Retail sales fall sharply in November
Getty Images Retail sales fell in November with shoppers keeping a tight grip on spending amid uncertainty about Brexit and ahead of December’s election. “All main sectors saw their sales fall with the exception of food stores,” ONS statistician Rhian Murphy said. The data doesn’t include Black Friday sales. Black Friday fell on 29 November […]
Surrey weekly round-up: 24 August
Getty Images Organisers say 2024’s Weyfest could be the last for the foreseeable future Couple ‘on target’ to visit every lifeboat station Allan Thornhill Allan and Helen Thornhill have visited 60 RNLI lifeboat stations so far A Surrey couple who are attempting to visit all 238 RNLI lifeboat stations in the UK and Ireland are […]
Northampton Paddington screening to fundraise for cancer patients
A special screening of Paddington has been organised to help raise money for a charity that supports adult cancer patients. Royal & Derngate and Northampton Filmhouse will be hosting the Mayor’s Charity Family Gala screening of Paddington in Peru to raise funds for The Lewis Foundation. Councillor Paul Joyce, Northampton Town Council mayor, will greet […]
Public health and a UK single market
Yui Mok The row over legislating for a single UK market could have profound implications for the future of public health measures on food and alcohol A brief summer-time consultation has brought responses, beyond that of the Scottish government, which are hostile to UK Business Secretary Alok Sharma’s plans The food processing industry and marketers […]
Lucy Connolly’s racial hatred post did not break X rules
Sourced from X Lucy Connolly will be sentenced at Birmingham Crown Court on 17 October The wife of a Conservative councillor who was convicted for stirring up racial hatred on social media did not violate X’s rules with the post. Lucy Connolly, a childminder from Northampton, has pleaded guilty to publishing a social media post […]
Therapy could stop superbugs on farms
BBC Researchers at Leicester University have shown that it might be possible to develop an alternative to antibiotics for treating diseases in pigs. They have identified a range of viruses, called bacteriophages, that can be used to kill common pig infections. The aim is to reduce the risk of antibiotic resistant bacteria emerging on farms […]
China hits back at Canada EV tariffs with canola probe
China has announced a probe of Canadian canola imports, escalating a trade fight between the two countries. The move, which could lead to tariffs on a key Canadian export, came a week after Canada said it would impose new border taxes on Chinese-made electric vehicles, steel and aluminium. Beijing also said it would file a […]
High streets ‘on cliff-edge’ as cost of living crisis bites
Leonid Andronov/iStock/Getty Creative Businesses in Sheffield are suffering from “a series of unprecedented shocks”, the council says High streets such as Sheffield’s could soon be hit by a wave of closures due to the cost of living crisis and rising energy prices, an expert has warned. A fifth of shops in parts of Sheffield were […]
US Open 2024 results: Jannik Sinner beats Tommy Paul, Daniil Medvedev thrashes Nuno Borges to reach quarter-finals
It is the fifth time in the past six years that Medvedev has reached the last eight at Flushing Meadows. The fifth seed was broken just once in the match, as he went down 2-1 in the third set, before play was delayed after a fire alarm went off in the building where the electronic […]
Children’s book cut over First Nations portrayal
Celebrity chef Jamie Oliver has pulled his new children’s book from the shelves after complaints that it stereotyped Indigenous Australians. The 400-page fantasy novel Billy and the Epic Escape, which was published earlier this year, features an Aboriginal girl with mystical powers living in foster care who is abducted from her home in central Australia. […]