High street chain wilko says it has appointed Administrators after failing to secure a rescue deal. You will remember this chain has been in the news for the last couple of weeks with concerns over whether it will be rescued. It looks like the rescue deal has fallen through and they have appointed Administrators. 12,000 people, it looks like, at risk potentially, following the news that wilko has appointed Administrators. We will bring you any more detail when we get the story but the Breaking News, wilko, the high street chain, has appointed Administrators. Here in the uk, police and the West Midlands say they are treating a fire at a Well Known18th century pub near dudley as arson. The cricket house, described as britains One Ovest Pub was largely destroyed by the blaze, it was then bulldozed with the local council said was unauthorised, unacceptable and possibly unlawful. Here is louisa pilbeam. Whats left of the 250 year old pub has now been searched by a Specialist Fire Service do
opportunity on behalf of the directors and wilco family to thank customers and hard working team members across the store and those people who have remained loyal to wilco. the news once again, wilko, one of the uk s biggest discount retailers, has gone into administration, putting something like 12,000 jobs at risk. we will bring you more as we get it on that story. halifax is set to sharply cut rates on some of its fixed mortgage deals. it will reduce rates by up to 0.71 percentage points from friday with a five year fixed price deal at 5.39%, from 6.1%. other lenders like hsbc, nationwide and tsb have all cut some rates. with more on this, our cost of living correspondent kevin peachey. hello. can we say it s good
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