Sir Elton John reportedly paid a local shopkeeper a visit on Monday (Picture: EPA) Sir Elton John reportedly shocked the staff of a shoe store in Nice, France, by relieving himself into a bottle while on a recent shopping trip. He reportedly visited Sugarkikz in France on Monday with his two sons and bodyguards in...
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Britain goes to the polls and millions under Fourth of July heat warnings: Morning Rundown
President Biden is privately torn between defiance and acceptance after a seismic shift in his political standing within his own party, sources say. A consequential election is underway in Britain. And a federal agency plans to cull hundreds of thousands of one owl species to save another. Here’s what to know today. Biden is privately...
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UK shop price inflation drops to lowest since October 2021, retailers report | The Express Tribune
Prices in British shops rose at the slowest pace in almost three years last month, according to industry figures that underscore how inflation has cooled even if Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is unlikely to see much benefit in this week’s national election. Annual shop price inflation slowed to 0.2% in June from 0.6%in May, the...
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Greggs and Costa among UK’s strongest brands, reveals data
Greggs, Costa, and KitKat have been named in the Top 10 Strongest British Brands 2024, recently published by value consultancy Brand Finance. The annual list sees UK companies ranked on their brand strength, which is based on the efficacy of performance on intangible measures relative to competitors. Brand Finace said it uses a balanced scorecard...
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First ever Love Island shop is opening in the UK – in top shopping centre
LOVE Island fans can celebrate as the first shop dedicated to the show opens tomorrow. Avid viewers of the ITV reality series will be able to pick up personalised goods at a four-week pop-up in Kent’s Bluewater shopping centre. 3 Official merchandise for the programme — fronted by Maya Jama — has been sold since...
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Revealed: Britain’s best village shops of 2024
The village shop sells everything you could ever need, Robbie says, and a large amount of it is sourced from local suppliers. There’s bread, cakes, brownies and Portuguese tarts from three different village bakeries, beers brewed within three miles of the outlet and fish caught fresh on the Suffolk coast. Then there’s a “second-hand bookshop,...
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World Pastry Awards 2024: Full list of UK winning bakeries and pastry shops
La Liste is a gastronomic guide that prides itself on recommending the finest hotels and eateries across the globe. Now, it has weighed in on the world of pastry. For La Liste’s Pastry Awards 2024, 25 patisseries and bakeries were recognised within 10 special categories, from Most Creative Chef to Discovery Gem. Lannan Bakery, which is in...
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Erith: ‘I want to know why all the shops have gone’
Election issues: ‘Crime, rats and shops shutting down’ It’s Thursday lunchtime on the high-street in Erith, south-east London, and it’s eerily quiet. The man running a fruit and veg stall outside the shopping centre tells me that every day is as quiet as today – as footfall declines, more shops shut and so “we’re stuck...
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US-style cannabis shops, return of EU freedom of movement, free social care and a £9.4billion tax raid on bankers and the super rich: Ed Davey launches Lib Dem election manifesto – before heading off to ride a rollercoaster
The Liberal Democrats opened the door to US-style cannabis shops in Britain today as the party launched an election manifesto that also seeks to get the UK back into the EU. Under the party’s health plans it would seek to tackle the spread of high-strength ‘skunk’ via criminal gangs by allowing ‘licensed retailers’ to sell...
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The changing face of Britain’s High Street: How nail bars, hairdressers and takeaways have moved in while banks have shut down and clothes shops moved out of nation’s shopping streets since 2010 – Progres News
Britain’s High Streets have changed drastically in the last 14 years with nail bars, hairdressers and takeaways replacing banks and clothes shops. A report by policy research agency Public First has revealed the transformation of the UK retail industry as people increasingly neglect town centres in favour of online shopping and banking. The number of...
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The changing face of Britain’s High Street: How nail bars, hairdressers and takeaways have moved in while banks have shut down and clothes shops moved out of nation’s shopping streets since 2010
Britain’s High Streets have changed drastically in the last 14 years with nail bars, hairdressers and takeaways replacing banks and clothes shops. A report by policy research agency Public First has revealed the transformation of the UK retail industry as people increasingly neglect town centres in favour of online shopping and banking. The number of...
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Body Shop administrators in race to wrap up sale
Administrators to The Body Shop are aiming to clinch a sale of the stricken cosmetics retailer by the end of the month, even as its former owner veers away from making an offer for it. Sky News has learnt that FRP Advisory, which was appointed to handle the chain’s insolvency in January, has asked for...