Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Peter Jones bought Jessops out of administration in 2013 Camera chain Jessops plans to call in administrators as its owner, Dragons Den star Peter Jones, tries to salvage the struggling High Street brand. Mr Jones bought the chain from administrators in 2013 after it collapsed under £81m of debt. […]
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In today’s high-stakes NBA, a powerful pair beats three of a kind. Teams who longed to build a Big Three are now striving for a dynamic duo, hoping two premier players are good enough to win a championship when the belief used to be that it required a trio. And with some of the combinations
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Twelve candidates debated for three hours last night, so we can’t blame you if it was hard to keep up. Here is a look at some of the biggest moments. You can also read a full recap of the debate here. Biden defended his son “He is going after me because he knows if I
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Carl and Kerri Schwartz say they have good medical reason for not vaccinating their disabled 11-year-old son, Thorn, and until recently his local public school went along with their family doctor’s advice. That changed, the Schwartzes said, when New York state did away with religious exemptions for vaccines in the middle of a measles outbreak,
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Image caption Greg James said: “A year without knobs is not a year, in my book.” Radio 1 DJ Greg James is calling for Dorset’s knob throwing festival to take place next year despite organisers saying it would be cancelled. The annual competition to hurl the traditional biscuits is on hold as organisers need a
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Sweeping Views Above Central Singapore $4 MILLION (5.5 MILLION SINGAPORE DOLLARS) This four-bedroom, four-and-a-half-bath condominium is on the 30th floor of the Concourse Skyline, a multi-tower, mixed-use development on Singapore’s southeastern waterfront. The 2,174-square-foot apartment overlooks many of the city-nation’s signature attractions, including the Singapore Flyer Ferris wheel, the Singapore Sports Hub and the Gardens
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The International Olympic Committee wants to move the Tokyo Games marathons 800 kilometers (500 miles) north to avoid the searing heat in the city. The IOC says the new plan to stage the marathons and race walking events in Sapporo, the host city of the 1972 Winter Olympics, “will mean significantly lower temperatures for the
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Sign up here to get On Politics in your inbox. Elizabeth Warren got a taste of that front-runner life in Tuesday night’s CNN/New York Times debate. Yes, I know, she’s not leading in all the polls. Joe Biden is clearly still a force to be reckoned with in the Democratic presidential race. But there’s little
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Dutch farmers drove their tractors in slow-moving convoys across the country Wednesday to protest their treatment by the government as it seeks to rein in carbon and nitrogen emissions. It is the second major protest this month by Dutch farmers who say the government is unfairly targeting them as it seeks to slash emissions. “They
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Image copyright Press Association Image caption Mohammed Raqeeb and Shelina Begum (centre) were given an official welcome outside Gaslini paediatric hospital A brain-damaged girl has arrived in Italy after her parents won a High Court battle to take her abroad for treatment. Five-year-old Tafida Raqeeb had been on life support at the Royal London Hospital
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