Bakery chain’s shares fall after slowdown at start of year, when it also increased price of its sausage rolls

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Greggs has recorded its worst sales growth since the pandemic, when it was forced to shut stores, amid poor weather at the start of 2025 and evidence shoppers are cutting back on snacks.

Shares in Greggs slid nearly 12% on Tuesday as the company reported that sales growth at established stores had softened to 1.7% in the nine weeks since late December. The figure represents a further slowdown after the pace of growth more than halved to 2.5% in the previous quarter.

White House’s latest punitive move against Kyiv will lead to ‘joy in Moscow’, Ukrainian commentators say

Ukraine has reacted with defiance and anger to Donald Trump’s suspension of US military aid, saying the decision amounted to betrayal by an ally and would help Russia to bomb and kill more civilians.

Deliveries of ammunition and vehicles have ceased, including shipments agreed when Joe Biden was president. Some Ukrainians said the biggest impact was likely to be on Ukraine’s ability to defend itself from Russian air attacks, which have escalated in recent weeks.

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• Serie A admits gap to Premier League in US popularity

A senior Serie A executive has said Italian clubs playing a regular-season game in the United States could happen within one to two years but admitted the league had a long way to go to catch up with the Premier League’s popularity there.

Serie A’s commercial and marketing director, Michele Ciccarese, confirmed an earlier comment by its USA managing director, Charlie Stillitano, that it wanted to be the first foreign league to stage a regular-season game in the US. Ciccarese was speaking to journalists and partners at the league’s American headquarters in New York and standing alongside Serie A’s president, Ezio Simonelli.

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1st over: Australia 2-0 (Head 1, Connolly 0) Shami was millimetres away from the early breakthrough. Just mistimed his attempt at a return catch, palming it round the post as opposed to pouching the leading edge off Head’s bat. Head collected a single from a full blooded drive that was well stopped in the covers. Connolly swiped and missed at one. Apart from the wide up front, it was a tidy start with the ball.

Dropped off the first (legal) ball!

‘Weapons are a red line for Hamas and all factions’, says Hamas leader Sami Abu Zuhri after Israeli minister calls for ‘full demilitarisation’ of Gaza

An Arab summit draft communique on Tuesday adopted an Egyptian plan for Gaza’s future and called on the international community and financial institutions to provide support for the plan quickly.

Hamas leader Sami Abu Zuhri told AFP Tuesday that disarming is a red line for his movement and other Palestinian militant groups in negotiations to extend the fragile Gaza ceasefire.

Pontiff, 88, is receiving high-flow oxygen and his breathing will be aided overnight by a non-invasive ventilator

Pope Francis remained stable on Tuesday and did not suffer any further respiratory crises, the Vatican has said.

The pope, who has pneumonia in both lungs, has been at the Gemelli hospital in Rome for more than two weeks.