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Full list of Uniqlo stores open in the UK with new city set for 2025 | UK News Uniqlo are continuing their rollout across the United Kingdom with a new store set to open in a major northern city. This year alone, Uniqlo have opened four new stores across the UK as the fashion brand, which originated in Japan, continues its expansion. Last month, the company opened a store across three floors at Coal Drops Yards in King’s Cross, London, and new stores welcomed customers at Oxford Street, London, and Princes Street, Edinburgh, back in April. Uniqlo also reopened its…

M25 traffic after broken-down car closes lane during rush hour | UK News Strikes are upon us, yet again. London Underground workers are planning to stage a walkout, starting on Sunday. Two transport unions, Aslef and the National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers (RMT), both announced industrial action over a dispute over pay and subsequent ‘inadequate; pay offers during negotiations. Their members will stage walkouts on various days between Sunday and November 16, with services affected to different degrees depending on the action. Staff across the London Underground will be striking, meaning that all tube lines are likely…

Toddler killed by car after wandering into the road in London | UK News A two-year-old boy has been killed by a driver after he wandered onto a quiet residential street. The young boy died after he was hit on a road in Wembley, northwest London, on Sunday evening. Emergency services were alerted to the crash scene on Rowley Close after reports of a car hitting a child. It is thought the tot was hit after wandering onto the street, the Sun reports. The mum was reportedly heard screaming to try to make the driver stop. A neighbour told the…

Jenrick calls Reeves ‘compulsive liar’ during fiery TV interview Robert Jenrick accused Rachel Reeves of “telling packs of lies for months” following Labour’s Budget announcement. Speaking to Sky News on Thursday (31 October), the Tory leadership candidate accused the chancellor of acting “like a compulsive liar” and “inventing a black hole” in public finances. “They’re making it up to justify immense tax rises,” Mr Jenrick added. Ms Reeves announced an increase in employer national insurance contributions, capital gains tax, and changes to inheritance tax. In its General election manifesto, Labour promised not to increase taxes on working people. “She’s been…

Video: Drink-driver crashes into prime minister’s country estate | News  A drink-driver crashed into the gates of the prime minister’s Chequers country estate in Buckinghamshire on 25 June. Matthew Wootten, 44, of Great Kimble, deliberately steered towards the 80-year-old oak Victory Gate instead of following the road, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said. Rishi Sunak was prime minister at the time. The CPS said Wootten caused more than £38,000 worth of damage and seriously injured himself. He had a blood alcohol reading of 221mg of alcohol per 100mg of blood when the legal limit is 80mg, it added. Wootten pleaded…

Budget 2024 latest news: Rachel Reeves admits tax rises will impact wage increases for workers Chancellor Rachel Reeves has admitted that her £40bn tax-raising Budget could impact wage growth for workers. Asked about the consequences of increasing national insurance contributions for employers she told BBC Breakfast: “I said that it will have consequences. “It will mean that businesses will have to absorb some of this through profits and it is likely to mean that wage increases might be slightly less than they otherwise would have been. “But, overall, the Office of Budget Responsibility forecast that household incomes will increase during…

Taxes will have to rise further despite Reeves’ £40bn tax grab, IFS director Paul Johnson warns Rachel Reeves will have to raise taxes further in the coming years despite her Budget on Wednesday containing £40bn of tax increases, a top economist has warned. The chancellor has pencilled in spending plans almost as implausible as her predecessor Jeremy Hunt, according to the head of the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS). Rachel Reeves has hit back at criticism, insisting that public services in the UK “needed an immediate injection of cash” and pointed out that the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has backed…

Three children among seven people taken to hospital after land train tips over at holiday park in Cornwall Three children were among seven people taken to hospital after a land train tipped over at a holiday park in Cornwall. Police, firefighters, two air ambulances and two coastguard helicopters were called to the incident at Tregoad Holiday Park, in St Martin, on Wednesday evening, Devon and Cornwall Police said. The Looe Land Train – a Land Rover Defender towing a carriage of passengers – had “tipped over”, leaving several injured, in the crash at the campsite just before 7pm, said a…

On Halloween 1992, Sir Michael Parkinson’s prank gave children PTSD. Ghostwatch was the mockumentary that tricked millions of viewers and saw national treasure Parky team up with former Blue Peter presenter Sarah Greene to investigate paranormal activity at a family home. On the surface, it appeared like a regular news report with two of the country’s most trusted names at the helm. Why would anyone suspect otherwise? The programme, which aired at 9.25pm, featured ‘home footage’ of a ghost terrorising two children in their bedroom with their mother rushing to get them out of the house. It felt so real…

Hugh Grant has finally revealed the unique names of his daughters for the first time. The 64-year-old, who had never publicly revealed the names before, spoke on the Jimmy Kimmel chat show on Tuesday, and discussed how he’d chosen monikers for his eight-year-old and six-year-old daughters, who he shares with wife Anna Aberstein. The chat show host quizzed the Notting Hill actor on his middle name, which is Mungo, and Hugh admitted he had ‘very unkind parents’. After pressing if Hugh had gifted his middle name on any of his children, the actor responded: ‘Worse. I have a daughter who…