Indulging in a four-day weekend to celebrate the Queen's Diamond Jubilee next month will push Britain deeper into recession, the Bank of England has warned.

Consumers shunned the high street during the wettest April on record as overall spending dropped at the sharpest rate in 11 months, a study said today.

Scrapping public holidays could add £18 billion to the nation's annual economic output, according to a think-tank.

The ceramics maker Portmeirion had another "excellent year" in 2012 as demand from the US, South Korea and the UK continued to boom.

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From today, the biggest names in the fashion world will descend upon the capital for London Fashion Week 2012.

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I don't know about you but I've always thought the 60th anniversary of the ascension to Head of State of an unelected aristocrat from a half-German family unusually well-endowed with dimwits and philanderers was just the moment to ignore building schools for the poor, hospitals for the sick, and homes for the needy, in favour of a giant boat to sit moored for most of the year and be occasionally chartered by the aforementioned family on their trips through the Commonwealth.

The challenges faced by the global economy were underlined today by mixed growth figures from both sides of the Atlantic.

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