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AstraZeneca and Merck recently axed plans for sizeable infrastructure investment in Britain, with the US pharma group citing UK drugs prices as a major reason for its U-turn.

She claimed a "black hole" in the nation's finances meant winter fuel payments would have to be axed for millions of pensioners and National Insurance hiked for employers.

Rangers were sitting eighth in the Scottish Premiership, 11 points behind leaders Heart of Midlothian, and had failed to qualify for the league phase of the Champions League when former Southampton boss Martin was axed.

For years its Focus model was the UK's most-popular, but the US company axed the hatchback and the last Ford Focus rolled off factory lines in Germany last week.

When the show was axed mere days before production was set to begin, Brooks took it as a sign that her dream was dead.