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Topps Tiles to close major London branch as chain pushes ahead with 23 store closures`; const adSlotHtmlSkyRight = “; const targetParentSky = document.querySelector(‘.sky–ad__container’); if (targetParentSky) { targetParentSky.insertAdjacentHTML(‘beforeend’, adSlotHtmlSkyLeft); targetParentSky.insertAdjacentHTML(‘beforeend’, adSlotHtmlSkyRight); } } else { // console.log(“Inder 3 – skys not showing because user is member”); } `; targetParentBillboard.insertAdjacentHTML(‘beforeend’, adBillboard); } }); } `; return trendingDiv; }

Further abuse towards staff during repairs on a busy bridge could lead to its closure, drivers have been warned.Workers were withdrawn over safety concerns earlier this week after a confrontation between a member of the public and staff monitoring vehicles using the 200-year-old Menai Bridge, one of two linking Anglesey to the mainland.A reduced weight limit was put in place after the hangers – which lift the suspension chains and the road – were found to need repairs. Other work is expected to take until 2027 to complete, prompting local frustration.Highway officials said abuse had become a “common feature” and…

Sir Garfield Sobers was called the “greatest all-round cricketer the world has ever known” by former team-mate Sir Clive Lloyd at the legendary West Indies player’s state funeral in Barbados.Lloyd described all-rounder Sobers, who died aged 89 on 17 July, as “a man who lived in the hearts and minds of Caribbean people and who became a source of inspiration to millions throughout the world”.An entertaining left-handed batter and bowler of seam and spin, Sobers played 93 Tests between 1954 and 1974, scoring 8,032 runs and taking 235 wickets.The funeral was staged at the Kensington Oval in Bridgetown, the principle…

Staff working at Manchester’s busiest rail station are set to strike on Saturday over what their union has said is the unfair sacking of a colleague. About 70 Avanti West Coast members who are part of the RMT and work at Manchester Piccadilly have announced plans for a 24-hour strike, with further walk-outs planned.The action comes after what the union said was the dismissal of a staff member based on “anonymous allegations” over which they have taken industrial action four times in the past two months. Avanti West Coast has been contacted for comment.RMT general secretary Eddie Dempsey said the…

Norwich news: Plans to turn a former popular drinking watering hole into holy place for religion that denounces alcohol`; const adSlotHtmlSkyRight = “; const targetParentSky = document.querySelector(‘.sky–ad__container’); if (targetParentSky) { targetParentSky.insertAdjacentHTML(‘beforeend’, adSlotHtmlSkyLeft); targetParentSky.insertAdjacentHTML(‘beforeend’, adSlotHtmlSkyRight); } } else { // console.log(“Inder 3 – skys not showing because user is member”); } `; targetParentBillboard.insertAdjacentHTML(‘beforeend’, adBillboard); } }); } `; return trendingDiv; }

Royal news: Balmoral offers Royal Family something ‘special’ as they look ahead to summer break`; const adSlotHtmlSkyRight = “; const targetParentSky = document.querySelector(‘.sky–ad__container’); if (targetParentSky) { targetParentSky.insertAdjacentHTML(‘beforeend’, adSlotHtmlSkyLeft); targetParentSky.insertAdjacentHTML(‘beforeend’, adSlotHtmlSkyRight); } } else { // console.log(“Inder 3 – skys not showing because user is member”); } `; targetParentBillboard.insertAdjacentHTML(‘beforeend’, adBillboard); } }); } `; return trendingDiv; }

Britain’s largest bakery retailer is pressing ahead with plans to add up to 110 new outlets this year.The plans are part of a wider ambition to grow its footprint from 2,773 shops to 3,500.Greggs revealed on Wednesday that it has trimmed its 2026 opening target slightly, down from an earlier goal of 120 new sites.The chain now expects to launch between 100 and 110 fresh locations before the year is out.The company is also testing a new format called Greggs Express, with 10 trial sites offering self-service coffee and food set to open this year.More than half of the outlets…

The BBC has confirmed it is scrapping Blankety Blank, Celebrity Mastermind and Live at the Apollo as part of sweeping cost-reduction measures across the corporation.Announcing the cancellations on Wednesday, the broadcaster acknowledged that “really tough choices” were necessary given its current financial pressures, and the news has been met with mixed responses.”Unfortunately, we have to make some really tough choices in light of our funding challenges, and these savings have been identified from the Entertainment genre,” the BBC said in a statement.The corporation described itself as “incredibly proud” of all three programmes, thanking cast and crew for “making them such…

The Metropolitan Police has said it will be taking no further action after Green Party leader Zack Polanski re-posted a photo of a man wearing a T-shirt with an image of a guillotine and the slogan “we’re only making plans for Nigel”.In a statement, the police said it did not believe sharing the picture constituted an offence.However, it added that the wearing of the T-shirt should be recorded as a crime and had referred a crime report to Avon and Somerset Police, who cover Bristol where the photo was taken.Polanski has said he had made an “inadvertent mistake” by re-posting…

The Hundred women’s competition, The OvalMI London 151-4 (100 balls): Kerr 49* (32); Kapp 2-24London Spirit (151-5 balls): Jones (49); Gordon 2-29, Matthews 2-33Match tiedScorecard. TableMI London held London Spirit to a nail-biting tie at The Oval after Hayley Matthews conceded only three runs from the last three balls of the match.With Spirit needing nine off the final set, Matthews’ international team-mate Deandra Dottin struck a four off the first ball before adding a single from the following delivery.Matthews struck back, having Nadine de Klerk caught at deep mid-wicket for 13 and keeping new batter Charlie Dean to a single.Dottin…