Image copyright Getty Images Sir Philip Green should use his own money to support the pension fund of his troubled Arcadia retail empire, MP Frank Field has urged. The chairman of the Work and Pensions Committee intervened following Sir Philip’s plans to restructure Burton, Dorothy Perkins and Topshop and cut contributions to the pension scheme. […]
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Sinikiwe Kademaunga was born with a condition that stopped the growth of her limbs, but the Zimbabwean is not letting her physical limitations hold her back. Sinikiwe is a blogger, life coach and social worker on a mission to change negative stereotypes around disability. BBC Africa’s Ashley Ogonda and Anthony Irungu caught up with her
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Smoke ’em if you’ve got ’em — but not on the beach in New Jersey this summer. Smoking and vaping will be banned on nearly every public beach in the state this summer under tougher new restrictions. Nonsmokers are rejoicing over the ban, which also applies to public parks. But some smokers are feeling discriminated
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BBC Click’s Paul Carter looks at some the week’s best technology stories including: Lawmakers in New York have proposed a bill to make crossing the street while texting illegal with transgressors having to pay fines Google has barred the world’s second biggest smartphone maker, Huawei, from some updates to the Android operating system The US
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Simona Halep is experiencing something new at the French Open this year. The Romanian player is back in Paris to defend her title, a situation she’s never been in before. And she likes it. “Much better and much easier, because I have the title already,” Halep said Friday at Roland Garros. “Doesn’t matter anymore what
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RAYMOND, N.H. — For years, climate change was an issue of passionate concern to a few voters, but never enough to ripple presidential politics. The Hillary Clinton-Donald Trump debates in 2016 notoriously did not include any questions from moderators about global warming. But after an alarming onslaught of floods, wildfires and catastrophic weather, dire scientific
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Many farmers are. In North Carolina, Ms. Overman, 57, said she could not handle another bad year. Last season, she lost $450,000 when most of her wheat and soybeans were wiped out by a hurricane, the second in three years. Her son and son-in-law have both come home to farm. “But neither of them wants
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Image caption Nathan Gayle gets around 20 migraines a month People who suffer from chronic migraines are calling for a new drug to be offered on the NHS in England. The monthly injection of Aimovig has been described as “life-changing” by those who have tried it. If it gets approved, it will be for people
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WWE superstar Roman Reigns has spoken exclusively to BBC Radio 5 Live after telling fans he is in remission from leukaemia. He was forced to step back from wrestling in October 2018 when the disease came back, 11 years after he first beat it. But in February, he returned to the ring to tell fans
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Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Scottish shops are outperforming the rest of the UK Retail sales stalled in April, but warmer weather boosted sales of clothing, which offset falls in other areas of spending. The Office for National Statistics said sales in April were flat on March, and higher than the 0.3% fall expected.
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