1 hour ago UK budget watchdog expects to downgrade productivity outlook, FT reports

UK budget watchdog expects to downgrade productivity outlook, FT reports  Reuters

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2 h. ago Jennifer Lopez hugs director Ridley Scott while in LA as she gets Oscar buzz for Kiss of the Spider Woman

Jennifer Lopez turned heads when she stopped by her ex-husband Ben Affleck's production company office in Los Angeles on Monday.

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3 h. ago UK watchdog to downgrade productivity forecast, deepening fiscal gap

Analysts say move by OBR could create additional £9bn or more shortfall in public finances

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4 h. ago Wedgwood pauses production and puts 70 workers on temporary leave

Fiskars Group said the production pause at Wedgwood’s site in Barlaston would start on September 29 as a ‘short-term measure’.

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6 h. ago Yellow weather warnings issued as more wet and windy weather forecast

Two yellow warnings for rain covering parts of Wales have been put in place by the Met Office for Wednesday.

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6 h. ago ‘I opened Molton Brown’s advent calendar and was wowed by the contents – and the saving’

I've been having an early look at some of this year's best beauty advent calendars, and Molton Brown's is a total treat for anyone who loves luxury products – here's why

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6 h. ago UK tourists in Canary Islands told ‘close windows’ as alert issued

The Cananry Islands government has declared a state of pre-alert as dust clouds are forecast

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7 h. ago State pension: How to check yours, how to buy missing years and everything else you need to know

Figuring out what you’ll have saved up for retirement can be a daunting task – here’s what you need to know

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8 h. ago Martin Lewis warns millions of people risk paying tax 'for first time' next year

The figure for average wage growth was today confirmed as 4.7% and as inflation is forecast to stay below this for the rest of the year, it now looks likely that the state pension will rise by this level

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8 h. ago 'I've tried every Skin Rocks skincare product and here's what's worth buying'

OK!'s beauty editor Laura shares her honest thoughts on all of the products from Skin Rocks, the skincare brand founded by beauty expert, influencer and author Caroline Hirons

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9 h. ago Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui: ‘Artists are liars who just make things up – but we reveal a lot’

The internationally feted choreographer has worked with pop megastars, a sculptor and the monks of the Shaolin Temple. Now he is tackling the cultural divisions and colonial legacy of his homelandSidi Larbi Cherkaoui is almost offended when I suggest he’s a busy man. “When people tell me, ‘You do so much,’ I cringe,” says the artistic director of the Grand Théâtre de Genève – the largest stage in Switzerland, with its ballet and opera companies – who runs his own company Eastman in his native city of Antwerp. He is also the creator of contemporary dance-theatre productions and a choreographer for film (Joe Wright’s Anna Karenina and Cyrano), musicals (Alanis Morissette’s Jagged Little Pill), pop (Beyoncé and Jay-Z, Madonna) and plenty more.This autumn alone, nine different works of Cherkaoui’s are being performed around the world, including An Accident/A Life, a collaboration with performer Marc Brew, about the car accident that left Brew paralysed from the neck down – “It’s maybe t...

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9 h. ago Jaguar Land Rover extends production shutdown for another week as 'forensic investigation' into cyber attack drags on

The company has informed staff, suppliers and partners that the factory shutdown enforced from 31 August will continue until 24 September at the very earliest.

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9 h. ago Unite Group’s £723m takeover of rival Empiric faces scrutiny by watchdog

The Competition and Markets Authority said it was gathering information on the planned acquisition of the student landlord.

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9 h. ago Diplo: The Mighty Dinosaur review – family dino animation goes meta as it rebels against ‘cute’

A strange, not entirely convincing attempt to add conceptual depth sees an animator forced to erase his own mildly annoying cartoon creationsWe’re in familiar children’s entertainment territory at the start of this family animation featuring a tiny little sincere dinosaur: mildly annoying lead character, mildly annoying would-be wizard sidekick delivering all the requisite snarky asides, plus mildly annoying assorted other critters. But in an unlikely swerve, this Czech/Polish/Slovakian production (dubbed into English for this release) turns out to honour the more formally and conceptually interesting heritage of east European animation. A couple of beats into the story, we suddenly find ourselves in a live-action environment, with a real human sitting in a dark basement studio, working away, drawing cartoons – the self-same cartoon, in fact, that we’ve just been watching.The artist is then interrupted by an extremely grating woman – think Joan Cusack’s deranged hyper-girly Debbie J...

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10 h. ago Jaguar Land Rover extends production pause for another week after cyber attack

The company has told staff, suppliers and partners that the factory shutdown will continue until September 24.

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12 h. ago Craig McLachlan withdraws from Cluedo production after backlash over casting

The actor, who was cleared of historical sexual assault allegations in 2020, says he has withdrawn as a result of a social media campaign against himFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastCraig McLachlan has withdrawn from the Australian production of Cluedo after a backlash to his casting seven years after he was accused of, and denied, touching, kissing and groping his female co-stars without their permission.Last Wednesday the show’s producers Crossroads Live announced that McLachlan had been cast as Colonel Mustard in a stage adaptation of the 1985 film Clue, based on the boardgame. Continue reading...

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16 h. ago Jennifer Lopez hugs director Ridley Scott while visiting her ex

Jennifer Lopez turned heads when she stopped by her ex-husband Ben Affleck's production company office in Los Angeles on Monday.

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22 h. ago Conflict, aid cuts and equality backlash causing ‘stagnation and regression’ of women’s rights – UN

Report calls on governments to commit to renewed action at general assembly in New York, saying ‘a different path is still possible’Hard-won progress on women’s access to healthcare, rights and employment is being put at risk from global conflict, cuts to aid spending, and a backlash against gender equality, according to a UN equality watchdog.A woman’s chance of dying in pregnancy or childbirth is more than a third lower than it was 25 years ago, UN Women said in its annual report, while girls are more likely to complete school than ever before. It also found that rates of intimate partner violence were 2.5 times lower in countries that had introduced comprehensive measures on violence. Continue reading...

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24 h. ago India Amarteifio on inner beauty, her go–to facialist — and her happy place

Queen Charlotte actress India Amarteifio chats signature scents, beauty icons and her can’t-live-without products

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25 h. ago Britain's strictest head blames 'woke ideology' for Oxford Union's president celebrating Charlie Kirk killing

Katharine Birbalsingh, founder of Michaela Community School in Wembley, said it was a 'product' of schools promoting Left-wing ideologies.

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