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A pub customer has been caught on CCTV placing their own hair into their food in an attempt to get a refund for their meal. (Credit: Tom Croft / SWNS)

Watch: pub customer puts their own hair into their food to get refund

The Loft music venue in Cleckheaston are the new sponsors of the main stand at Liversedge Football Club. Pictured are The Loft owners, Dee Brown, left, and Billie Burch. (Photo credit: Liversedge FC)

Cleckheaton music venue sponsors main stand at Liversedge Football Club

Wetherspoons: UK pub chain returns to profit following pandemic slump

Wetherspoons reports first annual profits since pandemic

Greggs sales jump by over a fifth as cost increases ease. (Photo: Getty Images)

On a roll: Greggs sales jump by over a fifth as cost increases ease

Cleckheaton Antiques, run by Barrie Naylor, right, opened in the town on Saturday.

PHOTO SPECIAL: New antiques store opens in Cleckheaton

Many SMEs have reinvested their profits just to stay afloat this year

Aldi boss says 'savvy shoppers' helped profits jump by £118m

Samuel L. Jackson stars in new Warburtons advert

Wilko fell into administration in August after grappling with a cash shortage and sharp losses.

The Range snaps up Wilko in £5m deal - but stores will close

Wilko fell into administration in August after grappling with sharp losses and a cash shortage.

Commuters wait at a bus stop outside a branch of Barclays in London.

Barclays bank to axe 450 jobs across the business

A Wilko rescue deal could save thousands of jobs

Wilko rescue deal almost over the line and could save 1000s of jobs

Wilko stops click and collect and home delivery services.

Wilko confirms job losses as rescue bid falls through

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Thousands of jobs are at risk as retailer Wilko confirms collapse.

Wilko ‘could be saved’ by rival discount chains according to experts

Troubled high street retailer Wilko has suspended home deliveries as it races for a rescue deal to avoid collapse. (Photo supplied by Wilko/Shutterstock)

Wilko stops online orders and appoints administrators

Wilko collapses into administration putting 12,000 jobs at risk

Wilko collapses into administration putting 12,000 jobs at risk

Ne-Yo apologises after controversial remarks about gender identity and recognition

Ne-Yo apologises for controversial remarks about gender identity

Wilko bosses have warned the business is at risk of collapse

List of Wilko stores confirmed to close so far

Kate Haley said "We need our wilkos back."

Wilko on the brink of collapse putting 12,000 jobs at risk

Parents are being offered budget-friendly tips to save money on uniform costs before the new school year begins.

Tips to save money on school uniforms including grants - how to apply

Aldi is hiring an ‘official beer taster’ to try new ranges

Aldi is hiring an ‘official beer taster’ to try new ranges

Primark customers will be able to order items online and collect them instore

Primark expands online shopping service to 32 more UK stores

Married couple Janet and John Ford, who own Tudor World, are at loggerheads with Joe Rukin, who runs Sinister Stratford ghost tours.

Turf war breaks out between Stratford-upon-Avon ghost tour guides

Miller and Carter

Miller and Carter issues important security warning to customers

SME owners will invest £5,000 into their own businesses

Three in 10 SMEs will invest over £5,000 - to start their own business

Becky from Derek Priestley Cheese Monger and Son

Birstall Market plans to start running on Saturdays to boost trade and visitors
Birstall Market is experiencing a revival despite post-pandemic pressures.

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HSBC customers have said they are having issues logging in to the app today

Hundreds of customers frustrated as popular banking app goes down

Jeremy Clarkson has won his battle with West Oxfordshire District council as permission to provide more parking at his Diddly Squat farm has been granted.

Jeremy Clarkson given green light for changes at Diddly Squat farm

Depop entrepreneur Callum Massey poses in a bath full of deadstock nike beanies from 2002 that he purchased and resold on the site.

Student sold unwanted clothes on Depop for extra cash - and made £250k

Vodafone and Three are to merge

Vodafone and Three to merge creating UK’s largest phone network

Rhys Whittock the prince harry lookalike dressed up.

Meet the Prince Harry lookalike who earns over £1,000 a day

More than 15,000 easyJet passengers have been hit by flight cancellations. Picture by PAU BARRENA/AFP via Getty Images

easyJet flight cancellations: Safety and wellbeing “highest priority”

Costa has been named as the UK’s favourite Coffee Shop

Major change coming to Costa Coffee loyalty card scheme

The retailer specialises in bridal dresses

David’s Bridal announces closing down sale amid bankruptcy filing

Here’s when all the major supermarkets will be open this May bank holiday

When supermarkets will be open this May bank holiday - full list

Wilko stores could close stores as firm in early stages of major shake-up

Wilko could close stores as firm in early stages of major shake-up

Kate Hall, 37, has been batch cooking and freezing for over 14 years, but only began freezing ingredients individually recently in what she deemed a “lightbulb moment”.

Woman saves more than £1k a year by freezing ingredients individually

CCTV footage shows the moment a man’s phone bursts into flames in his pocket

CCTV shows the moment a man’s phone burst into flames in his pocket

Sainsbury’s is giving customers who do not have a garden to host a BBQ this year with their new garden area for free

Sainsbury’s is giving away free £50 BBQ hampers - how to claim

BT to axe 40 percent of its workforce by 2030

Selling Sunset season 6: Who are Bre Tiesi and Nicole Young?

One of Aldi’s popular alcoholic spirits have been named as a world-best at a prestigious awards ceremony

Aldi alcoholic drink named best in the world - here’s what it is

One of Aldi’s popular alcoholic spirits has been named as a world-best at a prestigious awards ceremony

Hollyoaks star to join cast of Coronation Street

The food items which have gone up the most in the past year

Mary Fitzgerald is now Vice President of the Oppenheim Group(Pic: Netflix)

Selling Sunset season 6: are the cast real estate agents?

The Apprentice semi-finalist Megan Hornby

Apprentice star closes business after failing to impress Lord Sugar

Men in the UK being offered £10,000 to pose as dads for migrant women’s babies in visa scam

UK men being offered £10,000 to pose as dads in visa scam

Gordon Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares to return for new season

The new Vodafone chief executive has set out plans to “simplify” telecoms giant

Vodafone to cut 11,000 jobs

Center Parcs is a family-favourite destination for UK holidays

Family favourite holiday parks up for sale

M&S asked Fabio’s Gelato to change the name of their new Percy Pig flavour ice cream

M&S sends letter to ice cream parlour over name of Percy Pig product