AN armed man took hostages in a supermarket in southern France, killing three people and injuring about a dozen others before being shot dead when French police stormed the market, authorities have said.
French President Emmanuel Macron said all evidence suggested that it was a terror attack – the first one since he became president in May.
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Prezzo by PA
Hundreds of jobs are to be axed at Prezzo after the restaurant chain agreed a restructuring plan that will see nearly 100 sites close.
The company, owned by private equity firm TPG Capital, secured the backing of creditors for Company Voluntary Arrangement (CVA) on Friday, which will allow the Italian-themed chain to exit unprofitable branches and secure rent reductions.
A total of 94 of Prezzo’s 300 outlets will close, with around 500 jobs understood to be in the firing line, although many staff will be redeployed at other restaurants.
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Taoiseach Leo Varadkar (Niall Carson/PA)
The UK should stay as close as possible to the EU after Brexit, Irish premier Leo Varadkar has said.
The “enormous” trade between Britain and Ireland should be protected to ensure Irish jobs, the premier added.
But he said it was up to the UK to propose a solution on the vexed Irish border question if it rejected that put forward by European leaders.
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