28 h. ago MP: Charities supporting gambling addicts at risk of closure without funding

Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy said the Government is ‘working hard’ to resolve any gaps in funding.

Events

7 d. ago Thousands of jobs at risk as British Steel threatens closure of blast furnaces

A consultation has been launched on closing blast furnaces at Scunthorpe steelworks

Events

8 d. ago Sky announces 2,000 customer service jobs at risk across the UK in 'transformation'

Sky has announced 2,000 customer service jobs could be at risk and the closure of multiple sites – these new proposals will effect 7% of the company's overall workforce

Economics

8 d. ago Former footballer Steve Claridge reveals he sold his £260k house and gambled it ALL on a horse

The 58-year-old enjoyed a distinctive career that spanned over four decades over various levels with his most notable spells at Weymouth, Cambridge United, Birmingham City, Leicester City , Portsmouth and Millwall.

Economics

9 d. ago Former footballer reveals he sold his £260k house and gambled it all on a HORSE

The 58-year-old enjoyed a distinctive career that spanned over four decades over various levels with his most notable spells at Weymouth, Cambridge United, Birmingham City, Leicester City , Portsmouth and Millwall.

Economics

1 week ago On the Clock by Claire Baglin review – a fast food novel for a refined palette

Tensions sizzle alongside burgers in the hazy timelines and brisk prose of the French writer’s disorienting debutIn recent novels set in restaurants, the breakneck speed of the action hides darker elements at work. Stéphane Larue’s The Dishwasher follows a restaurant worker whose life threatens to unravel amid his gambling addiction; in Merritt Tierce’s Love Me Back, the world of waitressing is a front for Texas’s grimy underbelly. Beneath the surface frenzy of French writer Claire Baglin’s debut novel, On the Clock (translated by Jordan Stump), there is a similar stream of existential angst, its protagonist “mired in the heart of pointlessness”.Baglin’s focus is intergenerational exploitation in the (French) workplace. She gives an impressionistic portrait of a young woman employed at a burger joint in brisk but unsparing prose, alternating between her unnamed narrator’s customer-facing drudgery – unfriendly co-workers, pestering managers, habitual injuries – and her childhood memo...

Society

1 week ago Major supermarket announces 365 jobs at risk with shock closure of 17 stores and 52 cafes

One major supermarket chain have announced a shock closure of 17 stores and 52 of their cafes across the UK, with supermarkets suffering due to rapidly rising prices

Events

2 w. ago Santander confirms 750 jobs at risk of redundancy under new branch closure plans

It is unclear if branches in Scotland will be affected by the planned closures at 95 locations.

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2 w. ago Support programme aims to address ‘highly addictive’ nature of modern gambling

Chapter One has been developed by Gambling with Lives, a charity founded in 2018 by families bereaved by gambling suicide.

Politics

2 w. ago Premier League star hooked on 'hippy crack' laughing gas among 530 footballers treated for addiction to drugs, alcohol and gambling

Last season, 80 professionals sought therapy for drugs, including cocaine and sleeping pills, as one became the first to go to rehab for an addiction to laughing gas

Politics

2 w. ago Premier League star breaks silence on addiction fears as 530 footballers treated

Football chiefs are becoming increasingly concerned over the amount of players who've become addicted to drugs, alcohol and gambling, as well as suffering from mental health issues

Politics

3 w. ago Starbucks collaborates with footballer Harry Kane to support mental health charities with new coffee launch

You can try Harry’s go-to Starbucks coffee order yourself ☕

Politics

3 w. ago Disgusting secret of iconic Oregon beach that appeared in The Goonies

The stunning Oregon beach that featured prominently in the hit 1985 film has a dirty secret. A new lawsuit says the issue has caused frequent beach closures and put visitors at risk.

Society

3 w. ago Poundland 'set to be sold' with some of 800 shops at risk of closure

The stores could end up closing if the the bargain retailer is sold.

Events

3 w. ago Poundland 'set to be sold' with some of its 800 stores at risk of closure

Poundland is set to be sold off, with the budget retailer having reportedly hired advisory firm Teneo to oversee the sale of the popular discount chain

Events

3 w. ago ‘I demand to have some booze!’: how do actors fake being drunk or on drugs?

From The White Lotus to Industry, hedonism is everywhere on TV at the moment. Actors, and the ‘wellbeing facilitators’ tasked with keeping them safe, reveal the trick to acting under the influence“Iam not a big drinker, I don’t do drugs, I don’t smoke,” says Sagar Radia, best known as the ruthless, potty-mouthed trader Rishi Ramdani in the HBO/BBC banking saga Industry. “But when friends and family watch, they’re like: ‘You look like you do know what you’re doing.’”Nowhere was this more the case than in season three’s White Mischief, an episode focused entirely on the character’s grim descent into gambling addiction, inflamed by booze and cocaine. Previously described by a colleague as “the ghost of Margaret Thatcher in a handsome Asian kid”, here Rishi starts to look more like a disgraced Tory MP in the 90s, as he binges on shots and coke in a seedy casino. At first he’s euphoric – dancing like a drunk uncle at a wedding – but soon his behaviour becomes erratic, his movements ...

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3 w. ago London borough's war on gambling as addicts cost it over £14m a year

Brent Council has the second-highest concentration of gambling premises in London , with council leader writing to Government calling for tighter laws

Economics

4 w. ago Dobbies welcomes applications for community gardens initiative

Dobbies Garden Centres is welcoming applications for Dobbies Community Gardens, offering local schools, charities and community groups across the country the opportunity to receive support for their green spaces.

Politics