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The troubled budget retailer Wilko has called administrators, putting more than 12,000 jobs at risk after it failed to agree a rescue deal. The family-owned household and garden products retailer, which has about 400 stores, is expected to have to close dozens of outlets, leaving big gaps on high streets after weeks of talks with interested parties. Mark Jackson, the chief executive, said: “We left no stone unturned when it came to preserving this incredible business but must concede that, with regret, we’ve no choice but to take the difficult decision to enter into administration. “We’ve all fought hard to keep this…

The people responsible for disorder in London’s Oxford Street should be “hunted down and locked up”, Suella Braverman has said, as she likened it to “lawlessness seen in American cities”. Nine people were arrested after an incident in the famous shopping street in the capital city on Wednesday, following posts on social media appearing to encourage mass disorder. Sharing a video on social media, of police making arrests, the home secretary posted: “We cannot allow the kind of lawlessness seen in some American cities to come to the streets of the UK. and she added that “The police have my…

The Foreign Office has spent more than £13m sending the children of diplomats to top private schools in Britain such as Eton and Winchester College The government spend for the fees equates to an increase of nearly a third in a single year. And the figures suggest the average cost of subsidising private education for each child has reached its highest point in recent history. The expenditure has added to concerns about the use of taxpayers’ money during the cost of living crisis. The revelations came in parliamentary answers provided by the Foreign Office about the budget for the Continuity…

A group of Chinese students studying in the UK wrote Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) propaganda slogans with red paint on a street art wall in East London, and posted video of it on social media in recent days. This prompted others to spray anti-communist messages to cover or alter the pro-CCP slogans. Brick Lane in London’s East End is known for its art walls, boutiques, antiques shops, and markets. Last weekend, a group of Chinese students sprayed the CCP’s 24-character propaganda slogan of the “core socialist values” in huge red simplified Chinese characters over white background, which covered the popular…

Court records from Hunter Biden’s imperiled plea deal with the Department of Justice (DOJ) divulge details on more than $2.6 million the first son received from China and affiliates of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Earlier, the DOJ announced a plea agreement with Mr. Biden, President Joe Biden’s son, whereby he would plead guilty to two misdemeanor tax crimes and would have a felony gun charge diverted. During a July 26 hearing on his plea deal with the DOJ, Mr. Hunter Biden admitted to having received money from the Chinese energy firm CEFC. In exhibit 1 of his plea agreement, prosecutors went more in-depth…

An Ecuadorian presidential candidate known for speaking up against cartels and corruption was shot and killed Wednesday at a political rally in the capital, amid a startling wave of gang-driven violence in the South American country. President Guillermo Lasso confirmed the assassination of Fernando Villavicencio and suggested organized crime was behind his slaying, less than two weeks before the Aug. 20 presidential election. “I assure you that this crime will not go unpunished,” Lasso said in a statement. “Organized crime has gone too far, but they will feel the full weight of the law.” Ecuador’s attorney general’s office said that one suspect died…

West Ham had a £20m bid for Harry Maguire rejected last month but now they are cautiously optimistic about completing the signing from Manchester United; personal terms are not expected to be a problem but there is still work to do on the details of his exit. West Ham have an agreement in principle with Manchester United to sign defender Harry Maguire in a deal worth in the region of £30m. Personal terms are not expected to be a problem but there is still work to do on the details of his exit from United. West Ham, though, are cautiously…

Angela Sena, a Toronto Catholic school teacher who was fired from her job after a mask dispute and altercation outside a Starbucks store during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, has been reinstated to her position. A grievance was brought by Ms. Sena’s union and, in a decision released on Aug. 2, arbitrator Bram Herlich ruled that the teacher’s termination was to be rescinded and replaced with a one-month suspension. He ordered that Ms. Sena be compensated for any monetary losses related to being fired, and to be reinstated to her job without loss of seniority or benefits. The incident that led to…

Gordon Brothers, specialist investor in Britain’s Wilko, was exploring a bid to rescue the struggling retail chain, Sky News reported on Tuesday. The discount retail chain, which sells homeware and household goods, had received indicative offers to help recapitalise itself but none of them were able to provide sufficient liquidity in the time needed, putting 12,000 jobs on the line. Gordon Brothers, which backs British high street names like Laura Ashley, was in talks with Wilko’s advisers about structuring a potential deal, Sky said citing sources. Wilko declined to comment on the Sky report, while Gordon Brothers did not immediately respond to…

Confidence in the UK’s electoral regulator has been thrown into question after it emerged a hostile cyber-attack accessing the data of 40 million voters went undetected for a year and the public was not told for another 10 months. The Electoral Commission apologised for the security breach in which the names and addresses of all voters registered between 2014 and 2022 were open to “hostile actors” as far back as August 2021. The attack was discovered last October and reported within 72 hours to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), as well as the National Crime Agency. However, the public has only now…