Shares in the retailer sink almost 21% as it announces closures and says profits will fall sharply this year.
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Busking goes cashless with 'a world first' for London
London introduces a contactless payment scheme for buskers that allows tap-to-pay donations.
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Bulgarians tweeting in Cyrillic confused for Russian bots
The use of the Cyrillic alphabet is one way Twitter tries to identify Russian automated accounts.
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Two French teenagers charged over Despacito YouTube hack
Two 18-year-olds are charged over a hack that targeted the Latin hit and other pop songs on YouTube.
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Google and Facebook accused of breaking GDPR laws
Complaints against the web giants are filed on the first day of the EU's new data protection law.
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YouTube star John 'TotalBiscuit' Bain dies aged 33
Game critic John Bain - known as TotalBiscuit and the Cynical Brit - dies of cancer.
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Blood Will Tell, Part 2: Did Faulty Evidence Doom Joe Bryan?
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How an Unproven Forensic Science Became a Courtroom Staple
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This Harry Potter Uses a Bow and Arrow. Not a Wand.
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Word + Quiz: solicitude
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What’s on TV Thursday: N.B.A. Finals and ‘A Bronx Tale’
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Spain Is Next to Test Europe’s Stability as Rajoy Faces No-Confidence Vote
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Crosses Go Up in Public Offices. It’s Culture, Bavaria Says, Not Religion.
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Trump Meets With Kim. Kim Kardashian West, That Is.
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Stanley Cup Finals: Braden Holtby Bounces Back to Lift the Capitals
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Sanchez Goes the Other Way, and Severino Stays the Course, in a Yankees Win
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The Mets Get Some Help From Jason Vargas and a Few Fresh Arms
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Overlooked No More: The Soviet Icon Who Was Hanged for Killing a Czar
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In a First for Germany, Hamburg Bans Diesel Engines. On 2 Roads.
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Italy, Arkady Babchenko, Whales: Your Thursday Briefing
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The End of ‘The Americans’: Keri Russell and Matthew Rhys on the ‘Devastating’ Finale
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Crackdown on high-interest lending announced by FCA
Rent-to-own sector faces a cap on prices but the regulator rules out an immediate limit on cost of overdrafts.
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Top 10 worst excuses for not appointing women executives
A report on boardroom diversity reveals the top 10 worst excuses for not appointing women.
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Brexit: Time is running out, big business warns May
Major European firms warn the Prime Minister they may cut investment without clarity on Brexit customs plans.
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Trump tariffs: Europe braced for US tariffs on steel and aluminium
The White House reportedly plans to let a temporary exemption granted to European steel and aluminium expire.
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Ocado elevated to the FTSE 100, while M&S avoids the drop
Ocado joins the blue chip shares index after a year of dealmaking, while M&S escapes the drop.
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New car models drive UK production growth in April
Car output rises on the back of investment in new models, but the industry's trade body repeats Brexit concerns.
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Football urged to tackle single-use plastics problem
Leagues in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland are urged to stop using single-use plastic.
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Profile: Billionaire philanthropist George Soros
The hedge fund investor turned liberal philanthropist is politically divisive around the world.
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US economy grows at a slower 2.2%
The US economy grew by 2.2% in the first quarter, slightly more slowly than first reported.
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RBS to press ahead with branch closures
The bank's AGM is told that use of branches has fallen sharply as customers shift to digital banking.
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Italy pays higher prices to sell government bonds
Italy is forced to offer significantly higher returns in a sale of government bonds on Wednesday.
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SSE to raise gas and electricity prices
The company becomes the last of the "big six" energy companies to announce early summer price rises.
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Don't buy tickets from Viagogo, minister warns
Margot James tells consumers to boycott the ticket reseller after it fails to change its policies.
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UK strikes reach all-time low in 2017
The number of stoppages and the number of workers involved in labour disputes hit a record low last year.
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'Don't buy Viagogo tickets'
Digital minister Margot James tells consumers not to use the Geneva-based ticket reseller.
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Paris moves to improve air quality
Paris is leading the move to cut pollution by banning some vehicles from its streets.
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Seeking a silent retreat from urban life
Silent retreats are an increasingly popular form of escape from the stresses of urban life.
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Exotic mushrooms help Kashmir
In the troubled region of Kashmir, a rare type of mushroom is giving locals a chance to earn money.
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How Starbucks hopes to end staff racism
The coffee chain is giving all US staff "unconscious bias" training. We explain what that involves.
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Orla Kiely: 'Stem pattern was a very quick design'
Orla Kiely reveals the secrets behind the designs she's created over the past 20 years.
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The strawberry-picking robots coming to a farm near you
Strawberry producers say they can't find enough humans to pick their fruit, so are robots the answer?
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How the light bulb became a million dollar idea.
The BBC's Aaron Heslehurst explains how the light bulb became a million dollar idea.
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Thameslink compares poor service to Poundland chocolate
Thameslink is threatened with legal action for comparing its poor service to Poundland chocolate.
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Starbucks shuts 8,000 US stores for race training
The coffee chain closes all 8,000 cafes in the US for an afternoon of "racial bias" training.
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Protectionist racket?
The EU is not the freest trader, but on many measures it is near the liberal end of the spectrum.
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Vaping's rise in five charts
Spending on e-cigarettes is increasing. The BBC looks at what's behind the rise.
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Paris in the smog
Could the French capital provide a template for cutting pollution in other cities?
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Weather warning
There is a significant link between higher temperatures and lower school achievement, says a US study.
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Financial high
Meet some of those hoping to capitalise in the world's biggest cannabis market.
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Bitter on Twitter
Experts take us through the dos and don'ts of social media interactions with customers.
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Texas Governor Lays Out School Safety Plan In Wake Of Santa Fe Shooting
Arming more teachers, creating new alarm systems and changing mental health rules are part of a wide-ranging list presented by Gov. Greg Abbott, nearly two weeks after 10 people died in the attack.
(Image credit: Drew Anthony Smith/Getty Images)
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The Conflicting Educations Of Sam Schimmel
More than 50 years after the federal government forced hundreds of Alaska Natives into boarding schools, their descendants are haunted by — and trying to overcome —residual trauma.
(Image credit: Jeremy Schimmel)
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Preschools In Ghana's Capital Challenge Call-And-Response System
In Accra, many low-income parents scrape together money to send their toddlers to private schools. The trouble: schools subject them to long lectures, and punish misbehavior with beatings.
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Suspect charged in death of Tennessee sheriff's deputy
05/30/18 11:21 PM
Suspect charged in death of Tennessee sheriff's deputy
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Harvey Weinstein indicted by NY grand jury on rape, criminal sexual act charges, DA says
05/30/18 5:44 PM
Harvey Weinstein indicted by NY grand jury on rape, criminal sexual act charges, DA says
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President Trump signs 'Right to Try' bill into law
05/30/18 12:56 PM
President Trump signs 'Right to Try' bill into law
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Tennessee sheriff's deputy shot and killed, reports say
05/30/18 10:55 AM
Tennessee sheriff's deputy shot and killed, reports say
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Anti-Kremlin journalist’s death faked to thwart murder plot, officials say
05/30/18 10:52 AM
Anti-Kremlin journalist’s death faked to thwart murder plot, officials say
05/30/18 10:52 AM
U.S., North Korea enter second day of nuclear talks
NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and high-ranking North Korean official Kim Yong Chol enter a second day of meetings in New York on Thursday as they try to settle nuclear weapons disagreements and set the stage for an historic summit between their two leaders.
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The man sent by North Korean leader to U.S. for high-level talks
WASHINGTON/SEOUL (Reuters) - Kim Yong Chol landed in New York on Wednesday as the most senior North Korean envoy to hold talks with American officials on U.S. soil in 18 years.
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Kremlin critic turns up alive at televised briefing about his 'murder'
KIEV/MOSCOW (Reuters) - A dissident Russian journalist reported murdered in Kiev on Tuesday dramatically reappeared alive on Wednesday during a televised briefing by Ukrainian state security about the killing, which they then said they had faked.
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Assad says U.S. will leave Syria, vows to retake SDF-held areas
BEIRUT (Reuters) - President Bashar al-Assad said he would recover areas of Syria held by the U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), and that U.S. forces should learn the lesson of Iraq and leave the country.
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Exclusive: Mexico front-runner's lead widens a month before vote - poll
(Reuters) - Mexican presidential front-runner Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has extended his lead well beyond his nearest rivals with just a month to go before the July 1 election, an opinion poll showed on Thursday.
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In symbolic nod to India, U.S. Pacific Command changes name
PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii (Reuters) - The U.S. military on Wednesday renamed its Pacific Command the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, in a largely symbolic move underscoring the growing importance of India to the Pentagon, U.S. officials said.
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KCNA says Russian foreign minister has arrived in North Korea
SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea's state-run news agency said Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov arrived in the North on Thursday at the invitation of North Korean Foreign Minister Ri Yong Ho.
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