From Levi's to Primark - the fashion chains selling mended clothes

"I see it as challenge," says the 27-year-old forest ranger from Lincolnshire. She is a champion of the growing fashion for eye-catching repairs. Over the last year she has developed her own unique style, needle-felting…

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Amazon gives Wall Street mixed financial picture in earnings report

The e-commerce company gave a cautious sales forecast for the current fourth quarter, which encompasses the critical holiday shopping period, after delivering fiscal third-quarter results that came in below Wall Street…

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Burnham 'ready to support' Poundland staff as retailer faces collapse

The prime minister called for answers over why an offer to buy the business from its current owners, which would have protected jobs, had been rejected. "This is a deeply worrying time for Poundland staff and their…

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Seven oil tankers carrying 288,000 tonnes of Russian diesel sail towards US

The transport, tracked by the pressure group Greenpeace , is the first phase of a contentious supply deal negotiated between presidents Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin earlier this month, reversing years of sanctions on…

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Google owner Alphabet loses $500bn in market value after profit disappoints Wall Street

The company had reported lower-than-expected profit and a slowdown in its advertising business while it maintained big spending on AI. Net profit slid 25% from a year earlier to $26.2bn in the July-to-September period…

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Lamborghini Urus SE Performante SUV review: Excess all areas

“Our number-one priority was driving dynamics. That’s the core of the Performante: suspension, brakes and calibration software.” Not that Lamborghini’s latest ‘super-SUV’ is either underpowered or inexpensive, you…

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New 217mph Aston Martin Valhalla Spider: First photos and details

Making its global debut at this weekend’s 2026 Concours at Wynn Las Vegas, the Valhalla Spider packs the same 1,079hp powertrain as its coupe counterpart . The plug-in hybrid setup combines a trio of electric motors with…

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Visit Norway makes shithouses ‘great again’ after Trump insult

Not the Norwegian tourist board, which chose instead to lift the lid on some of the nation's loveliest lavatories. "Are these the world's best shit houses?" asked Visit Norway on its website , days after the US president…

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Britain’s oldest brewery unveils £15m plan to move to new site

The maker of Master Brew, Bishop’s Finger and Spitfire said the new brewery would be built on the site of its existing bottling hall and would open in 2029. The existing brewery will continue to operate until the new one…

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US interest rates held steady and economy grows - what it means for you

The decision comes within a week of the midterm elections and after the central bank raised interest rates for the first time in three years at its September meeting. "The overwhelming consensus, the overwhelming…

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