Fears of staff shortages as post-Brexit visa rules exclude low-paid foreigners
Foreign nationals will also be blocked from entry to work in more than 500 other job categories, including hospital porters, bus and train drivers, ambulance technicians and lower-skilled builders. Read more...
Ashley Benson teams silky orange blouse with Daisy Dukes as she picks up a coffee in Beverly Hills
The 30-year-old actress looked casual as she showed off freshly styled locks as she picked up a coffee after her salon appointment. Read more...
Coronavirus UK Days 'go slower' for 40% during lockdown
A Liverpool-based expert surveyed the impact that physical and social distancing measures have had on the UK population's feel for the passage of time. Read more...
Boohoo slavery scandal costs founders 335m
The review will be led by Alison Levitt QC and an initial update on the investigation will be published in September alongside Boohoo's half-year update, with further updates due in January. Read more...
Another pub shuts down for 72-hour deep clean after customer tests positive for coronavirus
The Crown Anchor in Aveley, Essex has been forced to close its doors for 72 hours after a customer tested positive for coronavirus after vising. Read more...
Andrew Bailey delays rare meeting with Tory MPs amid questions over the Bank's independence
Bailey was due to the address the 1922 Committee today hours after Chancellor Rishi Sunak lays out the Government's plans to repair the economy. Read more...
Austrian wines are of wonderful value for the quality that's on offer
I've been banging the drum for Austrian wine so loudly for so long that I sometimes worry my enthusiastic zeal for their liquid loveliness turns me into Animal, the drummer from the Muppets. Read more...
Action plan Nigel Colborn's essential jobs for your garden this week
Nigel Colborn shares his advice for selecting spring bulbs to avoid disappointment. The British gardening expert says spring-flowering bulbs can be planted from late September. Read more...
Lidl will open 25 new stores in UK this year creating 1,000 jobs
Lidl is set to open 25 new stores in the UK by the end of the year, creating thousands more jobs, as part of its plan to have 1,000 new UK branches by the end of 2023. Read more...
From Rafe Spall in Trying to new Medici The Magnificent The Bill The best on demand TV this week
The streaming service's first British series looks like being one of its best shows to date. The series' pedigree is certainly impressive. Read more...
DEBORAH ROSSWhy Tracy from Salisbury should be running the world
The Salisbury Poisonings was way over the top, honestly. It was all extremely far-fetched and ridiculous and couldn't happen. Except, of course, that it did Read more...
Help! Im Owed a Refund, But the Hotel Owner Refuses to Budge
Here we are, wondering aloud about the oversight capabilities of hotel franchises, and what powers they can exert over their thousands of individual owners. Thanks Covid-19. Read more...
China will sanction Lockheed Martin over arms sales to Taiwan
China said on Tuesday it would place sanctions on Lockheed Martin for its involvement in arms sales to Taiwan, a move that could further escalate tensions between Beijing and Washington. Read more...
Sleep-deprived driver avoids jail for injuring his wife and three others in head-on car crash
Retired engineer Kerrie Forster, 63, had insisted on driving wife Joan (both pictured) back to their home at 3.40am despite her flight from Tenerife to Manchester being delayed by four hours. Read more...