6 h. ago New cruise ship you can live on forever and it costs less than a London flat

Villa Vie Residences has announced plans for a new residential cruise ship where people can buy cabins and live at sea permanently - with prices starting lower than average London property

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23 h. ago Sarah Hadland: ‘The worst thing anyone’s said to me: you’ll never, ever work’

The actor on impersonating Elvis, her stint as a magician’s assistant on a cruise ship, and having eyes like currantsBorn in Hertfordshire, Sarah Hadland, 54, attended Laine Theatre Arts college in Surrey. From 2009 to 2015, she played Stevie in the Bafta-nominated sitcom Miranda, and her other television work includes Horrible Histories, Waterloo Road, W1A, The Job Lot and Daddy Issues. This Christmas, she appears on The Festive Pottery Throwdown and The Celebrity Apprentice, and stars as the Wicked Queen in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs at the Marlowe theatre in Canterbury. She lives with her child in London.What is your earliest memory? I remember putting on my sister’s dungarees – they were purple and flared – to do an Elvis impression and my family laughing, and thinking: “Oh, this is good.” Continue reading...

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2 d. ago FTSE 100 Live 18 December: Currys surges after results beat, BP names first female CEO

The Bank of England will today reduce the cost of borrowing by cutting interest rates from 4% to 3.75%.

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2 d. ago FTSE 100 Live 18 December: BP hires first female boss, Currys shares surge

The Bank of England will today reduce the cost of borrowing by cutting interest rates from 4% to 3.75%.

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3 d. ago FTSE 100 Live 18 December: Interest rates set to fall, BP appoints new CEO

The Bank of England will today reduce the cost of borrowing by cutting interest rates from 4% to 3.75%.

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3 d. ago Dimorestudio Infuses a Classic London Flat With Moody Italian Magic

Dimorestudio Infuses a Classic London Flat With Moody Italian Magic  Architectural Digest

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3 d. ago FTSE 100 Live 17 December: Stocks surge amid inflation cheer, interest rate set to fall

The rate of inflation fell far more quickly than expected last month, paving the way for another cut in interest rates tomorrow.

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4 d. ago FTSE 100 Live 17 December: Index rallies amid inflation cheer, interest rate set to fall

The rate of inflation fell far more quickly than expected last month paving the way for another cut in interest rates tomorrow.

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4 d. ago FTSE 100 Live 17 December: Inflation rate shows surprise fall, oil price steadies

The rate of inflation fell far more quickly than expected last month paving the way for another cut in interest rates tomorrow.

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4 d. ago Cruise ship carrying Brits in 'Russian spy hijacking' fear: Vessel 'is secretly bugged to allow remote control'

Investigators are probing whether Moscow spies were behind the attempted hijacking of a cruise ship that was carrying British tourists, potentially with a view of launching a violent attack.

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4 d. ago Brit who moved to the world's most desirable place to live reveals the soaring unexpected costs of relocating

Alex made the move from Manchester to Vancouver, Canada, and found herself facing extortionate prices.

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5 d. ago Mother jailed for killing baby daughter after shaking her in a rage in London flat

Nazli Merthoca killed her daughter while in a ‘mutually abusive’ relationship

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5 d. ago Trump’s approach to Venezuela repeats the mistakes of the past | Austin Sarat

Congress must work to stop the president from leading us further into a South American quagmireDonald Trump seems determined to have a military confrontation with Venezuela. He has deployed a massive military arsenal in and around the Caribbean Sea and taken a series of provocative actions off the Venezuelan coast, justifying it as necessary to stem the flow of drugs into the United States.The Council on Foreign Relations says that deployment includes an “aircraft carrier, destroyers, cruisers, amphibious assault ships, and a special forces support ship. A variety of aircraft have also been active in the region, including bombers, fighters, drones, patrol planes, and support aircraft.” This is the largest display of American military might in the western hemisphere since we invaded Panama in 1989.Austin Sarat, William Nelson Cromwell professor of jurisprudence and political science at Amherst College, is the author or editor of more than 100 books, including Gruesome Spectacles: Bot...

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6 d. ago London Flat Prices Are Becoming More Affordable for Young Brits

London Flat Prices Are Becoming More Affordable for Young Brits  Bloomberg.com

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6 d. ago I hired a £500 'house whisperer' to turn my chaotic London flat into a proper home based on my star sign

Armed with the zodiac, a divination pendant and sage, House Whisperer Katie Malik goes through each room in a bid to help Poppy Atkinson Gibson feel more at home.

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6 d. ago I hired a £500 'house whisperer' to turn my chaotic London flat into a proper home based on my star sign 

Armed with the zodiac, a divination pendant and sage, House Whisperer Katie Malik goes through each room in a bid to help Poppy Atkinson Gibson feel more at home.

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8 d. ago I found a secret speakeasy – and plenty more – on the new Celebrity Xcel cruise ship

Marc Shoffman discovered areas too good to keep hidden on the maiden sailing from Miami

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8 d. ago ‘Rebranded plantations’: how empire shaped luxury Caribbean tourism

Research shows that the British colonial wealth extraction system still influences the region’s tourist industryLuxury tourism in the Caribbean sells a kind of timelessness. A paradise of sun, sea and sand. But to step off the cruise ship or away from the all-inclusive resort is to see a more complex picture: a history of colonialism and a future of climate devastation. New research from the Common Wealth thinktank maps how, over the 400 years since the first English ships arrived in Barbados, empire engineered a system of wealth extraction that shapes the tourism economies of today.Sir Hilary Beckles, Barbadian historian and chair of the Caricom Reparations Commission, describes Barbados as the birthplace of British slave society. Between 1640 and 1807, Britain transported about 387,000 enslaved west Africans to the island. Extraordinary violence, from whippings to amputations and executions, were a regular feature of their lives. On the Codrington Plantation in the mid-18th centur...

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9 d. ago Revealed: How much it REALLY costs to live on a luxury cruise

Sailing around the world permanently and stopping off at different destinations every few days sounds like a dream for some. 

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9 d. ago FTSE 100 LIVE: London flat and Europe mixed as AI fears outweigh Federal Reserve rate cut

FTSE 100 LIVE: London flat and Europe mixed as AI fears outweigh Federal Reserve rate cut  Yahoo Finance UK

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