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The number of UK businesses in significant financial distress has jumped 40 per cent since the Brexit referendum to 489,000, insolvency specialists have found. Retail, property, construction and property firms are among those that have suffered most, according to Begbies Traynor. In the past year an additional 22,000 companies have fallen into significant distress, …

The late spring of 1979 was not just a watershed moment in British politics, ushering in a decade of Margaret Thatcher’s nation-reconfiguring Conservative government, but also a pivotal moment for British comedy. Or, at least, it would be… eventually. Producer John Lloyd had assembled a team of comedians around the …

Scotland head coach Steve Clarke insists he is up for the fight despite finding international management more difficult than he imagined. The misery continued in Moscow as Scotland slumped to a 4-0 defeat following a second-half capitulation. Russia followed Belgium in inflicting a four-goal thrashing of Clarke’s side as Scotland crumbled after …

Boris Johnson’s team has started talking to Labour MPs about his new Brexit proposals, as the prime minister seeks to shore up Commons support ahead of a possible vote on his plan. Labour MP Lisa Nandy said there had been tentative conversations between Labour MPs and senior members of the cabinet in recent …

Government claims to be building 40 new hospitals came under challenge after it emerged that funding was in place for only six. Boris Johnson won headlines with his claim that he was providing “additional funding for 40 new hospitals to be built over the next decade”. But health secretary Matt …

The music that features in a film can be as moving, essential or memorable as any line of dialogue or actor’s performance. A great soundtrack often transcends the film it first appeared in, whether it was comprised of pre-recorded songs by known artists, or original tracks that went on to …

Philippe Coutinho scored his first goal and laid off his first assist for Bayern Munich last weekend as his side comfortably beat Cologne 4-0. The Brazil midfielder scored from the spot after regular penalty-taker Robert Lewandowski – who had already netted twice – gave the former Liverpool midfielder the opportunity to get his first goal for …

One person kills themselves every 40 seconds, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has found, despite the number of people dying by suicide worldwide declining.  The figures, according to WHO, show the continued work that needs to be done by some countries to prevent preventable deaths by suicide.  Each year, close to …

Remain-supporting British MEPs have formed a new cross-party alliance and pledged to work together in the face of Brexit and Boris Johnson’s suspension of parliament. The pact, named the Brussels Declaration, unites the EU delegations of Labour, Greens, Liberal Democrats, Alliance, Plaid Cymru, and the SNP – with the aim …

Theatre is the quintessential art of reinterpretation. Every time a play is revived it is “remade”. With something so joyously provisional, why would you want to be definitive? And so with that in mind, let’s be clear that what follows is not some Olympian effort to decree “the best plays …