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First Wilko shop closures begin after rescue fails Tuesday will see the first Wilko shop closures after the collapsed retail chain failed to find a buyer. The first 24 shops – including ones in Liverpool, Cardiff, Acton and Falmouth will close on Tuesday, and a further 28 will close on Thursday. All of Wilko’s 400 shops will close by October. Around 12,500 staff will lose their jobs. Wilko fell into administration in August after struggling with competition from other discount chains and losses.  Rising costs complicated a deal with Doug Putman – the billionaire owner of HMV, who wanted to…

Mason Greenwood has impressed in his early training sessions with Getafe (GTres/SplashNews.com)

It doesn’t look like Sony is planning a name change for their next console, as they register trademarks for PS6, PS7, PS8, PS9, and PS10.

Triple lock means state pension set to rise by 8.5% in April The state pension is expected to experience an 8.5% increase in April following the release of vital data integral to the triple lock system. This policy ensures that the state pension increment is determined as the highest among average earnings, inflation, or a fixed 2.5% rate. Those earnings – which are total pay, including bonuses – were recorded at 8.5%, and the inflation figure is unlikely to be higher. That means the state pension is likely to rise by 8.5%, which would be a weekly increase of £13.30.…

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Government may have broken law over sewage releases – watchdog The UK government and regulators may have broken the law over how they regulate sewage releases, the UK’s environment watchdog has said. The Office for Environmental Protection announced its preliminary findings into an investigation on Tuesday. The regulators and Defra now have two months to provide a response before a final decision is made. In response to the announcement the government said: “The volume of sewage discharged is completely unacceptable. That is why we are the first government in history to take such comprehensive action to tackle it”. But it…

Venice to back €5 fee for day-trip tourists Venice is expected to approve the trial of a €5 (£4.30) fee for daily visitors, in the hope that the city can control tourism.  All visitors over the age of 14 will have to pay the charge and book their entry to the city in advance. The trial will run during peak tourist periods next year. “Venice is among the most visited European cities… [and so] suffers the most from excess tourism,” Simone Venturini, City council member for tourism, has said. Over tourism is an urgent issue for Venice, despite being a…

Thousands feared dead as flooding sweeps Libya Widespread flooding in Libya, following a powerful storm, has killed more than 2,000 people and left thousands missing, according to the leader of the east Libyan government – which is not recognised internationally. Speaking to the BBC, Jalel Harchaoui, a Libya specialist has said the death toll could reach as many as “several thousand” people. A state of extreme emergency was declared on Sunday after Storm Daniel made landfall. A curfew in the east has been imposed and schools and shops ordered to close. The eastern cities of Benghazi, Sousse, Derna and Al-Marj…

He’s a boyhood United fan…

‘They will pigeonhole me.’