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Tinsel in August and pre-Christmas sales: UK festive shopping starts earlier than ever

Retail push months in advance means last-minute shoppers may risk missing out on gifts – and leads to demands for rules

The Guardian - UK

Mrs Hinch's first festive buy of the season is actually a candle in disguise – and we're a little obsessed

Creativity was certainly on the cards for this year's Christmas decorations

Ideal Home

Home Bargains set up ‘confidential hotline’ to report shoplifting with £500 reward

Home Bargains sets up confidential hotline where customers can give the company information on shoplifters

The Independent UK

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What happened to Wilko and when will the last shops shut?

The closure of the firm’s remaining 400 stores and the loss of 9,100 staff was confirmed by administrators PwC on Monday

The Independent UK

Wilko: B&M strikes deal to buy 51 stores for up to £13m

Poundland, Home Bargains and The Range also in talks to snap up some of stricken retailer’s outlets

The Guardian - UK

Wilko to close ‘majority of stores’ with loss of thousands of jobs

UK retailer, which has about 400 shops, likely to shut some branches ‘in near future’ after no buyer found

The Guardian - UK

Bah, humbug! Christmas comes too early for north Wales shoppers

Yuletide goods on sale alongside summer lines and before Halloween items annoyed locals in Home Bargains in Denbigh

The Guardian - UK

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Christmas and Halloween items in Wilko ‘everything must go’ sale

Administrators try to secure rescue deal for retailer, with talks expected to go on well into next week

The Guardian - UK

Wilko is the latest shop to be edged out by competition but it doesn't have to mean the end for the budget retailer

By selling pick ‘n’ mix, stationery, garden tools and bird boxes, Wilko has spent the last 90 years transforming from a one-store business into one of the UK’s major budget retail players. It now has around 400 stores, but it has also become the latest high street shop to face…

The Conversation

What went wrong at Wilko?

Analysts partly blame too many large stores selling low-profit goods on dearer high street locations

The Guardian - UK

Home Bargains is launching bakeries in its stores, and pastries will be as cheap as 55p!

The discount homeware store is launching bakeries in 69 venues across the UK

GoodToKnow

Home Bargains extends 'do not eat' warning to customers over potentially fatal product

The store has warned more items are affected by dangerously high levels of caffeine they contain

Wales Online

I tried Home Bargains' new in-store bakery and their bargain sausage rolls, pastries and doughnuts are as good as Lidl or Greggs

The Home Bargains bakery in Merthyr Tydfil opened in 2023

Wales Online

Home Bargains product recall: Item deemed "unsafe" for children and pregnant people urgently withdrawn

Everything you need to know about the Home Bargains product recall, after a protein powder product was found to contain dangerous levels of caffeine.

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Wales Online

Home Bargains shoppers warned 'do not eat' health food product which could kill

The discount store has issued a recall but a fresh safety warning has now been made after it was revealed caffeine levels could prove fatal

Nottingham Post

Tesco, Lidl and Home Bargains issue warning as products pulled from shelves

Anyone who has bought one of these items can take it to their nearest store in exchange for a full refund

Wales Online

Tesco and Home Bargains recall products over safety concerns

Gluten has been found in three Tesco products which were marketed as free from the protein

Daily Record

Tesco, Lidl and Home Bargains issue warning as products recalled due to health risk

A number of supermarkets have recalled various products from their shelves, due to health and safety fears - and people are being urged to return them to the store for a refund.

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Bristol Post

Bristol Home Bargains confirms new in-store bakery

It will sell five sausage rolls for just over £1 and baguettes for 75p

Liverpool Echo

Home Bargains to open bakeries in over 60 stores including here in Merseyside

New bakeries will open in dozens of stores across the UK

Chronicle Live

Three products being pulled from the shelves by Tesco, Lidl and Home Bargains due to health risk

All three supermarkets have recalled a product each in recent days

Liverpool Echo

Home Bargains, Lidl and Tesco warning as products pulled from shelves due to health risk

Anyone who has bought one of these items can take it to their nearest store in exchange for a full refund

Chronicle Live

Home Bargains to have 64 in-store bakeries including North East sites - see full list here

The retailer is introducing more bakeries in stores across the UK - see if your local Home Bargains shop is on the list

Manchester Evening News

Home Bargains confirms 64 new in-store bakeries including three in Greater Manchester

There will be baked goods including five sausage rolls for just over £1 and baguettes for 75p

Wales Online

Drug dealers caught when one tried to sell cocaine to his social worker

A text message blunder has ended up with two men going to prison

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