Image copyright Pete Abel Image caption The fire covered an area of 6 hectares (14 acres) at its height A fire has been burning overnight near woods featured in AA Milne’s Winnie the Pooh stories. The blaze in Ashdown Forest was reported at 21:30 BST on Sunday, East Sussex Fire and Rescue Service said. Gorse […]
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Image copyright Huw Evans picture agency Image caption Havens department store closed in 2017 and has become an office/ community hub Last week Debenhams named 22 of the 50 stores it plans to close as part of a plan by new owners to revive the department store chain. But what will happen to all that
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Tesla, which lost its status as the nation’s leading rooftop solar company last year, says it has figured out how to get back in the game — by slashing prices. The company plans to announce on Tuesday that it has started selling solar panels and related equipment for up to 38 percent less than the
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The Denver Nuggets avoided both an emotional letdown and another Damian Lillard masterpiece . Forty-eight hours after dispatching the Spurs in their first Game 7 triumph in 41 years, the Nuggets rode a 37-point performance from Nikola Jokic to a 121-113 win over the well-rested Portland Trail Blazers in the opener of their second-round series
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“There’s a reason that we give people work permits while they are waiting for asylum, so that they can support themselves and don’t have to be depending on government assistance during that time,” said Michelle Brané, the director of migrant rights and justice at the Women’s Refugee Commission. Fewer migrants try to cross the border
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Children from low income families are far more likely to face mental health problems such as anxiety and depression. Blackpool is one of England’s most deprived towns but a new £10m scheme there is trying to help families cope with their hardships. Single mum Lisa describes how the Resilience Revolution taught her and her children
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Image copyright PA Image caption Steve Mac – who co-wrote Ed Sheeran’s Shape of You – and Ed himself were some of the top earners The money that artists receive when their tracks get played has just hit a record high. In 2018 £746 million was paid out – a rise of 4% on 2017.
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Image copyright Getty Images KPMG has been fined £6m, “severely reprimanded” and told to undertake an internal review over the way it audited an insurance company. The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) said it related to the 2008 and 2009 audits of Syndicate 218, a firm based at the Lloyds of London market. Mark Taylor, a
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Though less likely to study in a formal technology or engineering course, America’s girls are showing more mastery of those subjects than their boy classmates, according to newly released national education data. Known as “The Nation’s Report Card,” the latest findings made public Tuesday from the National Assessment of Educational Progress also shows U.S. eighth-graders
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Colorado Avalanche defenseman Tyson Barrie has developed a reputation as forward thinking. Easy to understand why: He’s constantly thinking as a forward. His father was an NHL forward. As a kid, he was a forward. And now he’s chipping in on offense much like a forward. Barrie has a goal and seven assists so far
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