59 h. ago We'd rather buy a £15 designer mug than a pint: Meet the Gen Z couple addicted to Le Creuset... and their friends love it too

The question Gen Z have on their mind is why spend time drinking with friends when you can invest in your future?

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5 d. ago Jack P Shepherd's fiancee on reason he joined Celebrity Big Brother as she addresses wedding 'gaffe'

Jack P Shepherd's wife-to-be Hanni Treweek appeared on Lorraine on Thursday to speak about her Coronation Street star partner's time on Celebrity Big Brother.

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5 d. ago Jack P Shepherd's fiancee shares reason he joined Celebrity Big Brother and addresses wedding slip

Celebrity Big Brother star Jack P Shepherd's wife-to-be Hanni Treweek opened up on ITV's Lorraine

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6 d. ago Ukraine war briefing: Zelenskyy hails ‘good progress’ on minerals deal talks

Ukrainian president says legalities almost finalised and officials signal US concessions in talks that are progressing ‘quite fast’; deadly Shahed strike on Dnipro. What we know on day 1,149Minerals deal negotiators have made “good progress”, the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, said on Wednesday. A senior official with knowledge of the negotiations told Agence France-Presse that newer drafts of the US-Ukraine accord appeared not to recognise previous US military aid as a debt owed by Ukraine, adding that talks were moving forward “quite fast”. That assessment echoed a report by Bloomberg News that said Washington had eased a demand that Kyiv pay for aid already delivered since Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022.“The basic legal stuff is almost finalised, and then, if everything moves as quickly and constructively, the agreement will bring economic results to both our countries,” Zelenskyy said in his daily address on Wednesday. The Trump administration has demanded some sort o...

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8 d. ago NHS told to start prescribing statins 'add on' drug which could prevent 5,000 heart attacks

Imperial College London research reveals the cholesterol-lowering drug ezetimibe could slash risk of heart attack patients suffering another one

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1 week ago London Drugs adds wedding gift registry services to list of offerings

London Drugs adds wedding gift registry services to list of offerings - BC News  Castanet

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1 week ago Drug trafficker jailed for smuggling £22.8m cocaine in dry ice for 'London hospital'

Bart Verschueren, 40, was sentenced on Thursday at Canterbury Crown Court

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1 week ago ‘Landmark moment’ as new pill approved for common type of advanced breast cancer

The Institute of Cancer Research, London, which helped develop the drug, welcomed the move.

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1 week ago Drug smuggler said he was bringing dry ice in for London hospital... but inside lorry was 285kg of cocaine with a street value of £22.8MILLION

Bart Verschueren, 40, was the man behind at least one drug operation which aimed to smuggle in 285kg of cocaine into the country.

Economics

1 week ago Drug smuggler hid cocaine worth £22.8m under dry ice he claimed was for London hospital

Bart Verschueren has been jailed for 18 years for the smuggling plot

Economics

1 week ago Father and son 'pinned down drug driver' who tried to flee after London car crash

Father and son 'pinned down drug driver' who tried to flee after London car crash  Metro.co.uk

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1 week ago Furious parents demand action as knife thugs ‘overrun’ enclave near Willesden Green Tube station

Father-of-two Recorda Davey-Ann Clarke murdered and number of stabbings increased by four per cent in Brent, according to Scotland Yard data

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1 week ago Germany to send ‘clear signal’ of ‘strong, effective government’ under new coalition, says Friedrich Merz – Europe live

Presumed future chancellor says coalition has ‘strong plan’ after negotiations as polling shows popularity of far-right AfDEarlier today I brought you Donald Trump’s comments overnight on “major” tariffs to be announced “very shortly” on pharmaceuticals (9:20).My colleague Lisa O’Carroll looked at the risks such measures could pose for Europe:Pharmaceutical companies in the EU have warned of a “risk of exodus” to the US as stocks in the sector slid around the world on the back of Donald Trump’s renewed threat to impose tariffs on US drugs imports.Drugmakers’ shares across Europe and India, another foreign drugs hub, slipped on Wednesday after Trump indicated further carnage was on the way in addition to the 20% “reciprocal tariffs” on imports that kicked in overnight. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Axing 'safer school' Met police officers will leave more pupils vulnerable to knife crime, say teachers

Pupils say they are worried ‘more knives and drugs’ will be brought in as a result of the move

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1 week ago EU drug firms warn of exodus to US as Trump threatens import tariffs

Von der Leyen urged to take ‘rapid and radical action’ as president says tariffs on pharmaceuticals coming ‘shortly’The Irish villages under threat from Trump’s tariffsPharmaceutical companies in the EU have warned of a “risk of exodus” to the US as stocks in the sector slid around the world on the back of Donald Trump’s renewed threat to impose tariffs on US drugs imports.Drugmakers’ shares across Europe and India, another foreign drugs hub, slipped on Wednesday after Trump indicated further carnage was on the way in addition to the 20% “reciprocal tariffs” on imports that kicked in overnight. Continue reading...

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1 week ago EU drug companies warn of exodus to US as Trump threatens import tariffs

Von der Leyen urged to take ‘rapid and radical action’ as president says tariffs on pharmaceuticals coming ‘shortly’The Irish villages under threat from Trump’s tariffsPharmaceutical companies in the EU have warned of a “risk of exodus” to the US as stocks in the sector slid around the world on the back of Donald Trump’s renewed threat to impose tariffs on US drugs imports.Drugmakers’ shares across Europe and India, another foreign drugs hub, slipped on Wednesday after Trump indicated further carnage was on the way in addition to the 20% “reciprocal tariffs” on imports that kicked in overnight. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Teachers angry over ‘staggering’ plan to axe 370 Met safer school officers despite knife crime fears

Pupils say they are worried ‘more knives and drugs’ will be brought in as a result of the move

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2 w. ago Wes Streeting promises 'zero tolerance' to violence against NHS staff in key speech

The Health Secretary Wes Streeting will say 'no one should go to work fearing violence' as he addresses Unison union's annual conference in Liverpool on Wednesday

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2 w. ago London police chief launches new strategy to curb blatant drug use in public

London police chief launches new strategy to curb blatant drug use in public  CBC

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2 w. ago China vows to ‘fight to the end’ against latest Trump tariff threat

Beijing accuses US of blackmail and adding a ‘mistake on top of a mistake’ as Wednesday deadline for latest levies loomsTariff market reaction –live updatesChina’s government says it will “fight to the end” if the US continues to escalate the trade war, after Donald Trump threatened huge additional tariffs in response to China’s retaliatory measures.On Tuesday, China’s commerce ministry accused the US of “blackmail” and said the US president’s threats of additional 50% tariffs if Beijing did not reverse its own 34% reciprocal tariff were a “mistake on top of a mistake”. Continue reading...

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