3 d. ago Rise of 'Cinderella partying': How more than HALF of British women are opting for early nights out so they can be tucked up in bed before midnight

In the classic fairytale, Cinderella has to be home from the ball by midnight before the enchanted spell wears off. Now, it turns out more than half of British women have got the same idea.

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4 d. ago Stock markets rise on signs of Trump tariff retreat; British Steel races to keep furnaces burning – business live

Chinese exports jump as official says ‘the sky won’t fall,’ despite warning from US officials that smartphone and laptop exemption from import tariffs on China will be short-livedMatt Britzman, senior equity analyst at Hargreaves Lansdown, said:Just when it seemed the tariff chaos couldn’t get any worse, tech investors have spent the weekend scrambling to make sense of a whirlwind of confusing - and at times contradictory - messages coming out of the White House. Despite the drama, European markets have taken an easing stance on US tech components as a positive in a broad-based rally this morning, with the FTSE 100 up 1.5% in early trading.This time, it’s chips, smartphones, and other tech components taking centre stage. While there were early signs on Friday night that some broad exemptions might be in play, it turns out tariffs are still very much on the table. But here’s the twist: despite the messy rollout, what’s caught investors’ attention is the news that these products won’t...

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9 d. ago Chilling but true story behind Disney's Good American Family

Disney's Good American Family portrays the chilling story of orphan Natalia Grace, adopted by Kristine and Michael Barnett who later claimed she was an adult posing as a child

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9 d. ago The rise of the 'Britishism': Americans are adopting words like 'bonkers', 'tune' and 'cheers'

She's one of the biggest popstars in the world. So it's no surprise that Sabrina Carpenter's love for British slang has sparked a surge in 'Britishisms' across the US.

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1 week ago The dark true story behind Disney+ series Good American Family: Couple adopted a Ukrainian orphan

Natalia's unique story has now inspired Disney+ series Good American Family, which airs in the UK from Monday.

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3 w. ago British retail sales outstrip forecasts to rise 1% in February

Department stores and household goods led the increase, while supermarket sales volumes fell back

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4 w. ago Good American Family review – the strange case of Natalia Grace

Ellen Pompeo plays a mother disturbed by her adopted daughter in a mostly entertaining limited series based on the tabloid sagaThere remains unending interest in the bizarre story of Natalia Grace, the Ukrainian girl adopted by an American family who then claimed she was actually an adult. The saga starts in 2010 but a similar tale had already been told in 2009’s Orphan, a horror film hinged on a similar twist, itself inspired by the real case of the Estonian impostor Barbora Skrlová. It’s the ghoulish stuff of nightmare, shocking enough to turn Orphan into an unlikely franchise (the second was released in 2022, the third now in the works) and Grace into a tabloid sensation and, easily vilified, hate figure.But the lurid People.com headlines only told half of the story or barely a third as it turns out, an unfolding series of revelations soon starting to show that things were not what they appeared to be. After a popular, and even more revelatory, docuseries, we now have the inevita...

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last month British Gas boss to receive £245,000 pay rise on the day household energy bills rocket by £100

Centrica boss Chris O'Shea will see his basic salary soar to £1.1million on the day energy bills for household across the country are set to rise by around £100.

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