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The retailer's food and clothing businesses both delivered strong growth as its long-running transformation programme bore fruit

23 Apr 20262 min read

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Britain's financial technology industry has attracted a wave of merger and acquisition activity as international players seek positions in one…

23 Apr 20262 min read

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The latest data shows a persistent gap between the capital's cooling market and sustained growth in Leeds, Manchester and Edinburgh

23 Apr 20262 min read

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When Parliament invited William of Orange to replace James II, it settled forever the question of who held ultimate power…

23 Apr 20263 min read

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From the spinning jenny to the steam engine, Britain's factories and mines reshaped human civilisation — and came at a…

23 Apr 20263 min read

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Forced upon King John at Runnymede by rebellious barons, the Great Charter established the revolutionary principle that even the king…

23 Apr 20263 min read

Finance

Forced upon King John at Runnymede by rebellious barons, the Great Charter established the revolutionary principle that even the king…

23 Apr 20263 min read

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Led by Wat Tyler and inspired by the radical priest John Ball, the Peasants' Revolt challenged the entire social order…

22 Apr 20263 min read

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The Tudors ruled England from 1485 to 1603 and transformed it through the Reformation, the break with Rome and the…

22 Apr 20263 min read

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Britain is leading a coalition of countries seeking to prevent commercial exploitation of deep ocean ecosystems before their ecological significance…

20 Apr 20262 min read