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Leon boss says Labour’s ‘incredibly toxic tax regime’ is crippling his efforts to turn round chain

By PATRICK HARRINGTON Updated: 05:12 EST, 16 January 2026 The boss of Leon today attacked Labour’s ‘incredibly toxic tax regime’ which threatens to cripple the hospitality industry and his own…

Swiss inferno waitress ‘complained she was made to work relentlessly by nightclub owners, was mentally and physically exhausted and on the verge of going public about her “exploitation” before the tragedy’

The waitress blamed for igniting the New Year’s inferno at a Swiss ski resort bar had previously told her parents she was made to work ‘relentlessly’ by the nightclub owners.…

Taxpayers face forking out MILLIONS to meet Labour’s new ‘simplified’ four bin requirement

Taxpayers face paying millions of pounds to fund Labour’s plan to give households four bins to separate waste after councils were told to ‘simplify’ recycling practices. The Government has told…

Dining with his Tory colleagues last week, Robert Jenrick must have felt like Judas at the Last Supper: ANDREW PIERCE takes us inside the build-up to (and fallout from) Westminster’s worst-kept secret

There was an unmistakable frisson at the Carlton Club, the inner sanctum of the Conservative Party, last week. Everywhere I turned, MPs and peers were discussing Robert Jenrick‘s imminent defection…

Probe launched into South East Water after outages have left thousands of homes without water amid freezing temperatures

Regulator Ofwat has launched an investigation into South East Water after repeated outages left thousands of households across Kent and Sussex without drinking water. Ofwat said today it had launched…

Sex scandal transfixing Australia after football hero’s ‘unimaginable betrayal’ with his wife’s best friend

It’s the sex scandal that has rocked the macho world of Aussie rules football to its core – and had a nation transfixed with every twist and sordid turn. One…

Elon Musk’s X stops its AI tool Grok from undressing pictures of real people after huge backlash over sexualised deepfakes

Elon Musk‘s X says AI tool Grok will no longer undress pictures of real people after a furious backlash against its creation of sexualised deepfakes. The chatbot has reportedly been blocked…

Relief for Reeves as UK economy clawed back ground in November… but that was before Budget tax blitz

Rachel Reeves was offered some relief today as official figures showed the UK economy clawing back ground in November. GDP grew by 0.3 per cent across the month, a better…

Iran confirms protest hero will NOT be executed as Trump reveals Tehran told him ‘the killing has stopped’ after he threatened to take military action

Tehran has confirmed that Iranian protester Erfan Soltani will not face the death sentence, after US President Donald Trump threatened to take military action if the regime executed anti-government demonstrators.…

Kathleen Kennedy, steward of ‘Star Wars,’ steps down from Lucasfilm

After more than 13 years at the helm of Lucasfilm, Kathleen Kennedy is stepping down from the “Star Wars” factory founded by George Lucas. The Walt Disney Co. announced Thursday…