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HMRC letters question Covid self-employment support grant claims
Another 11,000 people are receiving letters from HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) questioning claims for self-employment support grants. The UK’s tax authority sent 24,000 similar

Elliott Stooke: Bath player banned after admitting drink-driving
Premiership rugby player Elliott Stooke has been banned from driving for 14 months after pleading guilty to drink-driving. The 27-year-old Bath forward was arrested after

Covid-19: DUP has full confidence in NIs medical adviser
First Minister Arlene Foster has said she has “full confidence” in NI Chief Medical Officer Dr Michael McBride. It comes after her party, the DUP,

Primark gears up for April reopening as sales slump
Fast fashion chain Primark hopes to offload millions of pounds worth of last year’s clothing stock when its shops reopen in England on 12 April.

Vauxhall: Talks over fate of Ellesmere Port plant productive
Talks over the future of Vauxhall’s Ellesmere Port car plant have been “productive but not conclusive”, the car plant’s owner said. Stellantis has been in

Minari: Oscar favourite sees Korean family chase the American Dream
Parasite, last year’s Oscar winner from South Korea, dented assumptions that English-speaking audiences are wary of any film with subtitles. Now another Korean-language film is