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S&P Futures Tick Lower Ahead of Key U.S. Retail Sales Data, China Economic Data Disappoints

June S&P 500 futures (ESM23) are trending down -0.14% this morning as market participants digested soft Chinese economic data while awaiting an update on plans to raise the federal debt limit as well as crucial retail sales data.

Barchart · May 16, 2023

Eurovision 2023 champion Loreen considering move to the UK following historic second win

The Tattoo singer was won over by Merseyside’s ‘vibe’ and hailed the locals as ‘trendsetting’

Evening Standard · May 16, 2023

Everywhere you can fly to from Liverpool Airport with Jet2, Ryanair, easyJet, Wizz Air and more

We've taken a look at the 23 countries you can fly to from LJLA

Liverpool Echo · May 16, 2023

South West secures share of £30m government fund to improve roads

Several projects UK-wide have received funding from the Department for Transport, as part of a three-year programme developed by the Association of Directors of Environment, Economy, Planning and Transport (ADEPT)

Birmingham Post · May 16, 2023

Labour wants defence deal for British and German troops to work together after Ukraine

Shadow Defence Secretary John Healey revealed his plans to sign a new defence concord with Berlin within weeks if Labour gets into power

Daily Mirror · May 16, 2023

UK interest rate rises are taking the labour market off the boil

Number of vacancies falls and more people rejoin workforce – but work is needed on skills and ill health

The Guardian - UK · May 16, 2023

British men making thousands by posing as fathers in citizenship scam, reports say

BBC investigation finds scammers offering to ‘help’ women get UK visas for their children and themselves

The Guardian - UK · May 16, 2023

Vodafone to slash 11,000 jobs as CEO says company simply didn't do well enough

New Vodafone CEO wants to simplify the telecoms giant, and cutting jobs is part of that plan.

TechRadar · May 16, 2023

No chlorinated chicken or hormone-fed beef in future trade deals, Sunak vows

PM to tell farmers he will never do a trade deal that includes practices associated with US factory farms

The Guardian - UK · May 16, 2023

Loose Women's Janet Street-Porter shocks co-stars with brutal dig at Eurovision's Mae Muller

Janet was not impressed by Mae's Eurovision outfit and compared her hit I Wrote A Song to sounding 'like Lily Allen from about 10 years ago'

Chronicle Live · May 16, 2023