UK retail outlet Next has posted another rise in sales ahead of expectations over the Christmas period, but warned that a price increase is on the cards for 2025 as it looks to overcome raised ...

"Consumer Duty requires us to monitor the consumer through the lifetime of the product and GDPR requires us to keep data accurate." Many firms are struggling with storing vulnerability data due to ...

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Do you obsessively watch videos of skateboarding dogs till four in the morning — even when you know you have to be up by six, no matter what? And when you do wake up at six, instead of rolling ...

A scheme to safeguard a popular visitor attraction from flooding has been completed. Engineers found themselves battling the elements and racing to meet deadlines at Loggerheads Country Park ...

A family has overcome objections from council planning officers to building a home on a dark and “unsafe” country lane. They argued that the planned house near Winterbourne would be too ...

Do you take care of others needs to the point where you've left nothing for yourself? You could be in a high-functioning co-dependent relationship and not even realize it. Therapist Terri Cole ...

Katie Price plans to put her bankruptcy behind her next year, with the help of adult entertainment website Only Fans and her singing career. Earlier this year, the 46-year-old was declared ...