47 minutes ago Smaller businesses ‘could face higher costs under new employment laws’

The Employment Rights Bill includes plans to improve areas such as parental and bereavement leave and protection from unfair dismissal.

Economics

57 minutes ago TV doctor urges people to see GP after Chris Hoy reveals he has terminal cancer

Dr Xand van Tulleken said that Sir Chris Hoy assumed his initial cancer symptom was just from a work out

Science

59 minutes ago Tourists to Italy should avoid doing one every day thing, travel expert warns

A travel expert has urged tourists against ordering one thing in restaurants past a certain time whilst visiting Italy, with one particular every day action unlikely to go down well with the locals

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99 minutes ago Nintendo users warned 'plug it in now' over 'ticking time bomb' fault with dying console

An urgent warning has been issued to anyone still owning a Nintendo Wii U, after experts spotted a horrific error appearing after the consoles had been without power for a long time

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1 hour ago ‘Bob Dylan was an endearing young scallywag!’ Barbara Dane, the singer who burned a path through folk, blues and activism

The US singer-songwriter, who has died aged 97, encountered Louis Armstrong and more as she championed civil rights as much as music. In her final interview conducted last week, she explained why she was still angryAs a singer-songwriter who was as devoted to social change as she was to her craft, Barbara Dane, who has died aged 97, is a singularly inspiring figure in American music.Amid a crop of reissues and a new film, I spoke to her just last week over the phone as she was cared for in a home hospice in Oakland, California, due to heart disease. As a singer, songwriter and activist over almost 80 years, finding kinship with everyone from Bob Dylan to Louis Armstrong, she demonstrated formidable quantities of courage and compassion, as documented in that new film, The 9 Lives of Barb...

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1 hour ago Ministers admit workers' rights overhaul could cost business £5BILLION a year and lead to price rises and job cuts

The package - including flexible working, paternity and sick leave from day one - could force up prices for consumers and lead to job cuts.

Economics

1 hour ago Are we living in Back to the Future? Scientists reveal what the cult film got right and wrong

As we mark this year's Back to the Future Day, scientists reveal what the cult classic got right - and what it got completely wrong.

Politics

2 hours ago Grandfather jailed after shouting racist slurs during far right riots has died in prison

Peter Lynch, of Burman Road, in Wath-upon-Dearn, was among the roughly 700 people who descended on a Holiday Inn in Malvern, Rotherham and instigated violent riots

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2 hours ago Vet issues urgent warning to dog owners who have five foods in their homes

Some foods are seriously toxic to dogs, and they are all commonly found around the house. A vet has urged people to be cautious around their pets when they eat these foods

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2 hours ago Sonic X Shadow Generations review – solid Sonic remaster is even better the second time around

Sonic X Shadow Generations brilliantly remasters one of the best Sonic the Hedgehog games for modern systems, with an extra Shadow-themed cherry on top.

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