The FTSE 250 ended up 106.68 points, 0.5%, at 24,004.78, while the AIM All-Share closed down 3.75 points, 0.5%, at 767.94. Burnham said governments have, for decades, failed to tackle reform of social care in England, seeing it as ‘too risky, too difficult, and too complicated’. A magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck the Kumamoto area on the southern main island of Kyushu late on Tuesday afternoon. Tuesday on Car DealerUsed car supermarket Big Motoring World has begun consulting staff over potential redundancies after deciding to scale back its Big Wants Your Car vehicle buying operation. WeatherHot and sunny weather will dominate southern areas today, while northern and western parts turn cloudier as rain spreads south across Scotland, Northern Ireland and into northern England and Wales, reports BBC Weather.