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Harvey Nichols’ Birmingham store to close in January
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Harvey Nichols’ Birmingham store to close in January

Closure will cost at least 60 jobs, while Leeds and Bristol outlets to be converted to Flannels brandHarvey Nichols’ Birmingham store is to close in January, with the loss of at least 60 jobs, while i...

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MoD has objected to four windfarms in past year over radar interference fears
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MoD has objected to four windfarms in past year over radar interference fears

Complaints risks putting defence ministry on collision course with Department for Energy Security and Net ZeroThe Ministry of Defence has objected to at least four planned windfarms in the past year o...

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Bank governor urges John Healey to use budget to allay market fears amid bond turmoil
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Bank governor urges John Healey to use budget to allay market fears amid bond turmoil

Andrew Bailey tells chancellor ‘whatever the stance of fiscal policy, it must be credible and be seen as such by financial markets’The Bank of England governor, Andrew Bailey, has urged the chancellor...

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Asos says customers’ names, contact details and search histories hacked
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Asos says customers’ names, contact details and search histories hacked

Experts say breadth of data accessed could help attackers devise “highly convincing” phishing scamsAsos hackers gained access to millions of customers’ recent search histories as well as names, addres...

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Supermarket shake-up: why Asda or Morrisons could vanish within a decade
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Supermarket shake-up: why Asda or Morrisons could vanish within a decade

Talks between Sainsbury’s and Morrisons have set industry tongues wagging, with analysts saying the market is ripe for changeTesco lifts profit forecast and says shoppers are resilientThey may be two...

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New direct train services from London to Wrexham and Rochdale rejected
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New direct train services from London to Wrexham and Rochdale rejected

Regulator also vetoes extra Blackpool service, citing lack of space on west coast mainline for new trains to capitalPlans to run direct train services to Wrexham and Rochdale from London have been rej...

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Tesco predicts a low-alcohol ‘healthier’ Christmas
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Tesco predicts a low-alcohol ‘healthier’ Christmas

First-half sales rise 2% to £33.8bn, helped by strong trade online, as retailer says it is making more delivery slots availableSupermarket shake-up: why Asda or Morrisons could vanishTesco has raised...

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UK motorists can now see live fuel prices on Google Maps
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UK motorists can now see live fuel prices on Google Maps

Move expected to make pump pricing more transparent and encourage competition after diesel hits record £2 a litreDrivers will be able to see live petrol prices on Google Maps for the first time from T...

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Country diary: The changing face of stubble fields, those shortcuts of my youth | Nicola Chester
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Country diary: The changing face of stubble fields, those shortcuts of my youth | Nicola Chester

Linkenholt, Hampshire and Wexcombe, Wiltshire: Even to the untrained eye, traditional ones and modern, regenerative ones look very differentStubble fields, those post-harvest acres of short straws, se...

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Badenoch’s inheritance tax gambit makes no economic sense | Heather Stewart
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Badenoch’s inheritance tax gambit makes no economic sense | Heather Stewart

The Tory leader’s proposal to slash the tax would shovel £6bn of taxpayer money to the already-wealthyKemi Badenoch’s inheritance tax gambit is a Conservative classic. After all, it was George Osborne...

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Beware rightwing economic myths such as ‘maxing out the nation’s credit card’ | Letters
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Beware rightwing economic myths such as ‘maxing out the nation’s credit card’ | Letters

Readers respond to an article in which Larry Elliott argues that Andy Burnham must challenge neoliberal nostrumsLarry Elliott’s column on the rightwing economic myths constraining Andy Burnham’s gover...

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Labour could oversee worst parliament on record for living standards, study warns
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Labour could oversee worst parliament on record for living standards, study warns

Energy and housing costs threaten biggest decline in modern times unless bold action taken, says thinktankSoaring energy and housing costs mean Labour is on course to preside over the worst parliament...

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Ex-Barclays traders jailed for rigging interest rates have convictions quashed
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Ex-Barclays traders jailed for rigging interest rates have convictions quashed

Acquittals of five former bankers come year after supreme court overturned ruling against City trader Tom HayesFive more former traders who were jailed for rigging interest rates have had their convic...

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Canada’s Weston family buys Boots for $8.9bn
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Canada’s Weston family buys Boots for $8.9bn

Former Selfridges owners buy UK high street institution from long-term backer Stefano PessinaThe Canadian family that once owned Selfridges department store has bought the UK pharmacy and beauty retai...

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South West Water owner taps investors to fix infrastructure after sewage spills
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South West Water owner taps investors to fix infrastructure after sewage spills

Pennon slashes dividend and launches £550m cash call ‘to drive improved outcomes for customers and communities’Burnham, take note: water shareholders have their usesThe owner of embattled South West W...

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Royal Mail to cut up to 2,500 jobs amid restructure and fall in letter deliveries
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Royal Mail to cut up to 2,500 jobs amid restructure and fall in letter deliveries

Postal service says cuts will focus on head office and ‘support function roles’Royal Mail is to cut up to 2,500 jobs as the embattled company seeks to restructure its business amid intense competition...

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IMF chief urges governments to tighten belts as global debt levels soar
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IMF chief urges governments to tighten belts as global debt levels soar

Kristalina Georgieva says big economies will have to make ‘very touch choices’ as soaring bond yields hit budgetsThe head of the International Monetary Fund has called on governments across big econom...

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Shell expects refineries to almost double the profit from every barrel of fuel made
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Shell expects refineries to almost double the profit from every barrel of fuel made

Record prices caused by global shortages amid shutdown of war-damaged refineries in Middle East and RussiaShell’s refineries are expected to make record profits on each barrel of fuel produced after s...

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UK house prices flatline as rising mortgage costs weigh on market
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UK house prices flatline as rising mortgage costs weigh on market

Average cost of home in September was £298,441, says Lloyds – about the same as year earlier and in AugustBusiness live – latest updatesUK house prices flatlined in September, according to a leading i...

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The generation raised on sugar rations – and what their health reveals 70 years later
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The generation raised on sugar rations – and what their health reveals 70 years later

From blood pressure to ageing, research suggests the first 1,000 days of sugar exposure could leave a decades-long mark on healthThey were born into a Britain still recovering from the hardships of wa...

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