Fifty towns in England will be given a share of £1bn to improve their struggling high streets. Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced the plans, the money will mean over a 100 high streets will be supported by the High Streets Fund. Across England 50 towns have been shortlisted to develop their high streets. The money…
Pharmaceutical giant Johnson & Johnson have been fined $572m for helping to fuel the opioid crisis in a US state. The drugmakers ran a “false and dangerous” sales campaign that caused addiction and death in the US. The company said they would appeal after the judgement was made. The case was the first to go to…
Eddie Stobart has suspended trading in its shares and its chief executive is to stand down immediately as the company looks into an accounting error. Chief executive Alex Laffey is stepping down after a find of a £2m accounting error that will affect earnings for the first half of the year. The transport company found…
Brazil’s president has accused France and other countries of getting involved and having a “colonialist mindset” after expressing their fears over the Amazon wildfire. In Brazil there has already been over 74,000 forest fires since January 2019. This is an increase of 83% when compared to the same period of time in 2018. The current…
The amount of pupils receiving top GCSE grades has increased from last year along with the pass rate. This is despite the difficulty of this year’s exams. More than 700,000 pupils are receiving their grades today. Many of the exams are now graded numerically (1-9) instead of the classic G to A* grading system. The…
A 25-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of murdering Hull University student Libby Squire whose body was found in the Humber. Her body was found six weeks after she disappeared on February 1st. Hundreds of police officers and members of the public were involved in the search for the 21-year-old who was reported missing…
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