7 h. ago How OnlyFans killed off the strip club: Number of venues falls to lowest level in over a decade

'People are now tipping sex workers and strippers using their phones, rather than slipping a 10 pound note in a thong,' a pop culture expert told MailOnline.

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3 d. ago Almost one in five NHS operations now carried out in private hospitals

The waiting list for routine hospital treatment in England has fallen to its lowest level for two years

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7 d. ago US supreme court limits federal judges’ power to block Trump orders

Ruling to limit nationwide injunctions could see president’s order to ban birthright citizenship partially implementedUS politics live – latest updatesThe US supreme court has supported Donald Trump’s attempt to limit federal judges’ power to block his orders on a nationwide basis, in a controversial ruling on an emergency appeal related to the birthright citizenship case that has wide implications for the executive branch’s power and which Trump claimed as a “giant win”.The decision represents a fundamental shift in how US federal courts can constrain presidential power. Previously, any of the country’s more than 1,000 judges in its 94 district courts – the lowest level of federal court, which handles trials and initial rulings – could issue nationwide injunctions that immediately halt government policies across all 50 states. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago Congrats to Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez on the wedding – and to Venice for running them out of town | Emma Brockes

People power forced a change of venue, proving that a man worth £223bn can still fall foul of ordinary folk with pool floatsThere are so many questions swirling around the forthcoming wedding of Jeff Bezos to Lauren Sánchez this weekend – for instance, who in their right mind books Venice in high summer? Why isn’t Katy Perry going? And how is Eva Longoria still on every guest list, despite not having been famous since 2012? – but the one I keep sticking on in this: as the world’s third richest man, Bezos could, we assume, charm almost any woman on the planet into some sort of marital arrangement with him. In which case, and with all due respect, why Sánchez?I don’t mean this to be as rude at it sounds. Lauren Sánchez, a 55-year-old former TV presenter and licensed pilot, is, I’m sure, funny and clever and up there with Peter Ustinov as a great dinner party guest. Her betrothed, on the other hand, doesn’t appear to be a man comfortable with making anything but the most obvious choice...

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1 week ago Bank of England governor Andrew Bailey warns Trump trade wars are creating unpredictability; UK restricts steel imports – business live

Oil has fallen to its lowest level since June’s conflict began, while stock markets have jumped across Asia and EuropeOil prices sink after Iranian strike on US airbase reduces fears of market disruptionTravel and leisure stocks across Europe are rallying too.This has pushed up the STOXX Europe travel and leisure index by 4.1% in early trading, which Reuters reports it the biggest one-day jump since 10 April. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Americans' view of the economy slides in June, wiping out gains from previous month

Americans’ view of the economy worsened in June, wiping out much of the previous month’s gain which followed a string of declines that had dragged consumer confidence to its lowest level since the COVID-19 pandemic five years ago

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1 week ago Fed chair Powell insists there’s no rush to cut US interest rates, despite Trump criticism – business live

Oil has fallen to its lowest level since June’s conflict began, while stock markets have jumped across Asia and EuropeOil prices sink after Iranian strike on US airbase reduces fears of market disruptionTravel and leisure stocks across Europe are rallying too.This has pushed up the STOXX Europe travel and leisure index by 4.1% in early trading, which Reuters reports it the biggest one-day jump since 10 April. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Cheapest places to rent: The UK cities where rent is rising fastest, and one where it is falling

The cost of renting is continuing to rise across most of the UK, but the rate of inflation has slowed to its lowest level since July 2001.

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2 w. ago Recruiter Hays warns global slump in hirings will more than halve its profits

Shares in recruitment firm fall by as much as 20% to 13-year low after it predicts annual profits of about £45m• Business live – latest updatesA slump in hiring activity at businesses around the world means profits will more than halve at Hays, the global recruitment company has warned, sending its shares to their lowest level in more than a decadeDemand for new permanent staff has fallen sharply, reflecting “low levels of client and candidate confidence as a result of macroeconomic uncertainty”, Hays told investors in an unscheduled update. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Recruiter Hays warns global slump in hirings will halve its profits

Shares fall by as much as 20% at one point to lowest level in 13 years before easing back to more than 10% down• Business live – latest updatesA slump in hiring activity at businesses around the world means profits will more than halve at Hays, the global recruitment company has warned, sending its shares down more than 10%.Demand for new permanent staff has fallen sharply, reflecting “low levels of client and candidate confidence as a result of macroeconomic uncertainty”, Hays told investors in an unscheduled update. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Number of Scottish SME home builders falls to lowest level in 20 years as Scotland remains in housing emergency

New report highlights red tape and rising costs as key issues

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3 w. ago NHS waiting lists fall to lowest level in two years...but number of patients waiting over a year on the rise

The news comes after Chancellor Rachel Reeves gave the NHS a cash injection of an extra £29 billion per year.

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3 w. ago NHS waiting list for planned treatment falls to lowest level in two years

Health and Social Care Secretary Wes Streeting said the Government was ‘putting the NHS on the road to recovery’.

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