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Volume sales this year climbed 3 per cent to 125m, the Wine and Spirit Trade Association said. The drink has seen higher sales over Christmas.

Sales of rosé surge as drinkers hunt taste of summer
04/04/2026 07:18 AM

When I received a letter from my uncle Richard's care home in February, informing me that his fees would rise by 7 per cent on April 1, I was dismayed.

Inside the care home fee crisis: How prices are likely to soar by £20,000 a year - and what you can do now to fight back. Special report by ANDREW PENMAN
04/04/2026 06:42 AM

Machin dislikes the term 'work-life balance', believing correctly that senior leaders should always be contactable and connected. Heresy to the woke and the work shy.

M&S boss Stuart Machin's work ethic makes him a one-man rebuke to shirkers, says RUTH SUNDERLAND
04/04/2026 05:37 AM