The curious case of why Poundland is struggling during a cost-of-living-crisis
Why - in an age where so many of us are feeling the financial pinch - are some budget shops on UK high streets having such a tough time?
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Households and business must wait for energy bills to fall, minister says
Households and businesses will have to wait for energy bills to fall significantly because there is "no shortcut" to bringing down prices, the energy minister has told Sky News.
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Strictly star arrested on suspicion of rape
Hertfordshire Police said the man had been released on bail under investigation.
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'Fatal cost' of 'toxic No 10' and 'Migration overhaul'
The papers on Friday are leading on the long-awaited report into how MPs handled the pandemic.
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How WhatsApp messages revealed ex-Reform politician's pro-Russian bribes
The former leader of Reform UK in Wales has admitted bribery and will be sentenced on Friday.
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How is Britain's immigration system actually changing?
They've been billed as the "most sweeping asylum reforms in modern times" and the "biggest shake-up of the legal migration system" in nearly 50 years, but how are the UK's rules actually changing?
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Families claim damages over carbon monoxide leak at primary school
A Scottish local authority is facing nearly 30 damages claims following a carbon monoxide leak at one of its primary schools.
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The COVID inquiry highlights a damning statistic - but there's another, far greater failure
How best to summarise how badly the government fumbled the UK response to the COVID pandemic?
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G20 still 'really important' despite Donald Trump's absence, says Starmer
Sir Keir Starmer has insisted the G20 still matters and is a "really important" forum to bang the drum for British business, despite the decision of Donald Trump to boycott the international summit in South Africa.
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Ice warnings across parts of UK as cold snap sets in
New ice warnings were issued in Scotland, England and Wales for Friday, with the coldest night of the week expected on Thursday.
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UK did 'too little, too late', leading to thousands more Covid deaths, says inquiry
Report on government decision-making says delays cost 23,000 lives in the first wave in England.
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'Toxic and chaotic culture' at heart of UK government during COVID pandemic, inquiry finds
All four UK governments failed to appreciate the scale of the threat posed by COVID-19 or the urgency of the response the pandemic required, a damning report published on Thursday has claimed.
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Coronavirus crisis: A timeline of the UK's response to the pandemic
As a damning report finds all four UK governments failed to appreciate the scale of the threat posed by COVID-19 or the urgency of the response the pandemic required, Sky News takes a look at the UK's response to the pandemic as it unfolded.
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Britain rattles its sabre at Russia's spy ship - but is it a hollow threat?
A fierce warning from Britain's defence secretary to Vladimir Putin to turn his spy ship away from UK waters or face the consequences was a very public attempt to deter the threat.
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COVID-19 report goes a long way to answering inquiry's critics
This scathing report goes a long way to answer the UK COVID-19 Inquiry's critics, who have consistently attacked it as a costly waste of time.
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Ex-police officer given 37th life sentence over sex offences
Former Met Police officer and serial rapist David Carrick has been handed his 37th life sentence after he was found guilty of more sex offences.
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£1bn growth plan for Greater Manchester unveiled
Andy Burnham says the city region wants to "pioneer a new model for economic growth" in the next decade.
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Channel Tunnel says UK investment 'non-viable' as it halts projects
The company claims "unsustainable" levels of taxation has made any future investments "non-viable".
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Man who used metal detector in hunt for hidden gun during gang war jailed
A man who used a metal detector to try to find a hidden handgun has been jailed for more than six years.
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BBC Children in Need chief resigns after seriously injuring cyclist in crash
The chair of BBC Children in Need has resigned within a month of his appointment after being convicted of causing serious injury through careless driving.
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