7 h. ago Chinese factories flood TikTok with videos urging Americans to buy direct after Trump’s tariffs

Experts say videos are likely an effort by counterfeit manufacturers to take advantage of confusion over tariffs to boost their sales

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8 h. ago Sky Sports pundit banned from driving for multiple months after two speeding raps

Sky Sports pundit and former Liverpool and England midfielder Jamie Redknapp has been banned from driving for 12 months after being caught speeding in his luxury car

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10 h. ago LVMH sales fall sharply in warning sign for the luxury industry

Slowing demand in the US and ongoing struggles in China will raise concerns for an industry grappling with Trump’s tariffs

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11 h. ago British boy, three, is found drowned in swimming pool of Greek holiday villa as family prepare to go out for dinner

The toddler had just arrived for a holiday with his parents and extended family at the luxury villa on the island of Zante which is popular with British tourists.

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11 h. ago Sicilian gravedigger accused of removing corpses to resell burial sites

Arrested man was allegedly aided by a forensic pathologist said to have falsely certified the decomposition of bodiesPolice in Sicily have arrested a former gravedigger and are investigating 18 others accused of illegally removing bodies from tombs to make way for new corpses.The former gravedigger’s assistant was also arrested on Monday in the investigation dating from 2023 for alleged corruption and bribery in Trapani, on the west coast of the Italian island. Continue reading...

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11 h. ago The UK has taken British Steel back from China. But can it afford to jeopardise its trade relationship?

A last-minute takeover of British Steel has led the UK’s trade secretary to advise caution against Chinese investment in key sectors. Alicja Hagopian looks at if the UK afford to lose trade with China

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12 h. ago Government finally funds blast furnace raw materials after takeover

Ministers have agreed payment to fund coal and iron ore deliveries to keep Britain's last blast furnaces running 48 hours after taking control of the site from its Chinese owners in Parliamentary vote.

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12 h. ago Manchester United confirm role change for key Ineos appointment after takeover

Jean-Claude Blanc is a key member of the Ineos management team at Man Utd but his role is changing at the club.

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16 h. ago US military aid for Ukraine is about to cease. Is Europe ready? | David Shimer

Putin is planning for this war to continue. That leaves two key questions for Ukraine’s European alliesDavid Shimer was the director for eastern Europe and Ukraine on Joe Biden’s National Security CouncilThe war between Russia and Ukraine is approaching a historic turning point: unless the Trump administration adjusts course, US military aid for Ukraine is about to cease.In the months before leaving office, Joe Biden made a series of decisions to augment Ukraine’s stockpiles of vital munitions. Toward the end of 2024, the Department of Defense surged hundreds of thousands of artillery rounds, thousands of rockets and hundreds of armored vehicles to Ukraine, and that December, he approved an additional $1.25bn security assistance package for Ukraine, which has enabled the continued flow of US arms ever since (with the exception of the damaging pause ordered by Donald Trump in March).David Shimer served on the White House National Security Council from 2021-25, including as the direct...

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16 h. ago Massive cliff collapses as 2,000 tonnes of rock plummet next to luxury development

The cliff face at Whipsiderry Beach, near Newquay in Cornwall, which has been subject to multiple protests against the construction of new homes on top of it, has partially collapsed

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17 h. ago Space NK's new £70 shower edit is packed with £165 worth of luxury bath products

The Space NK Everything Shower Edit, £70, is a collection of luxury haircare, body care and skincare products that will make your shower routine feel like a spa experience

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18 h. ago Rachel Roddy’s recipe for almond and potato cake with lemon curd and mascarpone | A kitchen in Rome

A sweet dessert with potato in it? You’d better believe it, plus it’s inspired by an Italian culinary legendWriting in 1891, in his cooking manual La Scienza in Cucina e L’arte di Mangiar Bene (Science in the Kitchen and the Art of Eating Well), Pellegrino Artusi introduces the potato as a tuber from the solanaceae (nightshade) family that was native to South America and introduced to Europe in the 16th century. He goes on to note that large-scale cultivation didn’t begin in Italy until the beginning of the 18th century, due to the “obstinacy of the masses who were averse to eating it”, adding that, little by little, the potato became more than accepted (by the poor as well as the rich), because of its good taste, ability to satisfy hunger and the way it lent itself to being cooked in so many ways.If my counting is correct, of 790 recipes in that seminal book, 30 of them include potatoes or a significant proportion of potato flour. What is especially interesting is that even though ...

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19 h. ago Spring refresh: New trending beauty must have items luxury vs. budget edition

Top makeup and skincare trends for spring including 'Butter skin' and 'cushion pillows'

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19 h. ago Ally McCoist reveals Rangers next manager hunch as he calls on takeover to fix 'diabolical' flaw

The club icon senses the impending takeover from Andrew Cavenagh and his associates must address one thing

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19 h. ago Best online food shopping: luxury, artisan and specialist ingredients with UK delivery

Stomach rumbling? Abha Shah presents the ultimate foodie directory

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19 h. ago Brits spend over £1.5k more on luxury trips to mark milestone life events

According to research, the majority of adults have marked a significant life event like an anniversary or a work achievement, by planning a trip away

Economics

19 h. ago British Steel takeover shows Grangemouth refinery can be saved, claims Scottish Labour MP

Brian Leishman said his party's government "should do the same for Grangemouth as we’ve done for Scunthorpe" by "taking control and extending the life" of the refinery.

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20 h. ago Gary Lineker drops illuminating Ange claim that chimes with Celtic era as he nails toiling Tottenham boss

Spurs fell to a staggering 17th league defeat of the season on Sunday with the Aussie facing an uphill battle to keep his job

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20 h. ago Win a £685,000 Hampshire home and a Land Rover Defender – all for just 99p

BOTB is best known for its luxury car giveaways – now they’re offering one lucky winner the keys to a brand new four-bed Hampshire home and a top-spec Land Rover Defender for just 99p.

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21 h. ago ‘Gunshots were my obsession’: the nicked golden toilet’s creator on his new pump

Maurizio Cattelan, the great Italian conceptual prankster who framed a banana and plumbed in a precious loo, explains why he’s now blasting huge holes into sheets of gold‘For a long time,” says Maurizio Cattelan, “I wanted to do something with gunshots. It was my obsession.” His original idea, back in the 90s, was to have a shooter fire rounds at him as he stood behind bulletproof glass. This was to take place in front of an audience. “The idea was there,” he says. “But it was insane.”We should not be too surprised. The controversial Italian conceptualist has made headlines in recent years by taping a banana to a wall (and selling it for a fortune), smashing a meteor into the pope (or his likeness), and plumbing a gold toilet into Oxfordshire’s Blenheim Palace (which was then nicked). All in the name of high art satire. Cattelan’s work is direct, confrontational, obvious and brutally in your face. And now, in a small show at Gagosian in Mayfair, he has revisited that 90s notion – an...

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