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Virgin Money has announced it will close 31 branches – almost all in Scotland and the north of England – in the latest stage of the UK banking sector’s retreat from the high street. The bank said it expected to make 112 jobs redundant because of the closures after the coronavirus pandemic accelerated the shift to online and mobile app-based banking, a move that has rapidly reduced the profitability of physical bank branches. Since the start of the pandemic HSBC, TSB and the Co-operative Bank have all closed branches, raising concerns about access to cash during lockdowns from the Financial Conduct Authority and consumer…

Ole Gunnar Solskjær hailed a “massive moment” for Manchester United after Cristiano Ronaldo’s 95th-minute strike snatched a win against Villarreal and eased the pressure on the manager following a run of three defeats in four matches. The victory was United’s first in Group F and places them third, a point behind Atalanta, but had seemed unlikely due to a slipshod performance in which Unai Emery’s side took the lead through Paco Alcácer’s second-half goal. Alex Telles equalised soon after and Ronaldo pounced in the dying moments to delight the packed home support and arrest United’s mini-slump. “It is a massive…

LONDON, Sept 29 (Reuters) – British mortgage lending rose last month, recovering from a rare fall in July which was linked to the scaling back of a tax break for homebuyers, but consumers remained cautious about their borrowing, Bank of England data showed on Wednesday. Net mortgage lending increased by 5.293 billion pounds ($7.24 billion) in August, bouncing back from July’s net repayment of 1.758 billion pounds. New mortgage approvals fell slightly to 74,453. A Reuters poll of economists had pointed to a net rise of 3.7 billion pounds in mortgage borrowing in August and to 73,000 mortgage approvals during…

The COVID-19 vaccine should not be mandated for children since it does not “necessarily benefit” them like the vaccines required for school and child care, according to former White House COVID-19 adviser Dr. Scott Atlas. “Those vaccines that are mandated for children, even if you believe they should be mandated, are for diseases that are highly dangerous to children and highly communicable to other children, who therefore have a high danger from that virus,” Atlas said in an interview with EpochTV’s “American Thought Leaders.” “That is not the case with this disease. Children do not have a high risk from this disease.…

It had to be him. The occasion had called for it. The crowd had come to see it and they had spent most of this box office Champions League tie willing it to happen. And then it did. When Lionel Messi picked up possession and scuttled in from the right wing, he swapped passes with Kylian Mbappé and, in what felt like the blink of an eye, Manchester City were carved open. It really was the most perfectly weighted of flicks from Mbappé and the chance was on. Paris Saint-Germain were 1-0 up, despite City having had the better of the previous 73 minutes.…

Days after announcing that about 375 healthcare employees would be suspended, a North Carolina-based hospital system confirmed Monday that around 175 workers were fired in one of the largest-ever mass terminations due to a COVID-19 vaccine mandate. Several days ago, Novant Health announced that around 375 of its employees had been suspended and were given five days to comply with the company’s mandate. “They will have an opportunity to comply over a five-day, unpaid suspension period,” the company’s release said. “If a team member remains non-compliant after this suspension period, he or she will have their employment with Novant Health terminated.” Since…

United Airlines has agreed to temporarily pause its COVID-19 vaccine mandate until Oct. 15 for employees who submit religious or medical exemptions. The company in early August became the first U.S. carrier to mandate COVID-19 vaccines for all domestic employees. It announced that any employees not vaccinated by Sept. 27 would be terminated on Oct. 2 and those who refused the vaccine would be terminated outright. It then said that people seeking medical or religious exemption will be automatically placed on indefinite unpaid leave. Six United employees last week filed a class-action suit against the airline, saying it failed to provide accommodation for workers who opted to not get…

The UK media regulator, Ofcom, has introduced a new service to make it easier for customers to switch broadband supplier to get a better deal. Ofcom hopes that the new process, One Touch Switch, will encourage people to seek out better deals after research found that more than two-fifths of people were put off switching broadband suppliers because of the hassle. People can already switch between providers that use Openreach’s broadband network – such as BT, Sky and TalkTalk – through a process requiring a customer only to contact their new supplier. However, until now customers hoping to change networks or…

OLAF SCHOLZ shocked reporters on Monday as he spoke English at a German press conference after his electoral victory. The SPD leader tipped to replace Angela Merkel as Chancellor responded to British reporters at a German press conference on Monday. Mr Scholz, who shocked German media with the move, agreed to respond to questions on the UK’s fuel crisis and truck drivers shortages in English. The German politician was quick to blame Brexit for the issues but doing so in English showed Mr Scholz is already “rehearsing” for the top job, despite coalition talks still undergoing. Mr Scholz told reporters: “The free movement…

For the Brighton supporters who remained here long after the final whistle, this was a night they will surely never forget. Trailing as the clock ticked into the fifth minute of injury time to Wilfried Zaha’s fifth goal in his last five matches against Crystal Palace’s bitter rivals, Neal Maupay’s deft finish with the last kick of the game somehow rescued a point for Graham Potter’s side. It was not quite what they had deserved on an evening that Zaha celebrated his 400th appearance for Palace by scoring from the spot just before half- time but, despite missing the opportunity…