Boohoo, the online retailer which snapped up the Debenhams brand this week, has confirmed "exclusive" talks to buy remnants of Sir Philip Green's Arcadia empire.
The UK is bracing for snow and downpours in the coming days, with the Met Office issuing weather warnings and telling people to prepare for travel disruption.
With schools unable to open until March at the very earliest, many pupils, parents and teachers are despairing at the thought of remote learning being extended.
The Duchess of Cambridge says homeschooling has left her "exhausted" during lockdown - and joked that her children were horrified when she became their hairdresser.
UK adults are couch-surfing their way through the third coronavirus lockdown and are less happy than they were during the first, a major study suggests.