7 h. ago Brace for the 'milkshake tax'! Ministers propose extending sugar levy to milk drinks

Measures put out for consultation by the government would remove the exemption currently in place for milk drinks.

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26 h. ago Bodybuilder buys breast milk online and drinks two sachets a day to 'help build his muscles'

Jameson Ritenour, 39, from the US, has been using breast milk as a bodybuilding supplement and claims that he's never been in better shape

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63 h. ago Hairy Biker star SI KING on why he never 'splits the G' and which drink he thinks is absolutely awful

The Hairy Biker, 58, tells Samuel Fishwick about the lost joys of school milk, his most stylish cocktail and a singularly disgusting drink he had in India

Politics

6 d. ago Putin ready for direct talks with Ukraine, spokesperson says

Moscow turns down proposal to extend Easter ceasefire as Ukraine officials head to London to discuss US peace planRussia-Ukraine war – latest news updatesThe Kremlin says it is open to direct talks with Ukraine but has declined to back Kyiv’s proposal to extend the Easter ceasefire.Vladimir Putin’s spokesperson told reporters in Moscow on Tuesday that there were no concrete plans for negotiations on halting strikes against civilian targets, but that the Russian president was willing to discuss this directly with Ukraine if Kyiv removed “certain obstacles”. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Turnbull says negative gearing ‘examined by every government’ – as it happened

This blog is now closedPeter Dutton insists he ‘believes in climate change’ after refusing to say if impacts of global heating worseningAnywhere but Canberra: Australian voters on what matters to themInteractive guide to electorates in the Australian electionListen to the latest episode of our new narrative podcast series: GinaSee all our Australian election 2025 coverageGet our afternoon election email, free app or daily news podcastBoth parties claim victory in last night’s debateThe political reaction to last night’s debate is coming in thick and fast. No surprises here that the Liberals believe their leader Peter Dutton won with flying colours, while Labor has backed Albanese for the victory.I saw a very weak, indecisive Prime Minister and a very strong Opposition leader. And I was particularly blown away, Bridget, by the prime minister not fessing up that his own government modelled changes to negative gearing and capital gains tax with respect to homeownership.The prime minist...

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1 week ago Australia news live: Turnbull says negative gearing ‘examined by every government’; measles warning issued for greater Melbourne area

Follow today’s news liveAnywhere but Canberra: Australian voters on what matters to themInteractive guide to electorates in the Australian electionListen to the latest episode of our new narrative podcast series: GinaSee all our Australian election 2025 coverageGet our afternoon election email, free app or daily news podcastBoth parties claim victory in last night’s debateThe political reaction to last night’s debate is coming in thick and fast. No surprises here that the Liberals believe their leader Peter Dutton won with flying colours, while Labor has backed Albanese for the victory.I saw a very weak, indecisive Prime Minister and a very strong Opposition leader. And I was particularly blown away, Bridget, by the prime minister not fessing up that his own government modelled changes to negative gearing and capital gains tax with respect to homeownership.The prime minister says the government did not commission any advice on negative gearing or capital gains tax changes, but the t...

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2 w. ago Donald Trump is now badly wounded. Europe can seize an advantage | Will Hutton

It’s time to fashion a new global trade order without the USThe game-changing geopolitical event last week was the near collapse of the immense $29tn ­market in US government debt, threatening the stability of the American and global financial system and the safe-haven status of dollar assets.The US president boasted as the collapse unfolded that world leaders were queueing to “kiss his arse”. Twelve hours later, he was in the same humiliatingly weak position as the then British prime minister Liz Truss found herself after her tax-slashing “mini-budget” in 2022. The markets had forced him to pause for 90 days the swingeing range of “reciprocal” tariffs that he announced on what he proclaimed “liberation day”; instead he lowered all of them, bar that on China, to 10%. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Brits told to stop storing milk in fridge door for important reason

Experts say that UK households bin about £250 worth of food per person in a typical year, or £1,000 for a family of four - and the way you organise your fridge is part of that

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2 w. ago Ministers urged to hit supersize SUVs with higher tax to pay for pothole crisis

Critics say it's time to stop giving these four-wheeled behemoths a free ride. They're demanding a shake-up of road tax rules to favour smaller, lighter models – and hit SUV owners where it hurts: their wallets

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3 w. ago Peta rail against Gail’s Bakery for ‘discriminatory’ extra charges for non

The bakery charges coffee drinkers up to 60p extra for plant-based milk

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3 w. ago Eluned Morgan wants tourist tax money to be used to make beach toilets free

Wales' First Minister said ringfencing money from the tourism tax will help protect local services

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3 w. ago Eluned Morgan wants to make beach toilets free in tourist hotspots

Wales' First Minister said ringfencing money from the tourism tax will help protect local services

Society

3 w. ago Elizabeth Hurley, 59, goes braless and flashes her knickers under a sheer pink dress as she drinks milk in quirky shoot

The English actress went braless beneath the risky silk number in a shoot posted to Instagram on Wednesday, adding a pair of platform shoes to the outfit.

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