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5 Things You Need To Know, Today, on Monday 12th September 2022
5. Mike Ashley, the high street tycoon who has snapped up some of Britain's best-known retailers, is plotting a takeover of Gieves & Hawkes, the historic Savile Row tailor.
Ashley's Frasers Group is among a handful of bidders vying for control of the brand, which is being sold after its Hong Kong-based owner collapsed into liquidation.
4. Mourners wanting to pay their respects to the Queen are being warned to plan their train journeys to London in advance.
The Rail Delivery Group said services to, and stations in, the capital will be "extremely busy".
3. Russia aims to "deprive people of light and heat" by causing power cuts across eastern Ukraine in revenge for a Ukrainian counter-offensive, President Volodymyr Zelensky has said.
Blackouts reportedly affected millions of people in the eastern Kharkiv and Donetsk regions, it comes after Ukraine said it had retaken over 3,000 sq km (1,158 sq miles) in an eastern counter-offensive.
2. The Bank of England has postponed a key decision on interest rates following the death of Queen Elizabeth II.
It said that "in light of the period of national mourning", the Monetary Policy Committee's decision would now be announced at midday on 22 September.
1. Customers on fixed energy deals will see their tariffs automatically cut, the Department for Business has said.
New Prime Minister Liz Truss announced typical annual household bills would be capped at £2,500 for two years.