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Regulator begins investigation over Tesco profits

The Financial Conduct Authority has begun a full investigation into Tesco after the supermarket overstated its half-year profits by £250m, the company has announced.

Tesco's new chief financial officer will begin his role three months earlier following the shock profit warning.

Alan Stewart will start immediately rather than at the beginning of December after it revealed an accounting issue had seen the chain overstate its first half-year profit.

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£22 million Tesco store boarded up as opening delayed

The opening of a £22 million Tesco store has been delayed - the second such "delayed opening" announced by the troubled supermarket chain this month.

The 47,000 square foot superstore in Chatteris, near Ely in Cambridgeshire, will be boarded up "until further notice", a spokesman confirmed.

Tesco had planned to open the £22 million superstore in November. Credit: Chris Radburn/PA Wire

As part of the development, a river bed has been moved, an underpass built and a roundabout installed, sparking numerous complaints.

The Tesco spokesman said there was no timeline for the development "beyond that it is delayed".

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