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ITV and pub companies face knock from England World Cup exit
Publicans, bosses at ITV and even stock market traders will be rueing England’s defeat at the hands of Australia on Saturday night, which sent the host nation crashing out of the tournament. ITV,...
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Young people spend more on takeaways than any other age group because they...
“We’ve got two generations now where primary cooking skills have been lost.” Children’s food campaigner Henry Dimbleby The poll of 5,000 adults found that the average 16 to 24 year-old knows how to...
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Coventry bus crash horror: teenager tells of desperate bid to save passengers
“I would say it was travelling at 50mph or 60mph” Taxi driver at crash scene An eight-year-old boy sitting on the top-deck died at the scene along with a woman in her 70s who was struck as she walked...
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Strictly Come Dancing 2015: Iwan Thomas eliminated
Olympian Iwan Thomas has endured the mortification of being the first contestant to be booted off Strictly Come Dancing 2015. The sprinter-turned-pundit, who finished last on the leaderboard after...
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The brutal Six Chair Challenge: Sunday's X Factor talking points
The nasty bit is that, with up to 15 acts left in each category, much swappery must take place before the final Judges’ Houses lineup is complete. And afterwards, those who don’t get a seat are taken...
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Is this Government bank behind the alternative finance boom?
This role mostly involves cash. The BBB, which has a warchest of £3bn, has the power to match the funding made by certain players to small businesses to reduce their risk. Funding Circle, the...
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New life after the zombie apocalypse
All of which would no doubt be something of a shock to Lincoln’s legions of American fans. To them he’s Sheriff Rick Grimes: gun-slinging leader of men. Buff protector of women and children. And, most...
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Fever-Tree tonic water to be sold alongside Percy Pigs
Fever-Tree has signed a deal with Marks & Spencer that will see the upmarket tonic water brand sold in 300 Simply Food stores across the UK. Fever Tree, which was started in 2005 by Charles Rolls...
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Branson's dramatic return: Downton Abbey talking points
One hesitates to hope it might at last be Lady Edith and that nice, polite, gallant chap Bertie Pelham, who helped her in her hour of need. But Downton creator Julian Fellowes seems to delight in...
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How do I escape from a potential reputational hole?
There are big lessons we can all learn from Volkswagen – always under promise and over deliver; expect the unexpected (the current phrase is “I never saw that coming”); and, despite the temptation,...
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