8 h. ago Sara Cox overcome with emotion as her gruelling Children in Need challenge raises £439,000 in a day

The broadcaster hailed BBC Radio 2 listeners for their support

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18 h. ago Another day in Starmer's socialist paradise! 1,000 jobs A DAY are now lost under Reeves with experts warning the 'madness' of Labour policies will see the crisis get even WORSE

More than 180,000 people have been left on the workplace scrapheap in the UK in the past year, with 64,000 of those coming in the last two months, according to official figures

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19 h. ago Another day in Starmer's socialist paradise: 1,000 jobs a day are LOST under Reeves

Figures from the ONS revealed a spike in job losses as the Budget approaches, with a 64,000 decline in the number of payrolled workers over September and October and 180,000 over a year

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22 h. ago Sara Cox overcome with emotion as her gruelling Children in Need challenge raises £439k in one day

The broadcaster hailed BBC Radio 2 listeners for their support

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25 h. ago Sara Cox is overcome with emotion as she discovers her gruelling Children In Need challenge has raised over £439k in just one day

The expedition, which is Radio 2's longest-ever BBC Children In Need Challenge and is set to take five days, kicked off with the star surrounded by locals.

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62 h. ago Conwoman care home boss facing jail over fake will 'drugged colleague by lacing her tea with diazepam and ran £500 dog rescue scam'

Fraudster Jamiel Slaney-Summers, 65, tried to snatch 85-year-old Rita Barnsley's £175,000 lifesavings by drawing up the 'dodgy' document on the day she died in 2021.

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64 h. ago Climate disasters displaced 250 million people in past 10 years, UN report finds

Floods, storms and droughts have uprooted people across the globe as rising temperatures intensify conflict and hungerClimate-related disasters forcibly displaced 250 million people globally over the past decade, the equivalent of 70,000 people every day, according to a report by the UN refugee agency (UNHCR).Floods, storms, drought and extreme heat are among the weather conditions driving conflict and displacement, alongside slow-onset disasters such as desertification, rising sea levels and ecosystem destruction, which are threatening food and water security. Continue reading...

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64 h. ago Slim pickings: what explains the unusual apple shortage in this Blue Mountains orchard?

Growers are reporting a difficult apple season, which is having a knock-on effect for local tourismGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAt this time of year, Pine Crest Orchard in the Blue Mountains town of Bilpin would usually have about 1,000 visitors a day picking their own fruit from trees laden with apples.But this season, the trees are mostly bare – and no one really knows why. Continue reading...

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2 d. ago The nut secret: 14 easy, delicious ways to eat more of these life

A handful of nuts a day can help manage obesity and reduce your risk of cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes and some kinds of cancer. Yet most of us don’t get enough. Here’s a no-fuss guide to getting your 30g a dayHow often do you eat nuts? The planetary health diet, introduced in 2019 and updated last month, recommends that everyone eat a portion every day (unless you have an allergy). Alongside eating more fruit, vegetables, whole grains and legumes, and fewer animal products and sugary foods, this could help prevent 40,000 early deaths a day across the world, as well as slash food-related greenhouse gas emissions.Yet according to Prof Sarah Berry, the chief scientist at Zoe, many don’t eat any nuts at all. In the UK, the average consumption is 6g a day. Romanian researchers found higher levels of nut consumption in Canada, some African countries and some regions of Europe and the Middle East, and lower levels in South America. But overall, they said: “Consumers may not have ...

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3 d. ago More than 1,000 flights canceled on second day of cuts tied to government shutdown

Charlotte, North Carolina, has the most cancellations – at 120 – as industry experts say other sectors might also feel effectsUS airlines again canceled more than 1,000 flights on Saturday, the second day of the Federal Aviation Administration’s order to reduce air traffic because of the government shutdown.So far, the slowdown at many of the nation’s busiest airports hasn’t caused widespread disruptions. But it has deepened the impact felt by what is now the nation’s longest federal shutdown. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago ‘The idea of building Britain’s largest Christian landmark wasn’t mine – it came to me from God’

The Eternal Wall of Answered Prayer will be twice the height of Angel of the North, and seen by more than 500,000 every day. Alex Ross speaks to the man behind it – and the donor who spent £30m to make this ambitious plan a reality

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5 d. ago Over half of Brits struggle to find daily 'me time' amidst chores and work pressures

A poll of 2,000 adults found 51% can go one day a week or longer, without taking any time to call their own.

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6 d. ago Scots dad 'too big to wear kilt' loses 14 stone by walking 10,000 steps a day

Calum, 36, was missing out on being a dad and wearing 6XL clothes.

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6 d. ago Only Keir for the beers? Starmer, Ed Miliband and Sadiq Khan live it up in Rio after PM travels 12,000 miles for ONE DAY at COP30 climate jamboree... while Trump, India and China stay away

Keir Starmer enjoyed a black tie bash last night after making the emissions-heavy 12,000-mile round trip to the Amazon to reiterate his commitment to Net Zero.

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8 d. ago 10,000 steps a day is a myth, say experts – and this app reveals your real daily target

The famous 10,000-step rule wasn’t born from medical science but marketing. Here’s how to find the right goal for you

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8 d. ago Study suggests 3,000 steps a day is enough to boost brain health. Here’s how

Walking can have profound impacts on mood and stress regulation

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8 d. ago ‘You definitely felt disposable’: models – one 27, one 62 – discuss Botox, weight loss, creativity and the threat of AI

Modelling has changed hugely over the decades. Two models from different generations discuss the highs and lows of the industry, from the joy of travel and dressing up to predatory behaviour and physical pressuresIt’s easy to think of models as people whose lives are full of glitz and glamour, who “don’t wake up for less than $10,000 a day”. But according to New York-based Danielle Mareka, 27, and 62-year-old Dee O, who lives in London, the reality for most models is a constant hustle to get noticed.That’s not to mention keeping up with the fashion world’s changing landscape: since O began modelling in 1983, the internet and social media have transformed the way the industry operates. And models are now navigating innovations such as AI models appearing in Vogue and the impact of GLP-1 weight-loss drugs on the sector. O and Mareka met to discuss their careers past and present. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Bari Weiss’s security detail is costing CBS $10,000 per day, according to report

Weiss took over CBS News last month after its parent company bought her Substack, The Free Press, for $150 million

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8 d. ago Walking 3,000 or more steps a day may slow progression of Alzheimer’s, study says

Scientists find even modest amounts of exercise appear to delay brain changes and cognitive decline in patientsEven modest amounts of daily exercise may slow the progression of Alzheimer’s disease in older people who are at risk of developing the condition, researchers have said.People are often encouraged to clock up 10,000 steps a day as part of a healthy routine, but scientists found 3,000 steps or more appeared to delay the brain changes and cognitive decline that Alzheimer’s patients experience. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Walking for more than 5,000 steps per day may reduce Alzheimer’s risk – study

There was a slowing in the build-up of a protein called tau, which becomes abnormal in Alzheimer’s.

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