In London the FTSE 100 tumbled more than 2%, off 163 points at 7106 as unease gripped the City. At one point, just three shares in the main index were showing gains – Royal Mail, Ocado and Polymetal – a precious metal business favoured by gold speculators. The biggest fallers …
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Disruption to Royal Mail deliveries continues as we head into Christmas week. Last week the postal service admitted staffing problems due to Covid-19 had impacted offices around the country including St Helens, Warrington and New Ferry in Wirral. While issues at the New Ferry delivery office appear to have resolved, …
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Christmas is just five days away now and, despite promising to be more organised this year, there’s always that last card or present that may have slipped your mind. Well, don’t worry, there’s still time – but not much. Here’s everything you need to know about the deadline for posting …
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In November St Helens saw some snow flurries with the arrival of Storms Arwen and Barra. The Met Office has said there could be some towards the end of the week leading up to Christmas. The Met Office defines a white Christmas by one snowflake seen falling in the 24 hours of …
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BUSINESS LIVE: FTSE dives 1.7% as Omicron restrictions send investors scurrying; Standard Chartered fined £46m; Ex-Tesco boss to lead GSK health spin-off By Mike Sheen For This Is Money Published: 07:34, 20 December 2021 | Updated: 09:30, 20 December 2021 Stock markets have opened sharply lower this morning as fresh …
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Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp believes his side’s 2-2 draw at Tottenham could have turned out differently if VAR calls had gone their way. The Reds, who reported four cases of coronavirus before the game, were on course for three points in north London after goals from Diogo Jota and Andy …
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By Press Association 2021 A stock image of a pile of newspapers including The Daily Telegraph, The Guardian, Daily Mirror, Daily Mail, Daily Express and The Sun. The papers are mostly led by the Omicron outbreak’s impact on Christmas celebrations as the PM and his Cabinet weigh up the …
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Meghan Markle and Prince Harry first met on a blind date in July 2016, and after several years dating, they got married in May 2018. Together the couple have gone onto have two children; Archie, two and Lilibet, six months. But how compatible are the couple? Express.co.uk spoke to compatability …
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Comedian Chris McCausland at the Royal Variety Performance Click to expand UP NEXT ITV Royal Variety Performance viewers have all named their star of the show – and it’s not who you’d expect. The star in question is Chris McCausland, a 44-year-old blind comedian whose topical jokes left viewers in …
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Overmatter loves a good calendar. Countryfile, obviously. Perhaps something stylish involving lovely illustrations from Art Angels, Angela Harding or depictions of beautiful manuscripts from The British Library. The ‘Benches of Redditch’? Not so much. And yet, this unpromising subject matter is proving a nice little earner for retired printer …
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