15 m. ago Rio Ferdinand’s new role after TNT Sports exit confirmed – and it’s very far from home

Rio Ferdinand announced he was leaving TNT Sports at the end of the 2024/25 season after a decade with the broadcaster, but the ex-Manchester United ace has wasted no time in finding his next role

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17 m. ago Is ChatGPT working? OpenAI releases ‘fix’ for chatbot as users complain of outages

The loss of service was even affecting paying customers who had signed up to the ChatGPT Plus premium service

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19 m. ago Nintendo Switch 2 – live: Latest UK stock updates as retailers sell out

From specs and price to where the console is in stock, here’s your rolling coverage of the Nintendo Switch 2

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31 m. ago Arsenal enter new chapter with historic announcement on games at Emirates Stadium

The Women’s Champions League winners plan to play all 11 league games at the Emirates next season

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52 m. ago Woman has 600 mile round trip to care for frail parents but gets just £83

She has been forced to give up her job as she juggles her dad's care with regularly making a gruelling 11-hour round-trip from her home in Swansea to Southend to care for her blind mum, but is paid just £1-an-hour

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63 m. ago Ed Miliband says Reeves deserves credit for winter fuel payment U

Energy secretary says chancellor did not make mistake in initial decision to remove benefit from most pensionersUK politics live – latest updatesRachel Reeves deserves credit for her U-turn on winter fuel allowance, Ed Miliband has said while denying that it was wrong to make the initial cut.The Treasury announced on Monday that it would restore the allowance to all pensioners with an income of £35,000 or less a year, amid public outrage over the cut, which was the first act of the Labour government. Reeves had previously removed the benefit from all but the poorest pensioners – those on pension credit. Continue reading...

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63 m. ago Football transfer rumours: Gittens to Chelsea before first deadline closes?

This stuff is just looking for somethingThe summer’s first transfer window will close on Tuesday night at 7pm UK time ahead of the Fifa Club World Cup so watch out for some last-minute jobs to fill up squads for Gianni Infantino’s folly. Will Manchester City get Rayan Cherki signed in time? Chelsea are after a keeper in Milan’s Mike Maignan and want to add Jamie Gittens of Borussia Dortmund to their winger collection. Both deals may go to the wire.When Bournemouth were flying high in mid-winter there was a fun game to play. Less fun if you were a Cherries fan, of course, but the game was to fit their unearthed gems with the clubs they would end up at. Dean Huijsen to Real Madrid was unexpected but then again Illia Zabarnyi to PSG, actual European champions, may well trump that. The club are prepared to sell, at the right price, but have demanded a £59m fee for the Ukrainian. Continue reading...

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90 m. ago What is Sizewell C nuclear plant and why is it controversial?

Environmentalists and campaign groups have argued it will impact local wildlife and is ‘too slow’ to combat climate change

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93 m. ago Nintendo Switch 2 – live: UK stock updates as retailers sell out

From specs and price to where the console is in stock, here’s your rolling coverage of the Nintendo Switch 2

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98 m. ago Against Identity by Alexander Douglas review – a superb critique of contemporary self

A philosopher challenges us to forget about ourselves in this powerfully strange counterblast to identity fetishismIdentity is something socially negotiated, both claimed and given. I cannot be French if that nation does not exist; I can’t be a doctor if no one will grant me a medical degree. Social media, however, promises that we can don or doff identities like so many digital masks. We may become persuaded that identities are private goods over which we have rights of ownership and choice, that we can freely select what we “identify as”. The heightened salience of identity in modern political discourse thus represents an unwitting internalisation of the neoliberal view of humans as atomised individuals who navigate life purely by expressing consumer preferences.The idea that the identity of the speaker should count when assessing his or her argument is what the right used to denounce as “identity politics” (now subsumed under the general concept of “wokeness”), tho...

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1 hour ago Revealed: The staggering amount of debt Gino D'Acampo's restaurant empire racked up before going into administration in wake of lewd behaviour claims

The scandal-hit chef, 48, has seen his TV career implode following allegations of lewd and inappropriate behaviour on set, sparking job offers drying up with ITV.

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2 h. ago 10,000 nuclear power jobs joy in "golden age" for sector but unemployment rates hit highest level in four years

From rising unemployment and major nuclear investment, to strong results at FirstGroup and Bellway, and Frasers circling Revolution Beauty – here are today’s top UK business stories.

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2 h. ago Jobless rate surges to highest since 2021 while pay growth eases sharply – ONS

The Office for National Statistics said average regular earnings, excluding bonuses, fell sharply to 5.2% in the three months to April.

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2 h. ago The Omaze curse? Inside the tales of the luxury home winners who have put their mansions on the market... and some for very tragic reasons

Lauren Keene, 24, had considered moving into her six-bedroom Hollywood-style home with her partner Ryan Mitchell after she won it last December, along with £250,000.

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2 h. ago Love Island star upsets viewers just minutes in with remark about '9

Love Island launched its new series on Monday night (June 9) with host Maya Jama back at the helm, but fans weren't too impressed with one star's comment about 'normal' jobs

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2 h. ago Samsung gives away £600 of tech, including Galaxy tablet, smartwatch and earbuds

New Samsung phone owners can get up to £600 in free tech this summer

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2 h. ago London AI firm claims Getty copyright lawsuit is an ‘existential threat’ to generative tech industry

London AI firm claims Getty copyright lawsuit is an ‘existential threat’ to generative tech industry  Business Matters

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2 h. ago UK unemployment rises to highest level since 2021 as job vacancies fall

Experts have blamed a slowdown in the jobs market on a tax and cost increases for employers announced by Chancellor Rachel Reeves in the autumn Budget

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2 h. ago In limbo: families hoping for change to UK income rules for spousal visas

The migration advisory committee is due to release a review of the UK’s minimum income requirement for family visas – currently set at £29,000. Many British families are in a state of enforced separation. Family visas represent just 5% of total UK visa applications, yet are a key focus of a migration crackdown. Working with Reunite Families, photographer Frankie Mills documents the lives of nine families whose stories illustrate the human cost of this policy thresholdThree weeks ago, Keir Starmer said the UK was at risk of becoming an “island of strangers”. But for countless British citizens across the country, that isolation is already a lived reality by design of immigration rules that force them to choose between their homeland and family.The minimum income requirement dictates how much a person needs to earn in order to bring their non-British partner here. Set at £18,600 for a decade, the Conservatives announced plans to raise it dramatically to £38,700 before backtracking afte...

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2 h. ago How Daniel Dubois and his team are training the first professional fighter to beat Oleksandr Usyk

Besting Oleksandr Usyk is something never seen in professional boxing. Daniel Dubois’ team believe they have the man for the job – this is how they are preparing him for the occasion.

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