When I was growing up in Belfast in the mid-00s, the recently opened Victoria Square shopping centre offered a trifecta of coolness to teenage girls: Topshop, Urban Outfitters and Hollister. While each store had its own appeal, the barometer of desire swung most often towards Topshop. The “Topshop Girl” was ahead of trends, easily cast as the Kate or Cara of her provincial town in a statement chunky necklace or boho gilet. Whether in Belfast’s.
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image captionWilf is now back home at the Animal Farm Adventure Park
A rare black fox has been returned to a wildlife park after escaping and bringing traffic to a standstill.
It has emerged the animal, who was seen walking near Brean in Somerset on Monday, had escaped from the Animal Farm Adventure Park.
Known as Wilf, he also once escaped from a previous home in Manchester, before being found in the city s Trafford Centre.
His new owners have said they will be building higher fences in future.
image captionA tiny percentage of foxes in the UK are known as silver foxes
Hopes that an online shopping boom might rescue Christmas are set to be dashed with December 26 spending predicted to be more than 25 per cent down on last year .
By Edward Devlin2020-12-17T08:31:00+00:00
Zuber and Mohsin Issa
The Issa brothers have drafted in advisers to prepare a £1.2bn sale and leaseback of Asda’s distribution centres ahead of their £6.8bn takeover of the supermarket chain (The Telegraph).
The Issas and TDR are considering putting 25 assets up for sale, including the distribution centres in Heston, Dartford, Bristol, Washington, Wakefield, Didcot and Lutterworth (The Times £).
Ursula von der Leyen, European Commission president, has raised hopes of a post-Brexit trade deal by telling MEPs on Wednesday that “there is a path to an agreement now”, albeit a narrow one (The Financial Times £).
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