Wilko was plunged into administration this morning putting 12,000 jobs and 400 stores at risk, with devastated shoppers fearing it will become ‘another Woolworths’.
The chain, which had been owned by the Wilkinson family since it was established as a single hardware store in Leicester in 1930, has now appointed PwC to seek out potential buyers.
Wilko stepped into the high street gap left by the collapse of Woolworths in 2008, but shoppers have been met with half-empty shelves for
Parents are putting their children in danger “without even knowing” as campaigners demand urgent law changes.
Activists are concerned about young children sitting in front-facing car seats which could put them at risk.
An online petition has called for the Government to make it a legal requirement for children under the age of four to use rear-facing seats.
The new rule would also apply to children under 18kg or under 105cm if they were over four.
In an online statement,
Australia’s Test cricket captain Pat Cummins may have played an incredibly brave hand in
The Bank of England decided eight to one to raise the interest rate from five percent to 5.25 percent.
This is the 14th time in a row the Bank has decided to increase the base rate in a bid to cool the economy and bring down inflation.
Borrowers are the hardest hit by this increase as interest for repayments on loans and mortgages continues to rise.
Marc von Grundherr, director of Benham and Reeves explained that the rise will
It’s been a rough few months for Prince Harry and Meghan Markle. In May, the couple were embroiled in what their spokesperson described as a “near-catastrophic” car chase with paparazzi in NYC. In June, their multimillion-dollar Spotify deal came to an abrupt end. And on July 27, Harry faced a setback in his ongoing lawsuit against a British tabloid, as a U.K. judge threw out the prince’s claims that the outlet had hacked his voicemails.
“It’s been a challenging
Suzanne Somers’ priorities have shifted — and her career is taking a back seat — following her recent cancer battle.
“Suzanne has lived with cancer all her life,” Somers’ husband, Alan Hamel, told Page Six on Monday, July 31, recalling that “in her 20s, she’d also dealt with two hyperplasia … which is the waiting room for cancer.”
Hamel, 87, explained that Somers, 76, was given “an all-clear” diagnosis on June 6 after dealing
Dr Martens — once the footwear of choice for skinheads and punks — has become the latest company to be engulfed in a woke storm after promoting boots that appear to endorse transgender surgery.
The shoemaker gave away a pair of custom rainbow-colored boots that featured a painting of a topless individual with scars under their breasts — a hallmark of breast removal surgery — as part of a promotional stunt.
The LGBTQ+ friendly boots — designed by a self-described
When it comes to cooking, the oven is a great tool to use. However, there are some things that households should never put in the appliance.
Before putting a plate in an oven, it is important to check that the crockery is oven-safe.
Older plates or plates with adhesive designs are often “not oven safe” and “can pose as a hazard” placed in high temperatures, warned the experts at Beko.
Fortunately, most modern manufacturers label their plates, outlining whether their
The average family of four in the UK does eight to 10 loads of washing each week.
The type of wash, the number of washes and the number of laundry items being washed will depend on the size of the family, the size of the machine and how soiled the items are.
With washing machines being such a necessity, and with a new A-rated washing machine averaging around £350, the appliance is something Britons want to avoid buying regularly.
With
At some point in my childhood, I persuaded my parents to buy me a computer game at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Obsessed, like many kids, with ancient Egypt, I’d spent the day marvelling at scarabs, sarcophagi, and ivory game pieces with canine heads. My favorite spot was the Temple of Dendur, where you could actually go inside the narrow chamber etched with hieroglyphs. In the gift shop, I spotted “Nile: An Ancient Egyptian Quest”—a three-disk “edutainment,” co-produced by the
