35 m. ago Susan Boyle fans all say same thing as star shares stunning holiday snaps from dream trip

Susan Boyle has shared a series of stunning snaps from a recent trip to Europe, and her fans are all saying the same thing

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69 m. ago Colourful city with £1.23 beer and 28C October weather is perfect autumn escape

The Post Office Money report highlights how Hoi An isn't just a cheap place to visit, but that it's getting cheaper. Across a basket of ten holiday items visitors are likely to buy, Hoi An was the cheapest of the long-haul destinations looked at, and 10% cheaper than it was in 2023

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71 m. ago Holidaymaker had to spend £600 on rabies shots after playing with monkeys

James was left panicking after being bitten by a monkey on holiday

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76 m. ago ‘Motherhood penalty’ costs women an average £65,618 in pay by time first child turns five

Women’s average monthly earnings fall by 42% compared with one year before birth, ONS study findsMothers lose an average of £65,618 in pay by the time their first child turns five, as the “motherhood penalty” risks their financial security, official figures show.Mums in England are hit by a “substantial and long-lasting reduction” in their pay after they have children, as they become less likely to stay in paid employment, the Office for National Statistics have said. Continue reading...

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1 hour ago Union to ballot 10,000 staff for strikes at 68 colleges in England

The University and College Union said the sector could face ‘serious disruption in the coming months’.

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1 hour ago Foreign Office 'photo ID' alert to any UK travellers going on holiday

The Foreign Office has issued a warning to all Brits travelling abroad

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2 h. ago Beauty Tech Group boss hopes £300m float will help revive London IPOs

Beauty Tech Group boss hopes £300m float will help revive London IPOs  Slough Observer

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2 h. ago Mum's warning over passport blunder that left her sobbing at the airport as friends boarded flight

A mum filmed herself sobbing after being forced to miss out on a girls' holiday - after falling foul of the 'small print' in EU passport rules.

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3 h. ago £10m in fines paid by water firms funds restoration of sewage

Fifty-one projects have won funding, including restoring riverbeds in Exmoor National Park and tackling septic tank spills into Windermere.

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3 h. ago Kemi Badenoch makes embarrassing Brexit gaffe despite claiming she never makes gaffes

Tory leader Kemi Badenoch claimed in a TV interview that Northern Ireland voted to leave the EU - even though the nation actually backed remain by a majority of 56% to 44%

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3 h. ago JONATHAN BROCKLEBANK: The nation's eyes have finally been opened to who Baroness Bra Michelle Mone really is... and not before time

The first time I met Michelle Mone she was in a bad way. It was lunchtime and she was still in her dressing gown as she answered her door.

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3 h. ago Revealed: The best day of the week to book a holiday and save money

Holidaymakers planning a staycation in the UK often choose to book a long weekend away.

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3 h. ago Influencer dies on live stream while climbing infamous 3,000ft 'El Capitan'

A popular climbing influencer has fallen to his death while live streaming his climb of the 3,000ft El Capitan in Yosemite National Park, California as viewers watched on

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3 h. ago Make green great again: Can appeals to the wallet make climate policy an election

In this week’s newsletter: At a major gathering in New York, climate advocates say that language has to change• Don’t get Down to Earth delivered to your inbox? Sign up hereAt stuffy United Nations press conferences, in swanky auditoriums and at sticky socialist dance parties, one word was on everyone’s lips at this year’s Climate Week NYC: affordability.The US energy secretary, Chris Wright, said under that under President Trump the United States is “returning to commonsense energy policies that focus on affordability”. The former energy secretary, Jennifer Granholm, said Democrats must focus on renewable power’s ability to shrink power bills to win elections. And supporters of the almost certainly soon-to-be New York City mayor, Zohran Mamdani, trumpeted their efforts to link green policies with efforts to lower city residents’ rent and make transit affordable.Revealed: Europe losing 600 football pitches of nature and crop land a dayUK fracking ban to be brought forward as Labour ...

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3 h. ago Hamlet at National Theatre: the Prince has ADHD in uneven production

Hiran Abeysekera is this Hamlet at the Lyttelton Theatre in a production with plenty of ideas even if it is hit and miss

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4 h. ago Fraudster who stole £50,000 from elderly victims in call centre scam is jailed and will be kicked out of the country

Jeevan Bathula, 28, played a vital role in the nationwide operation in which victims were duped into believing their savings were at risk.

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4 h. ago Police probe whether Islamist terrorist sent death threats to MP over his stance on Israel before attacking synagogue

Former Conservative MP John Howell received threatening emails in 2012 over his position on Israel, after he spoke about the nation's right to defend itself against rocket fire.

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4 h. ago Mum forced to pay £1,500 when son's holiday backflip goes wrong

Rhiannon Dunn, 32, headed to Antalya in Turkey with seven-year-old Carlson Turner on September 1 after buying the trip for his birthday.

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4 h. ago Climbing star Balin Miller dies on livestream after plummeting 3000ft down Yosemite

Climbing influencer Balin Miller, 23, fell to his death as he was scaling El Capitan in Yosemite National Park, an enormous sheer granite rock face of approximately 3,000 feet.

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4 h. ago ‘I use cannabis as medicine’: the US basketball player facing execution in Indonesia over $400 of gummies

Unlike his fellow basketball player, Brittney Griner, Jarred Shaw has received scant attention after being arrested for a drugs offence overseasWhen Jarred Shaw, an American basketball player in Indonesia, stepped down to the lobby in his apartment complex earlier this year to collect a package containing illegally imported cannabis gummies, he thought that the medicine to ease his Crohn’s disease had arrived.It had – but so too had 10 undercover police officers. A video on social media shows Shaw, wearing a black T-shirt and shorts, shouting for help as the swarm of officers move to apprehend him.The Indonesian National Police did not respond to a request for comment for this story. Continue reading...

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