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Pizza Hut's biggest UK franchisee has begun approaching potential bidders as it scrambles to mitigate the looming impact of tax hikes announced in last month's Budget.Sky News has learnt that Heart With Smart (HWS), which operates roughly 140 Pizza Hut dine-in restaurants, has instructed advisers to find a buyer or raise tens of millions of pounds in external funding. City sources said this weekend that the process, which is being […]

Boy George is contemplating his relationship with fame. Intoxicating, often inescapable, he says he has not always found his decades in the spotlight easyThere has been a cost, he says. Much has been well documented. But in recent years he has been able to enjoy it all much more. And it's not real. "Fame is a figment of other people's imaginations. You're only famous because other people believe you are." […]

People who want to travel abroad for cosmetic surgery like Brazilian butt lifts (BBL) should be weary about offers that seem "too good to be true", the health secretary has warned.Wes Streeting said his "strong advice" to the British public is that they should "think carefully" about the risks before opting for "rock bottom prices" overseas. Several women have lost their lives in the last few years after travelling to […]

A police officer who was seriously injured when he was rammed off his motorcycle by a man driving a stolen car has revealed he is on a "challenging journey to recovery". David Doyle, 19, of Brick Lane, Northolt, west London, was sentenced to five-and-a-half years in prison at Harrow Crown Court on Thursday, the Metropolitan Police said. He was also disqualified from driving for 81 months. PC Richard Keel was on […]

The Met Office has issued a yellow weather warning for snow and ice across parts of the UK.The warning - from 10am on Monday until 10am on Tuesday next week - covers much of southern Scotland and north-east England, parts of Yorkshire, and parts of the north-west of England, including Lancashire and Cumbria. A separate warning for snow and ice is also in place in northern Scotland from 4pm on […]

The UK is likely to experience "several days of cold, potentially disruptive weather next week" including possible rain, sleet and snow, the Met Office has said.Forecasters said it was too early to pinpoint exactly where the wintry weather might hit, with computer models showing a range of different scenarios. But there is confidence that much of the UK will turn cold.Tom Morgan, a meteorologist at the Met Office, said: "The […]

Brexit has "weighed" on the British economy and relations with the EU must be rebuilt, according to the governor of the Bank of England. Andrew Bailey's comments come in a speech at the City of London's Mansion House this evening and were widely trailed beforehand. He said although he takes "no position on Brexit per se... I do have to point out the consequences".Politics Live: Trump win 'could be blessing […]

The Metropolitan Police faces "eye-watering" cuts to the force's spending, its boss has warned.Met Police commissioner Sir Mark Rowley said he was "deeply troubled by the situation" and that back-up options such as selling police stations "have run out". "Some of the challenges the Met faces come from desperately trying to keep a significant number of police officers but cutting everything else," Sir Mark said."We have half the money per […]

A 60-year-old woman arrested on suspicion of manslaughter following the deaths of three elderly people at a Swanage care home has been released without charge, police have said.Dorset Police said the deaths of the three residents - two men aged 74 and 91 and an 86-year-old woman - are still being treated as unexplained. Seven people were also taken to hospital "as a precaution" and the property was evacuated following […]