Sun, sea, sand - and a steady stream of emails from colleagues. Should you put down your banana daiquiri and respond? LinkedIn career expert Zara Easton has the answer...

Economics

From back, basting and zigzag to ‘the stuff that dreams are made of’, test your knowledge with the Saturday quiz1 What TV cliffhanger was resolved on 21 November 1980?2 Which body in the solar system has lakes of liquid methane?3 What Yorkshire side were the first national women’s football league champions?4 In a 1941 film, what was “the stuff that dreams are made of”?5 Who writes the Empyrean fantasy book series?6 What does the US defense department classify as UAP?7 What arboreal project occupies 200 square miles of central England?8 Which monarch was killed in 1057 at the Battle of Lumphanan?What links: 9 Emotion icon; glamorous camping; smoke and fog; fan magazine; romantic comedy?10 Cantuar; Dunelm; Ebor; Petriburg; Roffen; Sarum?11 Tom Cruise (6.5 mins, Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation); Kate Winslet (7.25 mins, Avatar: The Way of Water)?12 Seth Pecksniff; Howard Roark; Anthony Royal; Rudolf Santonix?13 Back; basting; blind; cross; running; slip; zigzag?14 8 (1950-60); 9 (19...

Events

Gaza ceasefire deal still on track amid uproar over fate of two Israeli boys and initial false return of their mother’s bodyThe body of the Israeli hostage Shiri Bibas has been identified, Israel’s army radio reported early on Saturday, adding that Bibas was likely killed in captivity with her children.The confirmation came as Israelis and Palestinians braced for another tense exchange of hostages, prisoners and detainees on Saturday after uproar in Israel over allegations that two child hostages were “brutally murdered” by Hamas, and the group’s initial failure to deliver the body of their mother, instead returning the corpse of an unidentified woman. Continue reading...

Politics

We all want to present the best possible version of ourselves when we’re applying for jobs, but when does putting a positive spin on your experiences cross a line into all-out lying, and what might be the consequences? Katie Rosseinsky asks the experts

Politics

Like the soldiers they battle to save, combat medics in Ukraine are under constant attack. Three years after the invasion, one NHS doctor bears witness“The frontline here is cold, hard, true war. My comrades and I had more than 40 bombs dropped on us by drones over two hours. You can’t hide from drones in a trench, but you can’t outrun them either. Your only hope to live is to zigzag, to be cleverer than the drone.”A gaunt 28-year-old former IT worker sits patiently beneath a window barricaded with sandbags, awaiting his turn on the operating table, cloaked in dust. Now an infantryman in the Ukrainian army’s Third Assault Brigade, “Sasha” (not his real name) has shrapnel embedded in his shoulder after the Russian assault on his foxhole. “When you hear a drone, you run as fast as you can and see if you can reach any trees,” he says. “If you’re out in the open, you try to get the drone behind you, so it won’t destroy your face. It’s not panic, this running; it’s a professional respons...

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Learn about Premier League referee Michael Oliver’s favourite team, net worth, his personal life and one of the biggest controversies involving the English official

Politics

The woman who claims to have given birth to Dave Grohl's love child has been pictured for the first time since the Foo Fighters frontman's bombshell confession

Politics

Premier League news with information on Andrew Madley’s favourite club, net worth, how his brother impacted his career, and the backlash he faced over the FA Cup

Politics

The woman who claimed to be the mother of Dave Grohl's love child was spotted out in New York City for the first time with the 7-month-old baby girl on Valentine's Day

Society

After Zuckerberg’s announced Meta will focus on “restoring free expression”, many are unconvinced by Instagram’s latest update to promote a “more friendly” environment.

Culture

Dressed in his all-black 'Dark Gothic MAGA' hat, black coat, T-shirt and sunglasses, Elon Musk was going for the rock star look as he came on stage on Thursday night in Maryland .

Events

For Brand, once a louche, effete comedian in guyliner, and the darling of Britain's Left (he even wrote for The Guardian), has reinvented himself utterly as the new pet of the American ultra-Right.

Economics

The rapper, 31, was accused of 'selling out' after starring in a major campaign for the fast food giant, despite McDonald's facing calls for boycotts over its links to Israel.

Events

The former actress, 54, serves on the panel of the ITV competition alongside Simo Cowell, Bruno Tonioli, Alesha Dixon and newcomer KSI.

Events

Sarah Richardson, a professor at the University of Glasgow, said many suffragettes had 'pretty horrific' attitudes towards the working class and were linked to the eugenics movement.

Politics

Officials believe more victims of alleged scam may still be in U.S. and are seeking information

Events

A growing number of prominent companies have scaled back or set aside the diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives that much of corporate America endorsed following the protests that accompanied the Minneapolis police killing of George Floyd, a Black man, in 2020

Politics

Dozens gathered outside a New York court to voice their support for the alleged assassin of a healthcare CEO on a Manhattan sidewalk

Events

In yet another blow to the Chancellor, a damning report showed firms are now slashing jobs at the fastest pace since the financial crisis - excluding the pandemic - as they brace for tax hikes in April.

Economics

A number of unidentified drones were spotted on multiple occasions over three airbases last November.

Events