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Mirror and Express owner to cut over 300 jobs

[ad_1] The owner of the Daily Mirror and Daily Express plans to cut more than 300 jobs as the news company continues to push more video and artificial intelligence (AI) content.Reach, which also owns the Manchester Evening News, Birmingham Mail and Liverpool Echo, told staff in an email it plans to share resources and content across its print papers and put a "new focus" on digital subscriptions.Its overhaul would mean
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Jaguar Land Rover extends plant shutdown after cyber attack

[ad_1] Jaguar Land Rover's (JLR) UK factories are now expected to remain closed until at least Wednesday after work was disrupted by a cyber attack just over a week ago. The car plants at Halewood and Solihull and its Wolverhampton engine facility along with production facilities in Austria, China and India have been unable to operate since the company fell victim to the cyber attack.Staff who work on the production
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Jersey ministers dismiss calls to remove tax from food

[ad_1] Calls to remove a tax on food in Jersey have been dismissed by the government.Treasury and Resources Minister Deputy Elaine Miller said - in response to a petition which called for the Goods and Services Tax (GST) to be scrapped - that removing it would force other costs to rise.The 1,500-signature petition said the axing of GST on food - currently set at 5% for the majority of goods
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‘It’s getting harder and harder to run a pub’

[ad_1] Edward RoweBBC Gloucestershire, Political ReporterBBCEmma Gibbon runs the Plough and Hewlett Arms in PrestburyA landlady has said it is "becoming harder and harder" to run a pub, as she calls on the government to provide more suport. Emma Gibbon, who owns two pubs in Cheltenham, met with the Business and Trade Minister to explain the challenges pubs are facing, including "price increases, the budget, Covid and debt hanging around".
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What impact will the Tube strike have on the economy?

[ad_1] Meghan OwenWork and money correspondent, BBC LondonPrasanna CallaghanPrasanna Callaghan owns the Crumpets Cafe in central London"We will lose £600-£700 a day. One day might be bearable but it will be impossible to recuperate that total cost," says Prasanna Callaghan, owner of Crumpets Cafe in Buckingham Gate, central London.He's one of many business owners fearful of the economic impact of the five-day Tube strike, which began on Sunday.The Centre for
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Lord Roberts pub in Scunthorpe shuts after 125 years

[ad_1] Graham MatthewsThe Lord Roberts, known as Bob's, has been a fixture of Scunthorpe life since 1900A landmark pub in Scunthorpe is closing after trading for 125 years.The Lord Roberts, on Well Street, is affectionately known to locals as Bob's.On Sunday, a closing party was held, with landlord Graham Matthews admitting he was "tearful" about the closure.He said: "People haven't got the same [amount] of money anymore, so they don't
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Little to no service on London Underground

[ad_1] London Underground services are continuing to face disruption on Monday, after workers walked out on Sunday in rolling action over pay and conditions.Members of the Rail, Maritime And Transport union (RMT) are staging the walkout until Thursday.There is little or no service on all of the Tube as different parts of RMT membership walk out on different days.The Elizabeth line and the Overground are operating but will be much
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Tottenham Hotspur ‘not for sale’, board says

[ad_1] Peter HoskinsBusiness reporterGetty ImagesThe board of Tottenham Hotspur says its owner has "unequivocally rejected" two expressions of interest in buying the north London football club and that it is "not for sale". The announcement late on Sunday came after the sudden departure of executive chairman Daniel Levy last week triggered speculation that a takeover bid could be imminent. Mr Levy was the Premier League's longest-serving chairman and is estimated
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The Caribbean islands battling the region’s ‘highest murder rate’

[ad_1] Gemma HandyBusiness reporterWilkie Arthur, Eagle Legal NewsThe Royal Turks and Caicos Islands Police Force is increasingly having to respond to fatal shootingsJacques Phanor used to sleep with his windows open.Until just a few years ago, the Turks and Caicos Islands were known predominantly as a luxury Caribbean tourist destination.The startling beauty of the archipelago has regularly earned it "world's best beach" titles, and thrust it onto the bucket lists
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Donald Trump’s tariffs put US manufacturing revival hopes to the test

[ad_1] Natalie ShermanBBC News, Fall River, MassachusettsBBCFrank Teixeira and his daughter Sue Teixeira, co-owners of Fall River-based Accurate ServicesIn a corner of a cavernous 1890s factory in southern Massachusetts, 15 people are bent over sewing machines, churning out specialty, hospital-grade neonatal gear.They are all that remain of what was once a much bigger manufacturing operation, most of which the Teixeira family shut down in 1990, reinventing their business as a