Dollar slides after US president exempts carmakers from 25% tariffs on Canada and Mexico; euro and sterling hit four-month highsThe British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) is predicting “a long and challenging year for UK businesses”. It has become more gloomy about the growth outlook for the UK and said firms will struggle to invest as they deal with a raft of rising cost pressures.This is going to be a long and challenging year for UK businesses. The BCC’s forecast shows an economy struggling without the secure foundations to kickstart business investment.Inflation will continue to be stubborn this year forcing the Bank of England to keep interest rates relatively high. Global uncertainties will add further dark clouds to the economic climate. Continue reading...

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Father and son George Ripley Snr and Jnr who attacked their neighbour with a machete and a plank of wood covered in nails over a parking row have been jailed for 20 years. 

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Steven Baker and Matthew Baker did not approve of a woman's relationship status on Facebook so kidnapped and beat her new partner along with three others in the Birmingham area

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Father and son Raphael and Gustavo Batista, 10, from Sao Paolo, Brazil, who both transitioned from mother and daughter share their journey on Instagram.

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The Met Office issued a yellow weather warning for the south coast of England after patches of dense, cold mist were seen forming in the area in the early hours of Wednesday.

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I have one son from my first marriage, but his dad has been out of the picture his whole life. When I married my now husband, I was so excited to give my son a better father figure.

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Netflix’s adaptation of the classic novel isn’t just a steamy, sumptuous treat that’s packed with nice food. It’s also a sharp look at how the ruling classes survive social upheavalFirst the Americans came for British period drama. Now the Brits are getting their mitts on Italy’s heritage. In 2020, the US producer Shonda Rhimes sexed-up Regency England with lusty intrigue, soapy storylines and orchestral covers of pop hits to create Netflix’s smash-hit Bridgerton. This year, British screenwriters Benji Walters and Richard Worlow (The Serpent) and director Tom Shankland (SAS Rogue Heroes) are collaborating with the streamer on a bit of pop cultural colonisation of their own.You can see why they would want to: The Leopard – the trio’s adaptation of Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa’s seminal 1860s novel, set in Sicily – is sumptuous, sensuous, emotionally tempestuous and full of nice food; all qualities our homegrown costume drama tends to lack. But this sweaty, steamy series is far more t...

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Katherine Ryan and Chris Hughes have weighed in on Danny Jones and Maura Higgins having a drunken kiss at a Brits after party on Saturday night.

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Research shows that since the start of 2023, 4.4 million more adults have had to go without hygiene products, highlighting the growing significance of this issue.

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Katherine Ryan and Chris Hughes have weighed in on Danny Jones and Maura Higgins having a drunken kiss at a Brits after party on Saturday night.

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One of the biggest new singing stars of recent years is on his way to Scotland.

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A wintry blast is expected to land in the UK in the coming days

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The Vogue model, 38, who already shares four-year-old daughter Arlowe with the film director, took to Instagram to share the happy news.

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Brits hoping that Spring may have sprung are about to get very chilly indeed thanks to a new Arctic blast setting its sights on the UK this month, experts have claimed

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Sophie Evans, 30, was found face down at home with a towel tied to a cupboard on her throat in July last year.

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I'm A Celeb stars Maura Higgins and Danny Jones have hit headlines after they were seen sharing a 'kiss' at the BRITs, but a body language expert has given their verdict on the encounter.

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The Georgia-born singer on how tackling his demons turned him into a megastar ready to take this weekend’s Brits by storm

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Rocco Ritchie paid homage to his mother Madonna as he DJed at the BRITs Warner afterparty in London on Saturday night. 

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Charli XCX swept the floor at the Brit Awards on Saturday night, but viewers noticed that the camera angle had changed following backlash to her outfit.

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The neo-soul artist, who has died aged 63, had years of experience by the time she became a star – and brought it to bear on a carnal, careworn catalogue• News: soul singer Angie Stone dies in a car crash at 63Angie Stone was no overnight success. By the time 2001’s Mahogany Soul made her a star, she’d logged two decades in the game, starting out in pioneering all-girl rap trio the Sequence, before passing through went-nowhere R&B groups like Devox and Vertical Hold and writing and singing with other artists (including D’Angelo, her former lover and father of their son, Michael). Once Clive Davis’s Arista Records signed her in 1999, those years of experience set her apart from the neo-soul pack, having worn a powerful grain into her rich, agile voice, and steeping her music in soul’s deep history.Her debut for Arista, Black Diamond, retooled lush 70s soul for the new century: Green Grass Vapors – a love song to the sweet leaf with Stone “higher than the Thunder Dome” – was from ...

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