Day: February 25, 2026
Diageo slashes dividend and vows to address Guinness capacity constraints in London
February 25, 2026Diageo has slashed its dividend and cut its annual sales and profit forecast for the second time in four months, as the maker of Guinness warned of capacity constraints affecting drinkers of “the black stuff” in London pubs. The world’s largest spirits maker – which owns brands including Smirnoff vodka, Johnnie Walker whisky and Don […]
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Households set for lower energy bills amid price cap shake-up
February 25, 2026Customers have been warned not to expect a straight £150 discount on their bills (PA) PA Wire Households are set to learn their energy bills will fall by around 7% from April in a shake-up of costs after the Government promised they will receive an average £150 cut. Latest predictions suggest Ofgem will reduce the […]
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Movie lovers given a bite at Jaws movie prop and Star Wars memorabilia
February 25, 2026The harpoon gun used by the actor Robert Shaw in the classic movie Jaws is expected to fetch as much as half a million US dollars (£370,000) when it is offered at auction. The prop, presented a year after the 1975 film’s landmark 50th anniversary, is accompanied by its original case and carries an estimate […]
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Fresh appeal for information over couple killed in car bomb in 1990
February 25, 2026James Sefton died in the Mater Infirmorum Hospital in Belfast (Alamy/PA) A fresh appeal for information has been made over the killing of a former police officer and his wife by a car bomb in 1990. James Sefton, 65, and his wife Ellen, 66, were killed when a booby trap device exploded under their car in […]
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Motorists beware! Roads in London where you’re most likely to get a penalty ticket are revealed
February 25, 2026A street in a suburban London town centre and a bridge over the River Thames have been revealed to be among the most lucrative roads in the country at generating funds from parking offences. Station Parade generated £2,030,242 for Barking and Dagenham council, while motorists breaching the weight restrictions on Albert Bridge paid Kensington and […]
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Starmer to face questions in Commons for first time since Mandelson arrest
February 25, 2026The former ambassador to Washington was arrested on Monday on suspicion of misconduct in public office and later released on bail. Lord Mandelson, who has been accused of passing sensitive information onto paedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein during his time as business secretary, has been bailed until May. Lawyers for the former Labour minister have claimed […]
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