The Keskine IPL Hair Removal Handset recently launched, promising users a 98% hair reduction in just four weeks - and is now available for £140 off its usual retail price

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The study saw 435 adults asked seven key questions about their bedtime usage of smartphones and snoozing habits

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When contraception has stagnated for decades, it is hardly surprising it’s fallen victim to culture wars and a wellness cultSomething is changing when it comes to contraception. Lots of people aren’t using it. Last week we heard that this includes a third of young Irish people. Meanwhile, there has been a significant rise in abortions in England and Wales. Prescriptions for the contraceptive pill in England dropped from 432,600 in 2014 to 188,500 in 2021. And this month data from abortion clinics found that demand is being fuelled by women coming off the pill and using natural methods instead.When the study compared contraception used by women seeking abortions in 2018 and in 2023, it found that the proportion using smartphones to track their menstrual cycle had increased from 0.4% to 2.5%. The use of hormonal contraception among this group fell from 19% to 11%, while the group not using any form of contraception when they became pregnant increased from 50% to 70%. Continue reading...

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"I didn't want a boot with a high heel so these are just right. They were very reasonably priced and they fit me perfectly. I like the colour so they go with any outfit"

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The Chancellor is reportedly mulling over a reduction

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Dr Dent's Professional Teeth Whitening Strips are currently reduced from £25.99 and have received rave reviews on Amazon

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Boden's floral midi dress has been reduced to £37 from £155 in a limited time sale, with shoppers saying it 'makes you look slim' and is easy to style for all occasions

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Claudia Winkleman was reduced to tears on Channel 4's One Question after a father and daughter duo managed to win £100,000

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Research group says discovery could lead to new type of environmentally friendly farmingA biological mechanism that makes plant roots more attractive to soil microbes has been discovered by scientists in the UK. The breakthrough – by researchers at the John Innes Centre in Norwich, Norfolk – opens the door to the creation of crops requiring reduced amounts of nitrate and phosphate fertilisers, they say.“We can now think of developing a new type of environmentally friendly farming with crops that require less artificial fertiliser,” said Dr Myriam Charpentier, whose group carried out the research. Continue reading...

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Dubbed ‘eHarmony for babies’, bill would create connected databases for pregnant women and those looking to adoptA Republican lawmaker in Missouri has introduced legislation to create a registry of pregnant women who are “at risk” of having an abortion – a proposal the bill’s author characterized as an “eHarmony for babies” that could also help match adoptive parents with babies.If passed, the bill would create two registries: one for people “at risk” of abortions and one for people looking to adopt. Members of each registry could access the other, while Missouri government officials would be tasked with helping members meet each other and facilitating adoptions. The bill’s goal is to “reduce the number of preventable abortions in Missouri”. Continue reading...

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These kitchen scales can do much more than just way your food.

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The flowy black dress can be worn with boots in cold weather or sandals on sunnier days

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The posh protestations claim that the reduced room in their underground garage would mean they could struggle to park a Range Rover Vogue, a BMW 7 Series and a Mercedes S Class.

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From loyalty cards, to restaurant meal deals or simply parking your car – it is harder and harder to get by without signing up to a multitude of appsHow to navigate apps: from checking safety to recalling passwordsUK-wide parking app may be out of road after funding withdrawnMichael is in his late 50s and is among the millions of people in the UK who cannot or do not want to use mobile apps, and feels he is being penalised for his choice.He does own a smartphone – an Apple iPhone he bought secondhand about three years ago – but says: “I don’t use apps at all. I don’t download them for security reasons.” Continue reading...

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Transgender teenager Brianna Ghey was stabbed to death by two 15-year-olds. The killers had been radicalised on the dark web, while the victim was trapped in an online world of her own. Now her mother has become friends with the parent of one of the murderersThe first thing I notice about Esther Ghey is a blossom tree trailing down her left arm to her hand. There is one pink flower on the tattoo. Pink was her daughter Brianna’s favourite colour. If Brianna had got her way, the whole world would have been pink. And just after she was murdered by two teenage schoolchildren in February 2023, Ghey says, the world did briefly turn pink. The local blossom trees filled with the blossomiest blossom she had ever seen. “It really felt she was with us and that she was sending us a sign she was OK,” she says.Now Ghey has written a book, Under a Pink Sky. It’s a memoir of her and Brianna’s lives, and a manifesto of sorts; a shocking exploration of how deadly smartphones and online spaces can be....

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Beauty fans have given the Nip + Fab Peptide Fix Finishing Oil 2% an impressive 4.8 stars based on results that see fine lines reduced and skin silky smooth in just a few weeks

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The deafening booms of the first airstrikes. Buildings bursting into flames, reduced to rubble. Terrified people hiding in basements. Cries of despair and hugs of support.

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Marks and Spencer's has reduced the price of one of its bestselling Apothecary gift sets in a brand new deal

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You can use the cotton rope basket for something else in your home after all the 'luxury' beauty products have been used up

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A debate is brewing over whether airlines should adopt weight-based pricing, charging passengers based on their weight to reduce fuel consumption and emissions.

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