Whether you’re tackling your garden or allotment, you’ll want one of these machines at hand

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Residents of less affluent Altadena worry their neighborhood will not have the same chance to rebuild as wealthy Palisades When Lydia Abraham-Traylor left the kindergarten class she teaches in downtown Los Angeles last Tuesday, her eyes were on the Palisades fire, which had started that morning.Abraham-Traylor, who lived with her eight-year-old daughter in Altadena, figured that fire was all the way across the city. The worst she’d have to handle was a power outage. Continue reading...

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Erling Haaland has inked a new deal that will keep him at the Etihad until the summer of 2034

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Tennis power couple Stefanos Tsitsipas and Paula Badosa shared a hilarious courtside exchange at the Australian Open as Badosa risked unravelling in her third round contest.

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Plus, finally the Nintendo Switch 2 reveal...

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EXCLUSIVE: The goal of the ban is to put the US wing of TikTok into American hands or be pulled from app stores over fears of its connections to the Chinese government and, unsurprisingly, the name being touted is Elon Musk

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Symptoms like insomnia, bloating and emotional shifts can occur before menopause begins, but they are often improperly addressed by doctorsIn her 40s, Karen Cummings started to notice a shift in her menstrual cycle. The New Yorker’s typically mild and consistent symptoms had been replaced by bloating, emotional swings and overwhelm before she entered menopause five years ago, at 52.She thought she might need to switch up her birth control. Her doctor suggested an antidepressant. But the symptoms seemed tied to her menstrual cycle. “I’m not depressed,” she remembers thinking. “I’m on the wrong birth control.” Continue reading...

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Exhibition space bills itself as first built entertainment and cultural exhibition space next to Battersea Power Station

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If you are unhappy with your provider, now may be the best time to switch.

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Napoli are in the market for a forward and have set their sights on Manchester United's Alejandro Garnacho with the club willing to listen to offers and the player himself open to the switch

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Leicester City have lost six-in-a-row and an air of resignation has set in amongst fans at the King Power Stadium that last season's Championship winners may be returning to the second tier - but Ruud van Nistelrooy sees it differently

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The Switch 2 has finally been revealed by Nintendo, and eagle-eyed fans have spotted what appears to be the chance to use its controllers as mice — potentially opening a huge library of titles

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British Gas, Scottish Power and Ovo Energy languish at the bottom of the annual rankings compiled by Which?

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Exclusive: Scientists at UCL hope one-off dose of powerful hallucinogenic could help drinkers reduce intakeA powerful psychedelic that is used in healing ceremonies by Indigenous groups in the Amazon is being trialled as a pioneering approach to reduce problematic alcohol consumption.Dimethyltryptamine (DMT) is the active ingredient in ayahuasca, a hallucinogenic brew that has been used for thousands of years by shamans in South America. Scientists based at University College London are testing whether a one-off dose of the drug could help hazardous drinkers who want to reduce their alcohol intake.The study is currently recruiting volunteers, who need to be regular drinkers aged 21 to 65 who do not have a formal diagnosis of alcohol disorder. Continue reading...

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Nintendo has finally revealed the Switch 2, but one account claims to have the information on how powerful the system will be — and the numbers may surprise you

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The Air Wand keeps your hair sleek and frizz-free as it shortens the drying time with powerful air speed, shoppers also loved the tools for styling options

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The battery powered device is suitable for back massage, as well as relieving shoulder, arm and leg muscles

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Labour’s panicked reaction to turbulence is to promise ‘ruthless’ cuts. It has learned the wrong lessons from Britain’s shortest-lived PMBritain’s centre of power is stalked by a zombie. Across Westminster, the mere mention of her name summons up a grim past, but she remains ever present: blond bob, eyes that never move and a grin slightly aslant so it expresses not mirth, but faint menace. When least expected, she can bark a laugh that sends shivers up a cabinet minister’s spine. And whenever her shadow looms in SW1, the dread murmur starts: she used to be prime minister, you know.Liz Truss’s stint at the top of politics ended years ago. Perhaps close confidants and trained medics are yet to break the news, but for her, power is a fading memory, a shrinking image in the rear-view. As the voters of South West Norfolk ensured last July, she is now an ex-politician. Yet in British political culture, she is the great undead. No other prime minister since the Brexit vote so haunts curre...

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It's understood the Carlisle United frontman is keen on making the switch to Fir Park

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Just days before the inauguration, the joke around Washington, DC’s corridors of power is that the Republican leader is now known as Musk’s ‘Vice President Trump’

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Manchester United are looking to make some moves in the January transfer window as Ruben Amorim attempts to bolster his struggling team

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The Boots x Love Island edit is back for the hit reality show's All Stars 2025 series, with beauty powerhouses now available to buy.

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Concerns have grown about the air quality near California’s Moss Landing Power Plant after last night’s fire

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Organization faces arguably its biggest test with Trump’s return to power with deportation, free speech and immigration on the agendaThe American Civil Liberties Union, a leading defender of rights and freedoms enshrined in the US constitution, has drafted several major lawsuits it is prepared to file should Donald Trump try to wield excessive or unlawful power at the start of his second presidency, which starts on Monday.Cecillia Wang, the ACLU’s recently appointed national legal director, said the organisation was fully set, with plaintiffs lined up and legal complaints already written. The incoming president’s plans to mass-deport millions of undocumented immigrants, his threats to pursue vendettas against his political enemies and his talk of mobilising the military for domestic purposes, are all squarely in the ACLU’s sights. Continue reading...

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The founder of Australian clothing brand Posse told Town & Country how Meghan Markle's support has been 'monumental'.

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Toum, London W1: ‘The rotisserie is very much not rotating. Has there been a power cut?’ – restaurant review  The Guardian

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Third ODI: Australia, 308-8, beat England, 222, by 86 runsThird 50-over win gives hosts 6-0 lead heading into T20sThere was a sense of inevitability about the result of the third Ashes ODI, from the moment Ash Gardner decided she was going to pummel Sophie Ecclestone for six in her first over of the day. Gardner has been England’s Ashes nemesis before – who can forget the 12 wickets she took in the 2023 Trent Bridge Test while nursing a finger injury?Now, here she was, taking on England’s best bowler just seconds after Heather Knight had brought her on. Australia might have been four wickets down in the first 15, following an underwhelming 180 all out on Tuesday, but Gardner saw Ecclestone coming, came down the track, and struck the ball sweetly over the top. Two hours later she was celebrating a first international hundred, and England were left requiring a record-breaking 309 to win. Continue reading...

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From aviation to retail, many industries are already looking to artificial intelligence to improve productivityKeir Starmer this week announced a 50-point plan that aims to give the UK world leader status in artificial intelligence and grow the economy by as much as £47bn a year over a decade.The multibillion-pound investment, which seeks to create a 20-fold increase in the amount of AI computing power under public control by 2030, has been framed as a gamechanger for businesses and public organisations. Continue reading...

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In my youth I met a girl who was the love of my life, but we couldn't make it work and broke up. I couldn't forget her, though, and, after a couple of years, I called her.

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With a high-powered job working in sales in London, 23-year-old Jasdeep Singh seems to have it all.

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The inauguration, scheduled for January 20, will mark the peaceful transfer of power from President Joe Biden to Trump

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The outgoing president was right, in his farewell address, to warn of the dangers posed by the billionaires around the tableAristocrats are “the most difficult Animals to manage, of anything in the whole Theory and practice of Government. They will not suffer themselves to be governed,” John Adams warned, writing after his presidency. Banning titles was insufficient; a few would still be distinguished by birth or, especially, wealth. The problem was not just their ability to buy political favours but the grip that their money had on people’s minds.Economic and political power entwine everywhere. Fear of the rich’s outsized influence has existed throughout US history. Yet at times the relationship becomes especially stark and threatening. On Wednesday, Joe Biden evoked the 19th-century Gilded Age and the robber barons – who crushed competitors, exploited workers, bought judges and politicians, and flaunted wealth – in his warning against oligarchs. Continue reading...

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The FTSE 100 index has powered to a new record, despite more gloomy economic data.

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After insurers like State Farm dropped policies, to switch to the state’s Fair plan was prohibitively pricey for manyWhen James Borow realized last Tuesday that his Palisades house was on fire, he was 300 miles away in Las Vegas at the Consumer Electronics Show. The power was out at his house but a friend suggested he remotely turn on his Tesla and see if the cameras showed anything.From the car camera, he watched in a panic as his house burned. As he drove home from Vegas to LA, he called his parents and told them: “You’ll see it on the news tomorrow, but the house is totally gone. I just watched it.” Continue reading...

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The Culture Secretary was asked if she plays videogames, when she listed the sector as among those attending a creative industries gathering.

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An expert in Central American criminal cartels has claimed that the Sinaloa drugs cartel, which has been blamed for the spread of the deadly 'zombie drug' Fentanyl, has moved the production of the powerful opioid to Canada

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The Scotland midfielder is said to be a big target of Inter head coach Simone Inzaghi

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Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg’s desperation to be cool as they suck up to Donald Trump is so cringe it makes my skin crawlI don’t know if anyone else has noticed this but everything seems to be going down the tubes quite fast. And not fun tubes, like at a waterpark. The “ending in shit” kind. The issues are complicated, the reasons diverse, but there are a few culprits who have been making themselves extremely visible.Alongside those holding political office, tech gragillionnaires (I had to invent a new number) like Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg obviously wield huge global influence with their computers and numbers and whatnot. There has been a lot written about them and there will be more, as they continue to shape the world and win favour with Donald Trump. Big, scary, probably ruinous things lie ahead. But I’m here to discuss the smaller part. The insult to injury, the sprinkling of salt in the wound. Continue reading...

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Our guide on what to know about the moment Trump becomes 47th US president – from the oath of office to who is attendingDonald Trump, 45th and soon to be 47th president of the United States, will be inaugurated in Washington on Monday, on the same Capitol steps where he was first sworn into power eight years ago.In front of an expected huge crowd of supporters and protesters Trump will again take the oath of office, and complete an astonishing political comeback. Continue reading...

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After years of speculation, and constant leaks in recent months, Nintendo has finally revealed the successor to the Nintendo Switch console.

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Neymar has endured a horror spell in Saudi Arabia with Al-Hilal boss Jorge Jesus questioning if the Brazil icon can still reach his previous level as talks over an MLS switch are held

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This includes the popular Microsoft 365 suite, with Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook.

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Adam Scott’s workplace thriller is back – and somehow even more clever, trippy and heartbreaking than before. A total TV triumphIt has been a three-year wait for fans, but the creators of Severance clearly haven’t wasted a minute of it. The first series was fantastically stylish, clever, trippy and compelling. The second is even more so. It demands all your concentration and takes you down rabbit holes so deep and twisted that you may meet yourself coming back. One half of your brain tries to keep up with developments while the other half is trying to digest what it all means. You are effectively severed yourself.When we left our four heroes, Dylan (Zach Cherry) had broken into the security room and tripped the switch that awoke his three friends’s Innies in the Outie world, in the hope of shining a light on Lumon’s cruelties towards employees and its ultimately-unknown-but-surely-not-morally-sound purpose. Mark (Adam Scott) discovered that his supposedly dead wife, Gemma (Dichen La...

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The calm crook used the power tool on a busy street in Paddington, central London, as stunned onlookers watched on.

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The Foreign Secretary and Culture Secretary will jointly chair the group.

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Speaking before fourth film’s release, Hugh Grant says his Daniel Cleaver character would be ‘re-educated’ by HR The workplace romance shown in Bridget Jones’s Diary would not withstand modern-day scrutiny from human resources, Renée Zellweger has said.Speaking with co-star Hugh Grant before the release of the fourth Bridget Jones film, Zellweger was asked if Jones’s boss was exploiting his powerful position when he made overtures to a junior employee. Continue reading...

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Shaun Murphy made it through to the semi-final of the Masters, but the Magician will still be left with one regret that may be playing on his mind, and Kyren Wilson won't let him forget it

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The utility company under investigation for sparking the most destructive fire in LA history opted against de-energizing transmission lines because the strength of the wind fell just shy of the threshold.

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