35 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.

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36 minutes ago Could we all be as positive as Chris Hoy facing death? Perhaps knowing when we will go changes everything | Simon Jenkins

As Hoy has said, there is agony in trying to predict the future. Medical advances mean we might be able to navigate an awful diagnosis with some certaintyWe can all sympathise with Chris Hoy for his terminal cancer, and admire the manner in which he revealed it. Dignity so rarely goes with celebrity. We wish him well. But Hoy has two advantages over me. First, he cycles faster. Second, he knows how long he has to live. It is four years at the outside.Hoy can therefore plan. He can draw up a final bucket list. He can complete the projects, deepen the friendships and make the trips. He still has time to climb the munros, visit Machu Picchu and see all of Shakespeare. Or he can choose not to. He can be a hedonist and take each day as it comes, revelling in what he calls his good fortune to...

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48 minutes ago Golda Rosheuvel: 'Bridgerton has changed the way we consider television'

The actor talks about community, supporting small businesses and playing Queen Charlotte in the Netflix smash

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50 minutes ago UK’s youngest lottery winner ‘happier than ever’ with fifth child after blowing fortune

Callie Rogers, 37, was just 16 when she won the £1.8million jackpot – and went bankrupt after splurging on plastic surgery, clothes and ‘gifts’ to friends and family

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62 minutes ago Coronation Street's Jack P Shepherd worlds away from David Platt in glimpse at wedding preparations

It appears the actor, who is famed for playing David Platt in the ITV soap, and his new fiancee are already pressing ahead with their nuptials

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95 minutes ago Where to stream Joshua Jackson's most iconic series for free ahead of Doctor Odyssey drop

All six seasons of the hit nineties teen drama are available to stream in full on ITVX, ahead of lead actor Joshua Jackson's return to the small screen in Disney+ drama Doctor Odyssey

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97 minutes 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 Chris McCausland's backstage question to Dianne Buswell leaves Strictly viewers in tears

Strictly Come Dancing viewers were left in tears after they spotted a sweet moment between Chris McCausland and Dianne Buswell following their emotional performance

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1 hour ago Aaron Ramsdale's dad risks wrath of Arsenal fans with reaction to Bournemouth defeat

Nick Ramsdale, who has previously been outspoken about Mikel Arteta, made his feelings clear after Bournemouth's Premier League win on Saturday to leave many Arsenal supporters furious

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1 hour ago Loose Women's Coleen Nolan strips naked on This Morning leaving Ben Shephard red

Loose Women star Coleen Nolan went starkers on Monday's episode of This Morning, leaving host Ben Shephard red-faced as he tried to cover up his co-star for the cheeky display

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