Last Beefeater and Brewers Fayre restaurants to close, with loss of 3,800 jobs, Premier Inn owner says | Hospitality industry

Premier Inn owner Whitbread is to cut about 3,800 jobs in the UK and Ireland and shut its remaining Beefeater and Brewers Fayre restaurants as it resets its five-year business strategy, amid tax rises and pressure from a US activist investor. The cuts will affect about 12% of Whitbread’s 30,000-strong workforce in the UK and…

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Myanmar’s blanket prison term reduction trims Aung San Suu Kyi’s sentence | Aung San Suu Kyi News

The deposed democratically elected leader has been granted two amnesties this month, but her remaining sentence remains unclear. Published On 30 Apr 202630 Apr 2026 Myanmar President Min Aung Hlaing has cut all prisoners’ sentences by one-sixth, a blanket measure that grants deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi’s sentence a further ⁠reduction, according to a…

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