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Ed Sheeran said he is “delighted” to become the first artist to have four albums stay in the top 10 of the UK charts for a year. Official Charts Company confirmed on Wednesday that the 31-year-old singer-songwriter’s latest album Equals has now spent 52 weeks in the top 10. Sheeran told OfficialCharts.com: “(I am) delighted to find out that four of my albums have spent a year or more in […]

It comes amid ongoing uncertainty over whether the Northern Ireland Secretary will call a fresh poll Northern Ireland’s two main parties have accused Chris Heaton-Harris of failing to provide clarity on whether a Northern Ireland election would be held. It comes after the Northern Ireland Secretary met with Stormont leaders on Tuesday morning amid continuing uncertainty over if and when he intends to call an election in the region. Sinn […]

The struggling convenience store chain was bought by the supermarket giant in May for £190 million Around 1,300 jobs are at risk at McColl’s after Morrisons revealed proposals to shut 132 loss-making stores in the convenience chain it bought earlier this year. The supermarket giant sealed a deal to buy its troubled rival for £190 million in a rescue deal in May. On Tuesday, Morrisons unveiled plans to overhaul the convenience retailer […]

The suspect's been named as 66 year old Andrew Leak from High Wycombe Counter-terror police are leading an investigation into the firebombing of an immigration processing centre in Dover which detectives suspect was sparked by “some form of hate filled grievance”. Kent Police said the man suspected of carrying out Sunday’s attack was 66-year-old Andrew Leak from High Wycombe in Buckinghamshire. After throwing two or three “crude” incendiary devices Leak […]

Home Secretary Suella Braverman sent official documents from her government email address to her personal account address six times but insisted there was “no risk to national security”. A Home Office review identified the incidents after she was forced to resign for breaching the ministerial code by sending a draft government statement to an ally from her personal account. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has faced questions over his decision to […]

Two men have died after a car chase that ended with a Deliveroo driver being knocked off his moped and another man fatally shot. The victims, both aged in their 20s, were killed in Railton Road, Brixton, shortly before 8pm on Sunday after locals heard shots ring out and vehicles crashing. Police said two cars were involved in a chase when one hit a moped and a number of parked […]

Coffinmakers at the Co-op’s only factory in the UK are “resolute” in their campaign for an improved pay offer as workers kick off a week of strike action. Production has come to an end at the facility in Bogmoor Place, Glasgow, as staff rejected a pay offer which their union, Unite, said is a “real-terms” pay cut. Willie Thomson, the union’s regional officer, said the offer equated to less than […]

The Bank of England is poised to unveil the biggest hike in interest rates for 33 years next week as the central bank continues its efforts to tame inflation. The key Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting comes amid warnings that spending cuts and tax hikes under new Prime Minister Rishi Sunak could lead to a deeper and more enduring recession. Most economists think that the MPC is likely to rise […]

Simon Cowell has admitted to being “really unhappy” and working too much until his son was born eight years ago. The music mogul and TV personality behind Britain’s Got Talent and The X-Factor said he was “obsessed” with his work prior to the arrival of Eric, his son with fiancee Lauren Silverman. “Before Eric, my life was 99 per cent work — I was obsessed with it,” the 63-year-old told […]