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Premier Inn owner Whitbread is facing protests at its annual general meeting over plans to cut 1,500 UK jobs.The demonstration comes as the firm reported on Tuesday a "strong performance" in the first quarter of the year, including a 1% rise in sales to £739m. Unite has organised the protest outside the Dunstable headquarters of the hospitality company, which also owns restaurant chains Brewers Fayre, Beefeater and Bar + Block, […]

Grocery inflation has eased for the 16th month in a row, according to industry data released ahead of the general election also showing a price war aimed at luring fans during Euro 2024.Kantar Worldpanel - which tracks supermarket till prices, sales and market share - said its measure of grocery inflation slowed to 2.1% in the four weeks to 9 June from 2.4% the previous month. That left the figure […]

Celebrity fitness expert Joe Wicks and his wife Rosie have welcomed their fourth child.The 38-year-old - known as The Body Coach - and his wife already shared daughters Indigo and Leni and a son called Marley. On Monday, Wicks shared a photo to Instagram of him holding his new baby boy and wrote: "Today at 9.30am we welcomed our 4th baby into the world."A little boy weighing 7lbs 13oz."Rosie gave […]

The Reform manifesto, or "contract" as they're calling it, is a strange document. Most manifestos are produced to give the voter a sniff of what life might look like if the party in question gets into power. Election latest: Farage makes candid admission about Reform's election goalYet Reform have said quite plainly that they have no ambition to win this election, and see their best case scenario as, instead, installing […]

A new genetic therapy has been developed that could reverse giant, debilitating moles that accompany a rare skin condition.Congenital melanocytic naevus syndrome, or CMN for short, sees children born with up to 80% of their body covered in big, painful or itchy moles. They are caused by genetic mutations acquired in the womb - and in some cases, these moles can develop into melanoma. Image: Pic: @mrelbank and @caringmattersnow During […]

A third company has begun a recall over fears of possible E.coli contamination - with customers being urged to avoid eating a specific product.Vegan chicken and bacon wraps sold only at WHSmith have been pulled from the shelves, and anyone who purchased them can return to the store for a full refund. THIS - the food manufacturer that makes it - said the recall applies to all wraps bought up […]

An extra 250,000 children will be hit by the two-child benefit cap next year, rising to an extra half a million by 2029, a leading thinktank has warned.The Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) said the number of children who will fall under the cap - which limits child benefits for the first two children in most households - will reach 670,000 by the end of the next parliament if the […]

A 16-year-old boy has died after being injured by a falling tree, police in Nottinghamshire have saidOfficers were called to Rotherham Baulk, Carlton-in-Lindrick, at around 11.20am on Saturday following reports the youngster had been seriously hurt. Police and paramedics attended the incident, but the boy was pronounced dead at the scene.Two men, aged 28 and 31, have been arrested on suspicion of manslaughter.A woman, aged 28, has also been arrested […]

The family of a 12-year-old boy who was killed in a hit-and-run crash has paid tribute to a "fun-loving little comedian" who was "so beautiful inside and out".Keaton Slater was hit by a car in Radford Road, Coventry, on Friday shortly after 4.30pm, and was later pronounced dead at the scene, West Midlands Police said. The force released a picture of Keaton wearing a Coventry City football shirt along with […]