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11.01.26 - 13:06
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The UK′s high streets have reached a tipping point – and Reform will reap the benefits | John Harris (The Guardian)
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When even Poundland and charity shops are closing, we're near a point of no return. But there is hopeOver Christmas, thousands of people must have had much the same experience: a trip to see friends or relatives somewhere familiar, and the realisation that a once-thriving town centre is dangerously close to the economic point of no return, and a future of eerie silence.The massed emptying-out of places has been going on since the crash of 2008, but the latest chapter of the story is dramatic. In 2024, the UK lost about 37 shops a day: almost 13,500 retail stores closed for good – including branches of Lloyds Pharmacy, The Body Shop and Ted Baker – which was a rise of 28% on 2023. What we know so far about 2025 is of a piece: thousands of shops owned by major retail businesses closed their doors, and the list is full of equally familiar names – among them Fired Earth, New Look and the beauty chain Bodycare. Even some of the high street's staples are on their way out, as evidenced by the closure of ...
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11.01.26 - 12:48
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Jack London: Ein Leben wie ein Abenteuerfilm (DW)
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Goldrausch am Klondike, Wölfe im Schnee von Alaska, Abenteuer auf hoher See - vor 150 Jahren wurde Jack London, der Schöpfer von "Lockruf des Goldes" und "Der Seewolf" geboren. Seine Themen sind noch heute hochaktuell....
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11.01.26 - 10:30
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Ban social media for under-16s, top teaching union urges UK government (The Guardian)
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NASUWT says evidence growing that unregulated access affects behaviour in school and harms mental healthUK politics live – latest updatesOne of the UK's biggest teaching unions has called on the government to ban social media for under-16s over concerns about mental health and concentration.The Teachers' Union (NASUWT) wants legislation to be tightened so big tech firms would face penalties for allowing children to access their platforms. Continue reading......
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