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House of Fraser (HoF) is aiming to cut around 6,000 jobs and more than half its stores under a plan to save the chain amid the crisis facing the high street The company, whose roots can be traced back to 1849, warned it did “not have a viable future” unless creditors and landlords backed its proposals.Its flagship store – on Oxford Street in London – is among 31 of 59 stores facing the axe.:: Is your local store closing? The full list of stores that will goSky News has previously reported on HoF’s struggle to secure its financial future -…

The nightclub owner Peter Stringfellow has died from cancer aged 77, his spokesman has said. The British businessman, who kept his illness secret for many years, died in the early hours of Thursday morning.Stringfellow had revealed in an interview with The Times in 2016 that he had been diagnosed with lung cancer eight years earlier.Known as the “King of Clubs”, the entrepreneur opened a string of venues across the US and the UK. Image: Peter Stringfellow with his wife Bella Wright The businessman’s club “Stringfellows” on Upper St Martin’s Lane, Covent Garden, is one of the longest-running nightlife venues in…

Time is running out for emergency services trying to find survivors from the volcanic eruption in Guatemala, with 99 people confirmed dead and nearly 200 still missing. On Wednesday, more bodies were recovered from what remained of villages devastated by the Volcano of Fire.Thousands of people displaced by disaster have been forced to move into shelters, and many of them have loved ones who have died or are unaccounted for.Firefighters say the chance of finding anyone alive is practically non-existent 72 hours after Sunday’s volcanic explosion.:: Eyewitness – Firefighters buried under tonnes of volcanic ash Image: Firefighters identify a victim…

It looks like smoke is rising from the hot ash which was spewed out by Guatemala’s Volcano of Fire – but it’s actually clouds of dust, hanging in the air every time a firefighter plants a spade in the ground. More than a dozen are digging around a piece of twisted metal. It’s all that is left of one of their fire trucks.Somewhere under the tonnes of volcanic ash are the bodies of two volunteer firefighters. They arrived as the volcano, also known as Fuego, was erupting.They were with a group of local people watching the eruption from a bridge, without…

A 14-year-old boy has been charged with the murder of a man who was stabbed to death on the streets of Chelsea in London. The teenager – who cannot be named for legal reasons – will appear at the Old Bailey on Thursday over the death of Mark Fontaine.A 17-year-old boy who was arrested on 4 June on suspicion of murder remains in custody at a north London police station.:: London’s surge of violence: 2018’s victims Image: Forensic officers at the scene of Mr Fontaine’s death Emergency services were called at about 10.20pm on 30 May following reports of a…

Guatemala’s Volcano of Fire has exploded again for the first time since devastating eruptions on Sunday which killed at least 75 people. National disaster agency Conred ordered evacuations in the town of Escuintla as hot gas and molten rock poured down the southern slopes of the volcano on Tuesday afternoon. 0:30 Video: Baby rescued from volcano threat The explosions billowed ash more than 5,000m (16,000ft) above sea level, with Guatemala’s seismology and volcanology institute warning that there is a moderate flow of dangerous material down the volcano – with the possibility of a strong flow in some areas.Tuesday’s evacuation orders…

The government has been criticised for providing “a notable lack of detail” when it comes to its plans to support farmers post-Brexit. MPs on the environment, food and rural affairs committee have called for “more clarity on funding, delivery and timing” in its report entitled The Future Of Food, Farming And The Environment.It follows a government consultation published on February, which should have provided reassurance about what will replace the current direct payment system for farmers after the country leaves the European Union.Instead it left farmers like Tim Pratt, from Wantisden Hall Farms in Suffolk, feeling nervous.”We are a big…

With Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un’s summit looming, here’s the lowdown on the hotel where they will meet – and what each leader hopes to achieve from their first face-to-face talks. The basicsThe summit starts on the morning of 12 June at the Capella Hotel on the Singaporean resort island of Sentosa. Image: The summit will be at the Capella Hotel on Sentosa Island What’s the hotel like?The five-star hotel, designed by British architect Norman Foster, has 111 guestrooms, a presidential manor and is fully booked on 11 and 12 June.Set within Sentosa’s rainforests, it is a five-minute walk…

The TSB chief executive is due before MPs today for a second round of questioning over the bank’s IT meltdown and the continued chaos facing thousands of customers. Paul Pester returns to face the Treasury select committee weeks after being accused by MPs of failing to grasp the enormity of the company’s botched computer system migration in April that left up to 1.9 million digital banking customers without access to their accounts.It emerged on Wednesday that the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) was investigating the failure, along with the Prudential Regulation Authority.The information was disclosed by the committee as it published correspondence with…

European governments are advising businesses not to use British parts in goods for export ahead of Brexit, Sky News has established.  In its advice rolled out to all Dutch businesses, the Dutch government has told its exporters that “if a large part of your product consists of parts from the UK” domestic exporters may lose free trade access under existing deals.The advice says: “Brexit will have consequences for exports outside the EU.”After Brexit, parts made in the UK no longer count towards this minimum production in the European Union.” Image: The Dutch Brexit Impact Scan says exporters may lose free…