UK average earnings rose by 5.2% in the three months to October, the latest data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) reveals. Wages including and excluding bonuses were up 0.3% from 4.9% from the three months before. 1 Official figures have been released this morningCredit: Getty Annual… Wage growth rises as UK firms start … Read more
MATT Peet put smiles on faces in Wigan as he masterminded their way to an awesome foursome of trophies – but knew they would not stay long. He knew for many it would be soon back to ‘constant battle’ of helping those with challenges of making ends meet, of paying the bills, of not letting… … Read more
A MAJOR coffee chain with over a thousand stores is to shut a popular branch in a Scots town. Starbucks has announced the closure of its Dumfries town centre store leaving some shoppers stunned. 2 The Seattle-based chain Starbucks will close a Scots store in 2025Credit: Getty 2 The High Street… Major coffee chain with 1,100 … Read more
MARTIN Compston admits real life offshore workers are too slick for him — as filming The Rig has taught him just how treacherous digging for oil is. The Line of Duty actor is returning as radio and communications officer Fulmer Hamilton for the second season of the supernatural TV series —… Martin Compston reveals his … Read more
A DRAGONS’ Den winner has been jailed for two years for blackmail after giving a former aide a bad reference to block a job offer. Equestrian designer Nicola Fletcher, 49, took revenge on Lorraine Davies for refusing to pay £6,000 for a favourable testimonial. 2 Nicola Fletcher has been jailed… Dragons’ Den winner jailed for … Read more