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‘It’s no news just when we wanted some’: bosses react to spring statement

Amid global volatility, Rachel Reeves tried to project calm with a low-key forecast. But business owners have their doubts

The Guardian - UK · Mar 3

UK sanctions Russia’s GRU spy agency over 2018 nerve agent attack

Britain has sanctioned Russia’s GRU intelligence agency and summoned Moscow’s ambassador after an inquiry concluded that President Vladimir Putin was responsible for a nerve agent attack on British soil in 2018

The Independent UK · Dec 4, 2025

Figma's Market Debut Could Value Design Giant At $16 Billion, Down From Adobe's $20 Billion Deal

The collaborative design software start-up Figma is eyeing a valuation of $13.6 billion on its market debut; however, experts predict that its valuation could stretch up to $16 billion including restricted stock units and options.

Benzinga · Jul 22, 2025

Man who knocked out groom-to-be wearing wedding dress says: 'It was funny'

The Stag do on Concert Square turned into a brawl like something from 'the wild west' when an innocent man was attacked with a shovel

Liverpool Echo · Apr 22, 2023

Stag party and workmen brawl in 'wild west' scenes as innocent man hit with shovel

The groom-to-be wearing a wedding dress was knocked unconscious after being kicked out of a Concert Square bar

Liverpool Echo · Apr 21, 2023

Chaos as roads near playing fields turn into gridlocked parking lot every weekend

One resident was stuck in his car for an hour trying to leave his driveway

Wales Online · Mar 27, 2023

'Blot on the landscape' Beeston pub set to reopen after 3-year closure

It is undergoing a £500,000 makeover

Nottingham Post · Mar 20, 2023

Man banned from Kirkby town centre for years after thefts

The man was also jailed for 12 months

Liverpool Echo · Feb 22, 2023

Nottinghamshire brewery to take over pub 'with a lovely feel to it'

Craft and cask ales will be on sale along with gins and whiskies and food from 'possibly the world's smallest kitchen'

Nottingham Post · Jan 9, 2023

The bloodbath at Birch Services - and the gentle giant who escaped with his life

The gunman fired into his chest but the bullet deflected off his notebook

Manchester Evening News · Jan 2, 2023