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What is happening with the takeover deal?

BBC The finance firm employs more than 2,000 people at its Bristol HQ A final offer has been made to buy the UK’s largest investment platform. A group of private equity investors have tabled a £5.4bn offer, which the board of Hargreaves Lansdown has recommended to shareholders. The consortium is comprised of CVC, Nordic Capital […]

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Who is behind the race hate violence?

Pacemaker Some businesses belonging to ethnic minorities in Belfast have been damaged Toxic algorithms, far-right alliances across sectarian divides and old-fashioned race hate with an “element” of paramilitarism. These are just some of the issues that converged in a week that saw racist violence hit the streets of Belfast. Muslim businesses were burnt down, a […]

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Kimberley Nixon thought she would harm her baby

Perinatal OCD: ‘I thought I would harm my baby’ A Welsh actress has described how obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) after she gave birth made her fear she was a danger to her baby. Kimberley Nixon, the star of Channel 4 sitcom Fresh Meat, said the natural worries about her baby’s well-being escalated into deep anxiety. […]

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Doctors question union over puberty blocker statement

About 1,000 senior doctors have written to the British Medical Association (BMA) saying they are “extremely disappointed” with the stance taken on gender services. The BMA has said it opposes a ban on puberty blocker treatments and wants the reforms following a recent official review to be put on hold, following a vote by members […]

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Asda to put more staff on checkouts as self-service reaches limit

Getty Images Asda is going to put more staff on checkouts after admitting it has reached a limit with self-service tills. The supermarket said while self-checkouts work well for customers, it wants to invest additional hours into having manned checkouts. It claimed that the decision was not about shoppers’ preference for a human to help […]

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BBC ask Huw Edwards to return part of salary

PA Media Huw Edwards was formerly the BBC’s most high-profile newsreader Huw Edwards has been asked by the BBC to hand back more than £200,000 salary he earned after being arrested in November on child abuse image charges. The ex-presenter “behaved in bad faith” in continuing to take his salary despite knowing what he had […]

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