A 1.7% increase in sales in the fourth quarter kept the drop at 2.6% for the year, overcoming a 4.1% drop during the first nine months. Smaller than expected losses in sales of books for adults helped to offset plunges in the children’s sector.
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Jack Thrasher scored 18 points and pulled down seven offensive rebounds to lift Omaha Concordia past Lincoln Lutheran 53-45 on Thursday in a matchup of one-loss teams.
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Some service industry jobs should come with hazard pay for navigating conversational minefields. That's how one California barista is feeling after being told point blank that employees like her don't deserve a better wage—by the police officer she just gave a free drink to.
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By Norm Frauenheim – Five days after one year turned into a new one and some resolutions were already turning into broken promises, boxing goes back to work. 2024’s first bell is Saturday with Virgil Ortiz Jr. against Frederick Lawson at Las Vegas’ Virgin Hotel in a DAZN-streamed junior-middleweight bout. On paper, it’s an appropriate […]
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Invicta Dynamos return to league action this weekend with the head coach hoping for a January like last year.
Jacob Berkeley-Agyepong can hardly believe his luck as he prepares to line up for Maidstone in the FA Cup third round.
George Elokobi says Maidstone’s FA Cup third-round tie against Stevenage is a win-win moment for the club - whatever the score.
Head coach Matt Corker wants Canterbury Rugby Club competing at the top-end of National League 2 East in 2024.
Harvel’s Tony Collett last won the Cesarewitch - one of greyhound racing’s original classics - in 2008 and starts his latest bid on Saturday.
Gillingham head coach Stephen Clemence on his plan to disrupt Premier League Sheffield United.
Gillingham head coach Stephen Clemence on what he has been told about the club’s transfer policy.
Max Ehmer is no stranger to big games against Sheffield United and has already run them close once before in the FA Cup.
Private-hire dog parks have seen an influx in calls from XL Bully owners – but they won’t be allowed to play with others.
A father and daughter are worried their pet alpacas and goats could be culled as the animals are set to be tested for the bluetongue virus.
Frustrated homeowners have told of their “living hell” inside new-builds riddled with damp and deemed unsellable.
The owner of a high street luggage shop says he faces a bill of potentially £40,000 to fix the damage caused to the store’s roof by lead thieves.