7 h. ago ‘The rules are broken’: Urgent call for UK to fix fashion’s fast future

A new white paper warns the UK is falling behind global efforts to clean up the fashion industry, calling for urgent reforms to curb waste, close tax loopholes and hold brands accountable for what happens to their clothes after sale

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7 d. ago Wenger wants to fix VAR offsides but broken handball rule is the real problem | Max Rushden

While Fifa’s chief of global development focuses on offside toes and noses, VAR needs a helping hand somewhere elseFive years ago, Fifa’s chief of global development, Arsène Wenger, outlined his bold plans to change the offside law.“The most difficult [issue] that people have [with VAR] is the offside rule,” he said. “You have had offsides by a fraction of a centimetre, literally by a nose. It is the time to do this quickly. Continue reading...

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1 week ago DWP warning as pensioners risk losing £441 a month payments if benefit rules broken

Attendance Allowance is a benefit given to those over the State Pension age - which is currently 66 - who need help with day-to-day personal care or supervision due to their illness or disability

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1 week ago Love Island's Olivia Hawkins 'breaks show rule' just days into Celebs Go Dating filming

Love Island alum Olivia Hawkins is said to have broken Celebs Go Dating's number one rule as she has grown close to one of her E4 co-stars, months before the show airs

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2 w. ago Populists like Farage promise voters a simpler life. In fact, they produce ever more hassle and chaos | Andy Beckett

Centrists won’t beat Reform UK by echoing its messages. They should emphasise the true unworkability of policies like BrexitIn the middle of an election or the early stages of an administration, populist politics can feel like a liberation. The unsayable is said. Political rules are broken. Constitutional restrictions are flouted. Populist rallies are boisterous, seemingly uninhibited, with enemies of the movement taunted or intimidated.For many voters, and even some activists and politicians, conventional politics can be boring, with its careful rhetoric and predictably choreographed campaigns, its compromised and complicated centrist policies. Populism promises something much more visceral, with larger-than-life leaders and dramatic national goals: “make America great again”, “take back control”. Digital media, with its constant hunger for brevity and straightforward narratives, is a perfect environment for populism’s seductive claim that politics is actually quite simple.Andy Bec...

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2 w. ago Jimmy White revealed his fury when 'unwritten snooker rule' was broken during Mark Selby win

Jimmy White has done and seen it all in snooker, but the cult icon was furious when he saw one player's cheeky ploy in 2022

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