmother’s house in […]