All news by author: Graham Hiscott

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Worst bus service in UK is announced - and top five best are all in the North
Transport Focus found that overall 80% of bus passengers in England were satisfied with their last journey - and only 8% dissatisfied
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BP slammed over 'sickening' £8million pay packet to new boss as Brits struggle
Murray Auchincloss, who was BP’s finance boss, replaced chief executive Bernard Looney after he was dismissed in September over past relationships with colleagues
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Fuming campaigners demand Jeremy Hunt is banned from every pub in the country
The landlady of one formerly thriving village pub said the Budget had ended any hope of it staying open. It comes as grassroots Campaign for Pubs called Wednesday's announcements “an absolutely dreadful Budget for UK pubs”
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Greggs 'knocks McDonald's off top spot' as breakfast rolls bring home the bacon
The beloved British bakery chain Greggs claimed it's the country's most popular breakfast spot as it de-thrones McDonald's with its budget coffees and bacon sandwiches
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Brits fail to claim potential £284m in payouts for being injured in accidents
Research suggests that 41% of workers have suffered at least one of the three most common accidents that occur at work - but most have not claimed any compensation
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Asda billionaire co-owner denies family rift with business partner brother
Mohsin Issa said he and brother Zuber Issa “get on exceptionally well" and there is "absolutely no rift" between the two who own the Asda supermarket chain and EG Group
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Train passengers hit by triple whammy of fare hikes, overcrowding and delays
Regulated fares in England will rise by up to 4.9% from this Sunday - on top of a near 6% jump last year. Passengers in Scotland face hikes of 8.7% in April
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Rishi Sunak's Tories 'have broken windows, kicked door down and burnt house down'
Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves said that Labour would face "the worst inheritance any incoming government has ever had since the Second World War" if they won the next election
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Virgin O2 customers forced to pay mid-contract price rises or £700 exit fees
Broadband and mobile customers with Virgin Media O2 face inflation-busting mid contract price rises of up to 8.8% this April - the highest of any major operator
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Shop price inflation drops to lowest level in two years in relief for Brits
When inflation is higher, it means costs are rising faster compared to the same time last year and today's shows that prices are still rising in shops but at a much lower level than they were
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UK's favourite supermarket crowned by Which? despite winner being 'pricey'
M&S topped the rankings from consumer group Which? for the third year running where it got a customer score of 76%, with five out of five for service and staff availability
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British Gas took £3,344 from pensioner - despite him never being a customer
Lawrence Cannon, 67, only noticed the erroneous payments made to British Gas in November last year and contacted The Mirror after struggling to get a refund from the UK's biggest energy firm
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Lloyds, HSBC, Barclays and NatWest rake in £44bn as borrowers hit by rate hikes
Lloyds Banking Group was the last to report its annual results as it today revealed it made a record £7.5billion last year - a more than 50% leap on 2022
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BT Tower to become hotel after Muhammad Ali and Paul McCartney guest stays
American hotel chain MCR Hotels is set to take over the BT Tower to turn it into a swanky hotel after it was purchased from the telecoms giant for a whopping £275million
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Inside world's largest vertical farm hoping to boost British food production
The Mirror was given a tour of the world’s largest vertical farm, in the small town of Lydney, Gloucestershire, by James Lloyd-Jones, founder of the Jones Food Company
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Royal Mail sparks anger over 'slow post' plan that could delay NHS letters
Royal Mail has faced criticism after it emerged that vital post including hospital appointments, fines and court documents could now take longer to reach destinations
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Rishi’s promises to kickstart economy in tatters as UK plunges into recession
There are concerns there will be yet more savage cuts to decimated public services - the Office for National Statistics, on Thursday, said the economy shrank by a worse-than-feared 0.3% in the final three months of last year
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British Gas' 'obscene' surge in profits branded as UK in fuel poverty crisis
The country's biggest energy supplier raked in £751million last year, up from £72million in 2022 - a surge fuelled by £500m of energy crisis costs which it was allowed to recoup from bills
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Bank boss announces plans to buck trend and open six new UK branches
CEO Steve Fletcher - who runs Vernon Building Society, which has just six branches in and around Stockport, Greater Manchester, and 90 staff - is planning to open more branches
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Primark is opening five new stores as part of huge expansion - see full list
The first new store will open in Bury St Edmunds on March 6, followed by Teesside Park and Glasgow Fort later this year, then new sites in Epsom, Surrey, and Newbury, Berkshire, from 2025
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'I accidentally pressed a wrong button - now British Gas won't return my money'
Eighty-two-year-old gran Margaret Griffin has been a loyal customer of British Gas for over a sixty years but a mix-up over the phone left her out of pocket and too stressed to leave the house
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Ann Summers launches racy delivery service for customers who can't wait
Ann Summers is working with Deliveroo to rush items such as its Couple’s Play Set, complete sex aid, and Bullet Vibrator to amorous folk in three UK cities
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Tata Steel got 'deal of century' by bagging taxpayers' cash with 2,800 job cuts
Tata Steels proposals were branded the 'bargain basement option' as bosses were hauled before MPs to defend plans to shut blast furnaces at its Port Talbot plant in south Wales
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Jeremy Hunt warned not to cut taxes in bombshell intervention before Budget
The International Monetary Fund said cuts now would mean less money for spending on vital services such as the NHS as they downgraded the UK's growth forecast
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Biggest oil giants raked in £100bn last year as climate crisis intensifies
Campaign group Global Witness focused on five of the largest oil and gas producers – BP, Shell, Chevron, ExxonMobil and Totalenergies - and how much profit they made in 2023