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Pub landlord Tony Paget has issued a stark warning for the hospitality industry, saying “more pubs will soon close” as costs continue to rise.Speaking from the Black Horse, a historic pub in the North West, he revealed that business rate increases and rising expenses are putting enormous pressure on local establishments.Mr Paget told GB News: “Two pubs down the road have closed, and there are pubs closing around us. “Some haven’t even opened on Christmas Eve until around 4pm or 5pm. It’s been a little slower than normal probably the slowest we’ve had for about 11 years. “However, today is…

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Travel expert Simon Calder warned rail passengers to check their journeys carefully on Christmas Eve as some services face cancellations and early last trains.He said staff shortages had affected certain routes, particularly CrossCountry, but described it as a “pretty smooth Christmas” overall.Speaking to GB News, Mr Calder said: “If you were hoping to catch the 12.47 from here down to Manchester Airport, I’m afraid that’s been cancelled — along with a number of other services, particularly on CrossCountry today due to staff shortages.”However, speaking to railway operators, they say it has been a pretty smooth Christmas overall. And I can…

Chloe HughesWest MidlandsThe Pacemaker was left perilously close to tipping into the large holeA narrowboat that was left teetering on the edge of a giant hole after part of a canal in Shropshire collapsed has been pulled to safety.Paul Stowe’s boat, the Pacemaker, was perilously close to falling into the hole on the Llangollen Canal in Whitchurch, which opened up on Monday after an “embankment failure”.Mr Stowe, originally from Solihull, escaped barefoot with his wife, son, and two cats at about 04:10 GMT after he woke and heard rushing water “equivalent to the Niagara Falls”.Shropshire Council said the boat, which…

Former professional poker player James Bord has been chosen as the preferred bidder to take over Sheffield Wednesday, BBC Sport can confirm.The Owls have been in administration since October, ending 10 years under the ownership of Dejphon Chansiri.On Wednesday, the troubled Championship club’s administrators announced a deal had been reached with a potential buyer.London-born Bord started his career working for gambling firms Starlizard and Smartodds before winning $4.3m (£3.18m) on the poker circuit.He now runs data company Short Circuit Science, which uses artificial intelligence (AI) for sports analytics and was involved in an advisory role to COH Sports after its…

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Writing in his column for the Telegraph, external, former England captain Michael Vaughan said “there is no way in a million years that we should be burying young people having a bit of fun in between Test matches”. “I did exactly the same as them when I played for England,” said Vaughan. “Although I did at least know when it was time to go home and that is probably what Ben Duckett needs to learn.”But fundamentally, let us judge Duckett on the cricket field, let us judge Rob Key, the director of cricket, on the decisions that he has made…

Former captain Ryan Brierley is returning to Salford to become chief executive, the consortium that has won the bid to run the phoenix club has said.Brierley, one of the players who departed the club midway through the 2025 campaign, has ended his playing career at Oldham in order to take on the role.He has been appointed two days after fellow former Salford player Mason Caton-Brown’s consortium was successful in applying for membership of the second-tier Championship from the Rugby Football League.The old Salford Red Devils club were wound up on 3 December after a turbulent year, with a mass player…