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The UK arm of The Body Shop has entered administration, threatening jobs and stores. As first reported by Sky News, FRP Advisory has been brought in to handle an insolvency process just weeks since the new owners took control of the cosmetics retailer. The Body Shop has roughly 200 outlets across the UK. Inflation to

The King has made his first statement since being diagnosed with cancer, using it to give his “heartfelt thanks” to the public for their “comfort and encouragement”. In a message, written from Sandringham in Norfolk, King Charles said: “I would like to express my most heartfelt thanks for the many messages of support and good

Police have started searching the River Thames for the body of chemical attack suspect Abdul Ezedi. The Metropolitan Police said boats were out searching by 9am and would shortly be approaching from the east of Chelsea Bridge. Detectives said on Friday they believed Azedi was dead after CCTV showed him leaning over the railings of

On London’s Park Lane there is a private jet showroom. You can relax in a section of the cabin taken from an executive airliner, complete with cocoa-cream leather sofas and the plushest of swivel armchairs. Steve Varsano, founder of The Jet Business, runs me through my brand options if I have an appetite for luxury

A teacher told Sky News he has resorted to gluing his own dentures back together amid a shortage of NHS dentists. Norman Stephenson, 66, was one of hundreds of people who queued for treatment at Bristol’s newest NHS dental practice, St Pauls. The office said they enrolled 1,500 people in two days after opening on

More of the Clapham chemical attack suspect’s movements have been revealed by police as a nationwide manhunt continues. A major search is underway for Abdul Ezedi, 35, who is accused of pouring a strong alkali on a woman and injuring her two daughters, aged three and eight, last Wednesday. He was last seen that night,

Sin-bins could be introduced in professional football if football’s rulemakers’ plans are given the go ahead, Sky Sports News understands. The International Football Association Board (IFAB) will publish the detailed protocols for the trials on Friday. The new ruling is expected to include referees dishing out blue cards. In the trials, refs will have the

Rishi Sunak should apologise for his transgender jibe which was made while Brianna Ghey’s mother was in parliament, Gordon Brown has told Sky News. The former PM was speaking to the Politics Hub With Sophy Ridge a day after the current occupier of Number 10 joked during Prime Minister’s Questions about Sir Keir Starmer’s record

A football fan has pleaded guilty to assaulting Newcastle United’s goalkeeper during a League Cup quarter-final match against Chelsea. Jordan Chidley admitted assault by beating and unlawfully going on to a playing area at a football match. The 25-year-old invaded the pitch at Stamford Bridge on 19 December last year after Chelsea scored an equaliser

The world’s largest offshore wind developer has scaled back development targets and announced hundreds of job cuts as the renewable industry struggles under the pressure of rising costs. Orsted, the company developing the Norfolk coast windfarm, Hornsea 3, also suspended shareholder payments in an effort to strengthen its balance sheet. In common with the industry

A body has been found at sea in the search for a missing woman who disappeared in Edinburgh. Alison Campbell, 50, was last seen leaving a property in Murrayfield Avenue at around 3.10am on Tuesday. Ms Campbell drove off in her red Toyota Aygo, which was later found in the Cramond Beach area of the

The prime minister will have his weekly audience with the King over the phone following the monarch’s cancer diagnosis, Downing Street has said. The private meeting is normally held in person in Buckingham Palace. “We don’t in genera -l and we are not going to – get into the habit of commenting on the PM’s

Police in North Wales are urging local farmers to be vigilant after 22 sheep were killed on a farm. North Wales Police say the ewes and lambs died in a lambing shed in Llannefydd, Conwy county, at some point between 6.30pm on Monday and 8.30am on Tuesday. Officers say there are no visible injuries such

Police borrowed a pair of kayaks after a drink-driver got stuck in floodwater in West Sussex. Officers waded knee deep to perform a breath test on James Doyle after he misjudged the road in Bognor Regis on 15 November last year. The 57-year-old was arrested for being three times over the limit. Locals then gave

The Met Police need extra money to deal with the XL bully ban, the Mayor of London has told the government. New legislation that came into force last week means unregistered dogs can be seized, with owners fined and prosecuted, and the animals potentially destroyed. Sadiq Khan, who is also the police and crime commissioner

India’s business elite feel they have to “look over their shoulder” while visiting areas such as Mayfair in London due to the risk of being mugged for their expensive watches, a New Delhi entrepreneur has said. The theft of high-value timepieces to be sold on the black market has become a criminal enterprise in the

Police say they believe the Clapham chemical attack suspect is being “helped by others” and are “targeting more of his associates”. It comes as new images and footage is released of Abdul Shokoor Ezedi, who allegedly targeted a mother and two children with an alkaline substance in Clapham, south London, last Wednesday evening. In an

The Queen has said the King is “doing extremely well”, as the monarch continues his cancer treatment. At a musical evening at Salisbury Cathedral, Queen Camilla also said the King is “touched” by the messages from the public. The Queen had left the King at Sandringham to fulfil her royal engagement and among the first

Temporary barriers are to be installed on an Edinburgh street after sat-nav errors have sent a spate of drivers down a set of steps. Images of stranded motorists have been widely shared on social media after GPS software failed to acknowledge the steps added to Greenside Lane last year. City of Edinburgh Council said Google

The King has appeared in public for the first time since his cancer diagnosis was announced. He was spotted with the Queen leaving Clarence House as they were taken by car to Buckingham Palace. Image: King Charles and Queen Camilla leave Clarence House. Pic: Reuters Image: A car carrying King Charles and Queen Camilla returns