3 h. ago As if graduating weren’t daunting enough, now students like me face a jobs market devastated by AI | Connor Myers

With big accountancy and finance firms turning to tech rather than graduates, even those with ‘useful’ degrees find their prospects diminishedConnor Myers is a student at the University of Exeter and an intern on the Guardian’s positive action schemeSeptember is the beginning of many young people’s lives, as cars speed along motorways transporting 18- and 19-year-olds to their new university accommodations. I remember my own journey down to Exeter in 2022, the first stage in what I hoped would be an experience to set me up for the rest of my life. Little did I know that this was the calm before the storm, before anyone had heard of ChatGPT, or imagined the chaos that generative AI was about to cause for new graduates.Fast forward to 2025, and some of the young people I began this journey with have realised that they’ve spent the last three years training for graduate jobs that don’t exist. Many firms are now slashing their number of new hires. Big accountancy firms have cut back on ...

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7 h. ago People are only just realising what blue ice is on planes and it's grim

Chunks of blue ice could plunge from an aircraft as it comes in to land, and the block is made up of waste and disinfectant mixed together

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46 h. ago People are only just realising who shouts 'out' at Wimbledon – and it's not the umpire

Wimbledon has embraced a significant change - but it appears that some fans have only just realised the decision that the All England Club has taken

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67 h. ago Maxine Peake: ‘I have a healthy balance of inferiority complex and slightly prickly ego’

The actor on working with Mike Leigh, death by disco ball and drinking on the jobHas your northern accent helped or hindered your career? Eluned51They do call a group of actors a “moan” of actors. We like to have a good moan. When people hear a regional accent, they immediately make assumptions about your class, financial status and education. People generally think if you’ve got a strong regional accent, you can’t do much else. Obviously there are amazing actors like Jodie Comer who smash that to pieces because people don’t realise she’s from Liverpool. But because I came out the traps with the northern accent it’s probably helped.Do you ever suffer from impostor syndrome and think: “Why are people so fascinated by me?” RealEdPhillipsI don’t ever think people are – I think they are generally quite bored by me! Of course I have impostor syndrome. When you don’t get a job, you can’t help but think: “Why didn’t I get that job? Why don’t they think I’m good enough?” So there’s a health...

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3 d. ago Brits warned of airport scam where most people don't realise they've been robbed

People heading abroad this summer are being warned to beware of a growing airport scam targeting holidaymakers' precious items, with thieves going for those who've just arrived on holiday

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3 d. ago Materials matter: The surprising items around your home that could be affecting your gluten allergy

Gluten intolerance and coeliac disease are more common than many people realise – in fact, according to Coeliac UK, around 1 in 100 people in the UK are affected*. But with only a third of those officially diagnosed, it’s easy for symptoms to be missed or misunderstood. While we’ve made great progress over the past 20 years in recognising allergies and sensitivities, there’s still some way to go – especially when it comes to the hidden sources.

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5 d. ago People are only just realising what the strip of fabric across freshly

Hotel guests are just now learning what the strip of colourful fabric - draped across the foot of a freshly made bed, which many of us may be familiar with - is for.

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9 d. ago 'I got a pineapple tattoo and was horrified to learn what it meant'

Pineapples might be a popular snack, but people have been left baffled after realising the tropical fruit has a hidden meaning that might make you think twice about buying one

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9 d. ago People just realising pineapples have 'hidden meaning' and it's rather rude

You might love tucking into a pineapple snack with your lunch, but some people are just realising there's actually a raunchy hidden meaning behind the juicy tropical fruit

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9 d. ago World's richest tennis player refuses stay at Wimbledon hotel: 'I don't think people realise!'

Jessica Pegula will be among the women aiming to win Wimbledon when the tournament starts next week but she won't be staying in the same place as some of her competition

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9 d. ago UK politics: ‘Bungling Badenoch’ under fire after suggesting Starmer wrong to miss PMQs for Nato summit – as it happened

Liberal Democrats say Conservative leader focused on ‘cheap point scoring’ and her MPs are in ‘open revolt’In his final answer Starmer explained how he thought government and business should work together.A true partnership is not two people or two bodies trying to do the same thing. It’s two people or bodies realising they bring different things to the table.Government shouldn’t try to run businesses. It’s done that in the past and it doesn’t work particularly well. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago ‘Bungling Badenoch’ under fire after suggesting Starmer wrong to miss PMQs for Nato summit – UK politics live

Liberal Democrats say Conservative leader focused on ‘cheap point scoring’ and her MPs are in ‘open revolt’In his final answer Starmer explained how he thought government and business should work together.A true partnership is not two people or two bodies trying to do the same thing. It’s two people or bodies realising they bring different things to the table.Government shouldn’t try to run businesses. It’s done that in the past and it doesn’t work particularly well. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Starmer confirms willingness to make concessions on welfare bill, saying reforms must be fair – UK politics live

‘We want to see reform implemented with Labour values of fairness,’ the PM saysIn his final answer Starmer explained how he thought government and business should work together.A true partnership is not two people or two bodies trying to do the same thing. It’s two people or bodies realising they bring different things to the table.Government shouldn’t try to run businesses. It’s done that in the past and it doesn’t work particularly well. Continue reading...

Economics

1 week ago How migraines can be a sign you're at risk of a stroke but so many young people don't realise. Tracey only found out when doctors discovered a clot in her brainstem

Last year Tracey McMahon woke in the middle of the night with a blinding headache - 'at first I thought it was a bad migraine'.

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1 week ago Commons leader confirms vote on welfare bill will go ahead despite Labour rebellion – UK politics live

More than 120 Labour MPs are poised to rebel against the government on TuesdayIn his final answer Starmer explained how he thought government and business should work together.A true partnership is not two people or two bodies trying to do the same thing. It’s two people or bodies realising they bring different things to the table.Government shouldn’t try to run businesses. It’s done that in the past and it doesn’t work particularly well. Continue reading...

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1 week ago I was one of those men who couldn’t stop talking. Here’s how I learned to shut up and listen

After realising how much I interrupted other people, I decided I needed to make a drastic change. Here’s how starting to listen changed my relationships – and made me happierI like to talk as much as the next man – and men like to talk. A now-famous study by the University of California, Santa Barbara, noted that, in a series of recorded public conversations between men and women, 48 interruptions occurred, 46 of which came from men. The 2024 Women in the Workplace survey by McKinsey found that nearly 40% of women experienced being interrupted or spoken over “more than others” at work, against 20% of men.Men in public spaces, according to research, talk more than women, talk over women, and talk down to women, contributing to the rise of gender neologisms such as manologuing, bropropriating and mansplaining. So, aware that men tend to dominate and disrupt, aware that the world at large feels unbearably loud, aware that I, too, often add to that noise, I decided to learn to keep my m...

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1 week ago Plane forced to make emergency landing at major airport as engine 'catches fire'

Grim booming sounds were reportedly heard in Las Vegas where a plane is understood to have been forced into an emergency landing

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1 week ago People left disgusted after discovering what 'blue ice' is on planes

Plane passengers are often amused by the quirks of flying - like crisp packets puffing up due to cabin pressure - but Brookfield Aviation has highlighted a phenomenon that some would find a little unsettling

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1 week ago 'It survived two World Wars... what a sad end': Heartbreak as Manchester's Hotspur Press left a smouldering ruin

This morning, people woke up with the tragic realisation that one of Manchester's oldest and most symbolic buildings has been destroyed

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2 w. ago Woman starts rapping at busy station before people realise who it is

A musician has gone viral after she was seen rapping in the streets of London - and a crowd of people were left in disbelief as they realised who the performer was

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