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Few could have failed to have noticed the glint of the £50,000 diamond ring on the fourth finger of her left hand as she spoke to the camera, hinting there was more to her life than work and the office.

Ahead of King Charles coronation, popular supermarket brand Asda has revealed its opening hours for the upcoming Bank Holiday. Here are the stores opening times for the bank holiday weekend.

Former ITV News presenter Alastair Stewart, 70, posed the question to his 81,000 Twitter followers. Asda came into existence in 1965 following a merger between two Yorkshire companies.

Mohsin, 49, and Zuber Issa, 48, completed £6.8bn purchase of Asda in February All of Asdas forecourts were sold to the brothers petrol station firm EG Group  Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) launched probe into the deal  Considered if tie-up would result in a substantial lessening of competition Now, the CMA said that investigations have raised local competition concerns

Billionaire petrol station tycoons the Issa brothers and their private equity backers have today completed their £6.8billion acquisition of Asda, returning the supermarket giant to British ownership after more than 20 years. The EG Group, owned by Mohsin and Zuber Issa, previously reached an agreement to acquire the chain from Walmart.  The deal, which is being backed by investment funds managed by TDR Capital, will also include its chain of petrol forecourts.   The brothers secured FCA ap...