Big week for Brexit, Asda to remove single kitchen knives over stabbing concerns, and more top news
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It’s a big week for Brexit negotiations. On Tuesday, MPs will vote on Theresa May’s Brexit deal. The agreement was negotiated with the EU and remains virtually unchanged, despite being resoundingly voted down in January. Should that be rejected, there will be a second vote on Wednesday on whether to pursue a no-deal exit. If that fails, a third vote on Thursday will determine if Brexit should be delayed. As it stands, the UK is due to leave the EU on March 29. ? Here’s what people are saying.
Asda is to stop selling single kitchen knives by the end of April amid rising concerns about UK knife crime. Nick Jones, Asda senior vice-president, said the company had "a responsibility to support the communities we serve". The supermarket chain will continue to sell multipacks of knives. Poundland announced last year that it would remove kitchen knives from all stores. At least 39 people have been killed in stabbings in the UK this year. ? Here’s what people are saying.
More than 1,000 homes are to be built on the site of Holloway prison in an ￡81.5m deal. The 10-acre north London site will include a women’s centre, shops and play areas in addition to 600 “genuinely affordable” homes, said new owner Peabody housing association. Construction on the former women’s jail is expected to begin in 2022 and should be completed by 2026. The sale was partially funded by a ￡42m loan from the Mayor's Land Fund. ? Here’s what people are saying.
Questions have been raised over the future of Jamie’s Italian as the troubled restaurant chain tries to find a buyer. Jamie Oliver has hired advisory firm Alix Partners to seek interest in a majority stake in the business, which runs 22 restaurants across the UK. The TV chef injected ￡13m of his own money into the chain after it came within hours of collapse last year. HSBC extended fresh credit at the time as part of a rescue deal, but could now be forced to write off ￡17m. ? Here’s what people are saying.
Housebuilder Persimmon is suing BT for failing to pay for high-speed internet connections at hundreds of new homes. Persimmon claims BT owes ￡7.2m plus interest for the installation of phone lines and internet cables on 759 of its developments between 2008 and 2016. The telecoms giant is accused of 'frustrating’ the process of inspection and certification. Persimmons has been condemned for profiting from the government’s help-to-buy scheme after reporting earnings of ￡1.1bn for the 2018 financial year, despite criticism over the quality of its homes. ? Here’s what people are saying.
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invester at Majeda CO
5 年Actually knife saling can't be down the crime because kids watching all the war games and brain work like that. So we should complain about this sort of should no make any more. Other things is this generation is sort of like that and day by days will be more worse.
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5 年Pathetic individual who has failed in every thing she has done.The Joker who runs the asylum in Westminster.
Coffee shop Assistant at CARTWRIGHTS COFFEE LTD.
5 年Charity shops sell kitchen knifes some are already used and dirty
Chris Brown - The Barber
5 年A prison in the UK needs to have similarities to a prison in Russia!
Associate Lead Project Manager (WSP)
5 年What's next now looks like EuroIn as May struggles again as many times in a space of few months !!!!