1 hour ago CEO of machinery factory killed when forklift operator on a cell phone ran into him

The CEO is not the first person to be killed at the EV vehicle construction site

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2 h. ago Playing the waiting game: Experts react to ‘This Is Us’ star Milo Ventimiglia’s personal money mantra

‘For any big-ticket want, not a need, we use a simple rule: pause, write it down, and set a future date to revisit it,’ one expert said

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3 h. ago How to end the year right: come up with your own personal rituals

Rituals are different from routines – they elevate everyday life. Here’s how to create meaning beyond the festive seasonHow do you celebrate the end of the year?Office parties can be a drag, but if you’re self-employed, it can be easy to roll without ceremony from one year into the next. Three years ago, two friends and I were bemoaning the lack of festivities and decided to make up for it by organising our own end-of-year lunch.I’m an adult. Why do I regress under my parents’ roof?I like my own company. But do I spend too much time alone?People say you’ll know – but will I regret not having children?I Can Fit That In: How Rituals Transform Your Life by Erin Coupe is out now Continue reading...

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3 h. ago WWE legend slammed for boozy cameo wedding message as he asks 'why get married?'

The WWE hall of famer, 76, charges $600 a pop for a personalised message on celebrity video site Cameo, but negative reviews have spread like wildfire on social media in recent days

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3 h. ago Ryan Thomas reveals he was secretly planning to break up with Lucy Mecklenburgh

The former Coronation Streetstar, 41, got engaged to the TV personality, 34, in 2019 two years after they met while competing on the reality show, Celebrity Island with Bear Grylls.

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4 h. ago Alec Baldwin says tragic Rust shooting 'took 10 years off my life' as he reveals toll ordeal took on his health

The Oscar-nominated actor, 67, spoke with the podcast Dopey: On the Dark Comedy of Drug Addiction on Friday about what he experienced personally in the wake of the traumatic incident.

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6 h. ago Tories: Farmers’ personal cost not forgotten despite inheritance tax change

Labour’s watered-down plans will see the relief threshold for farmers raised from £1 million to £2.5 million.

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7 h. ago HMRC update on using AI to tackle huge £6.5bn tax problem in UK

The Treasury has issued details about plans to make it easier to spot and target tax dodgers

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8 h. ago How we eat and gather is central to who we are: the diaspora at Christmas

Our personal and shared communal traditions across food and drink play a dominant role in festive celebrations• Don’t get The Long Wave delivered to your inbox? Sign up hereFor us, what makes the Christmas period so special is how the nature of our celebrations and observances can be profoundly personal and widely shared at the same time. And nothing symbolises this better than the food and drink that fill our tables. In today’s newsletter we explore Christmas food traditions across the diaspora and how they represent our familial identities and wider communal histories.There isn’t a single route to crafting a Nigerian Christmas table. Traditions vary from family to family, but there are a few staples that you will find at any large, celebratory gathering, regardless of the time of year: mountains of plantain; coleslaw smothered in salad cream or mayonnaise; an array of starters (spring rolls, chicken wings, savoury donut-style puff puff balls, samosas) endearingly known collectivel...

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8 h. ago Woman deported before she could see dying husband in ICE custody: ‘I never saw him again’

Francisco Gaspar-Andrés died in El Paso hospital after being detained at Fort Bliss – his wife was deported to Guatemala without a chance to see himA Guatemalan man has become the first person to die in the custody of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) at the Fort Bliss army base in Texas. His wife of 25 years was deported from the same camp without a chance to see her dying husband.Francisco Gaspar-Andrés, 48, died on 3 December at a hospital in El Paso, as Democratic lawmakers and immigration advocates were ramping up demands that the camp be closed down amid allegations of inhumane conditions there. The DHS has said such allegations are “categorically false”. Continue reading...

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8 h. ago Martha Stewart becomes latest celebrity to invest in Swansea City FC

US lifestyle entrepreneur joins Snoop Dogg and Luka Modric by making minority investment in the Welsh clubThe American lifestyle personality Martha Stewart has become the latest celebrity to become a co-owner of Swansea City football club.Stewart will join the rapper Snoop Dogg and the footballer Luka Modric as a minority owner of the Welsh club, which plays in the second tier of England’s football pyramid. The announcement was made in a post on the club’s website by two of its owners, Brett Cravatt and Jason Cohen. The post did not disclose the size of the investment. Continue reading...

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9 h. ago King Charles makes personal donation to Jewish charity raising funds for victims of Ukraine war

King Charles has made a 'personal donation' to World Jewish Relief, a Jewish charity helping thousands of victims of the war in Ukraine, as well as refugees in the UK.

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10 h. ago Phil Foden jets off to Iceland with his family while Jamie Laing and Sophie Habboo cradle their newborn as they lead the stars celebrating Christmas Eve

The TV personality, 36, is married to ex-EastEnders actor Joe Swash, 43, who she shares children, Rex, five, Rose, three, and Belle, two, with. 

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10 h. ago 'I watched them drown': Brit family's horror after dad nearly dies in Tenerife disaster as four killed

Four people were killed and one person remains missing after the freak sea pool accident in Tenerife

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10 h. ago Family's Tenerife holiday horror after four killed in disaster

Four people were killed and one person remains missing after the freak sea pool accident in Tenerife

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10 h. ago Tories: Farmers’ personal cost won’t be forgotten despite inheritance tax change

Labour’s watered-down plans will see the relief threshold for farmers raised from £1 million to £2.5 million.

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11 h. ago Stacey Solomon shares adorable family snaps while Jamie Laing and Sophie Habboo cradle their newborn as they lead the stars celebrating Christmas Eve

The TV personality, 36, is married to ex-EastEnders actor Joe Swash, 43, who she shares children, Rex, five, Rose, three, and Belle, two, with. 

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11 h. ago EastEnders’ Zoe Slater’s real stalker revealed as huge star makes shock comeback – and it’s NOT who fans will expect

EASTENDERS has revealed the real identity of the person terrorising Zoe Slater at long last - and she’s a very familiar face. The BBC soap has been teasing the identity of the individual stalking Zoe for months with viewers growing tired of the seemingly endless mystery. However in the Christmas Eve episode of the show,...

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12 h. ago Woman 'drugged and raped by her husband over 13 years' was hailed a hero for helping recover missing person's body from river

Joanne Young, 48, waived her right to anonymity after six men, including her ex-husband, were charged with a string of sexual offences against her.

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12 h. ago No bickering around the Christmas tree! If your family are trapped by their algorithms, here’s the way out | Dr Kaitlyn Regehr

My research on social media shows high levels of misinformation and disconnect. Here’s how to talk to kith and kin this week without tears and tantrumsDr Kaitlyn Regehr is the programme director of digital humanities at University College LondonDecember: a time of cultural rituals around food, gathering and taking to TikTok to bemoan bigoted relatives. Indeed, this new cultural ritual is now a social media staple that sweeps across our feeds over the festive period. We post about intergenerational debates on politics; stomaching “wokeness” jokes; and the now near-mythical “uncle” character – the older male holding court at the table – exemplified by tweets that go something like: “My uncle just went on a 10-minute rant about [insert topic]. The turkey is dry and so is his take.”In these situations, many of us are torn between the impulse to call out harmful speech and our (or more often, our mother’s) longing for family harmony. These micro-yuletide tensions are played out at dinner...

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