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Richard Harpin, the home repairs tycoon, will invest £110m of his personal fortune in medium-sized businesses in a bid to save the UK High Street. Last year, Harpin sold HomeServe, the company that he founded in 1993 to Brookfield for over £4bn, netting him and his wife roughly £500m. Harpin says his main goal is not the return on investment, but rather to help get the country and economy going by helping businesses to scale up. He will also bring to the table his 45 years of e...

Heres what the critics had to say - https://youtu.be/VgCxJFMh1h8 Its been an action-packed week of releases on the Switc...

John Marston returns - The one and only John Marston has finally made a return this week with Rockstars 2010 action-adven...

Covid jab manufacturers are preparing to make booster shots available for the public to buy after health officials gave the green light to private sales for the first time. Some pharmacists and private clinics say they are interested in offering Covid vaccination for sale on the high street to the tens of millions of people no longer eligible on the NHS. - The Times

UK inflation has fallen to its weakest level since before Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, pushed down by energy bills falling after the lower price cap took effect in July. Figures out this morning from the Office for National Statistics reveal the rate of price growth fell to 6.8 percent last month, the lowest reading since February 2022 and down from 7.9 per cent in the previous month. - The Times

Donald Trump and several allies were indicted in Georgia last night, charged with launching a “criminal enterprise” to overturn the result of the 2020 presidential election in the state, after demanding that officials “find” the extra votes to reverse President Biden’s victory. In the indictment issued by district attorney Fani Willis in Fulton County after a two-year investigation, Trump, 77, was accused of racketeering, forgery and a string of ...

The Monsoon session of the 17th Lok Sabha was conducted from July 20 to August 11, 2023. During this session, discussions were held on the first no-confidence motion of the 17th Lok Sabha. Over 23...

New spending figures have laid bare the damage inflicted on the retail sector’s competitiveness by the government’s post-Brexit tourist tax. After the introduction of VAT on overseas spending, shops in London are struggling to capitalise on a post-Covid uplift in travel as the higher duty encourages visitors to divert to Paris and other European cities. - The Times

One of her letters revealing all goes under the hammer. sport, and for a full round—up, from the bbc sport centre, heres will perry. chelsea have agreed a deal to sign brighton midfielder moises caicedo for a british record fee of £115 million. liverpool agreed a dealfour million shy of that figure for the 21—year—old on friday, but caicedo favoured chelsea, and they have finally succeeded with a bid after having a number of offers knocked back by brighton. caicedo will become chelseas ei...

We have that story in the minutes. sport and for a full round—up, from the bbc sport centre. here is olly foster. lets start in the premier league, just two sides we havent seen after the opening round of fixtures this weekend, manchester united are playing wolves right now, theyre about half an hour in at old trafford. no goals yet but will that had a chance that they wasted. goalkeeper andre onana and forward mason mount are making their debuts for united feisty game with a few yellow cards ...