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Covid lockdown UK: ‘Shellshocked’ business leaders say closure of John Lewis stores is ‘devastating’

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John Lewis to shut eight more stores  Store closures announced yesterday:  Aberdeen  Ashford (At Home) Basingstoke (At Home) Chester (At Home) Peterborough Sheffield  Tunbridge  Wells (At Home)  York  Store closures announced last July  Birmingham Croydon Watford Newbury Swindon Tamworth St Pancras  Heathrow MPs today called the permanent closure of eight John Lewis stores ‘devastating’ for … Read more

ANTONIA HOYLE was shell-shocked when family hatched 14 quail from two ordinary boxes of M&S eggs

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Watching the fragile new lives before me, I feel an overwhelming sense of awe. Every breath seems like a miracle, and I’m all too aware their very survival depends on me. Except the newborns I cradle in my hands have feathers and the patter of tiny feet are very tiny indeed. This is because the … Read more