M&S have now suspended online orders as they continue to recover from the cyber attack.

With M&S confessing to a cyber attack over Easter, I went into my nearest M&S Food to use the self checkouts.

Out of 8 self checkouts, only three were working and while it was fine to scan barcodes, scanning the Sparks card took at least 15 seconds to register and around 30 seconds to get chip and ...

Tardisrotor wrote: Tue 22 Apr, 2025 15.25By all means identify as a man or woman but accept the fact that in the eyes of the law your biology can't be changed

Trans people would disagree with that statement. They're given hormone therapy which gives them for example the ability to grow beards as trans men for example.

My local Smiths even sells vapes!


to be fair they always sold fags so its a natural evolution of that.


It wasn't always the case locally that my store sold cigarettes. It was purely a news, mags, books, stationary and music store until the 2000s when they started selling sweets and drinks ...

Damn, I wish people would respect the "sex-based rights" of my cis lesbian friends who keep getting aggro in women's toilets for not looking sufficiently feminine enough which often leaves them having to brave the gents with shewees. I would love it if people would utilise their right to mind ...

What has helped the Gender Critical movement substantially is that they have a major ally in author J.K. Rowling who was believed to have bankrolled For Women Scotland's appeal against the Scottish Government.


She genuinely makes me feel sick, I've been unable to watch or read anything Harry ...

What has helped the Gender Critical movement substantially is that they have a major ally in author J.K. Rowling who was believed to have bankrolled For Women Scotland's appeal against the Scottish Government.

The main players in their movement are largely white middle class women, a small clique ...

Poundland are closing one of their 'Local' branded stores at Clapham Junction in May.

This may be the start of the end for Poundland's convenience store format considering the UK business is up for sale.

Rebel Energy is going out of business.

Just got a pleasant surprise in the post. Two days ago I visited a Virgin Money branch to request a new debit card as my current one wasn't working in certain third party ATMs (it was being spat back out without even letting me enter the pin due to the black stripe being damaged - it worked fine ...

I think its the right thing for WHSmith to divest themselves of those shops. At the end of the day, WHSmith as a shop was in need of an evolution. I've said it before, and I'll say it again: it needs a clear direction. At the moment, WHSmith is a mess. Its trying to do so much- its a newsagents ...