4 h. ago Lizzo reveals dramatic weight loss after revealing she cut out three things

Lizzo has showcased her impressive weight loss transformation after the singer revealed she had lost around 16 percent of her body fat from dieting and intense workouts

Events

15 h. ago UPS to cut 20,000 jobs as it prepares to halve Amazon shipments

Delivery group declines to update its outlook for the year owing to macroeconomic ‘uncertainty’

Politics

16 h. ago UPS reveals it is cutting 20,000 jobs amid decrease in Amazon deliveries

Company also cited ‘uncertainty’ around wider global economy amid ongoing Trump tariffs

Society

20 h. ago Hopes fading for end to bitter Birmingham bin strike after council revealed plans to cut drivers' pay by £8,000 prompting outrage from unions

Unite said the move by the city council to downgrade wagon drivers' pay amounted to an 'escalation' in the dispute.

Economics

24 h. ago EastEnders legend reveals 'favourite' leaving scene that 'got cut' from BBC soap

Natalie Cassidy has said she didn't spot her favourite scene when she watched her EastEnders exit, but isn't sure whether it was cut or if it was just that she missed it

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44 h. ago 'Rare atmospheric phenomenon' behind huge power outages in Spain and Portugal

Portugal's grid operator has revealed a "rare atmospheric phenomenon" contributed to the power cuts – but what does this mean?

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48 h. ago My mother secretly gave my wealthy sister 10k for a house renovation

My mother has secretly given my sister £10,000 towards her house renovation. My sister is a doctor and makes a lot more than I do. I feel really angry.

Society

3 d. ago Revealed: The BRUTAL cut that sent Chris Eubank Jr to hospital after claiming victory in his bloody grudge match against rival Conor Benn

Eubank Jr was on the receiving end of a series of devastating blows and sustained a nasty cut above his right eye which required the 35-year-old to be admitted to hospital post fight.

Economics

4 d. ago The giant plan beside the M60 that could create 10,000 new jobs

Employment space, leisure facilities and a hotel are all earmarked

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5 d. ago Government plans to create 2,000 skilled jobs as part of clean energy initiative

It comes as part of the government's Plan for Change

Events

5 d. ago Sir Keir Starmer unveils £2bn carbon capture deal creating 2,000 jobs

Sir Keir promised to make Britain’s energy a ‘source not of vulnerability but of strength’

Economics

6 d. ago Business news in two minutes: Unilever cuts 6,000 jobs, Asos sales dip and Rangers' 49ers takeover heats up

Watch today’s top business stories in under two minutes.

Society

6 d. ago Unilever cuts 6,000 jobs so far under ongoing revamp as ice cream spin

The consumer goods giant said it was ‘ahead of plan’ on the restructure, which will see 7,500 jobs cut worldwide.

Politics

6 d. ago Race Across the World fans brand Sioned and Fin ‘the cutest’ and praise health reveal on camera

The pair finished second in the first section of the race, although along the way they had a few hurdles including Fin's health

Sport

7 d. ago UK annual borrowing exceeds forecasts by almost £15bn in blow to Rachel Reeves

Chancellor may be forced to raise taxes or announce deeper public spending cuts in autumn budget, economists sayBusiness live – latest updatesRachel Reeves could be forced to raise taxes or announce deeper cuts to public spending after figures revealed UK borrowing overshot official forecasts by almost £15bn in the last financial year.With the British economy coming under mounting strain amid Donald Trump’s escalating trade war, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said borrowing in the financial year ending in March was £151.9bn, more than £20bn higher than in the previous financial year. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago South of Scotland Enterprise officials claim agency has created and supported 10,000 jobs

The enterprise agency was officially launched in April 2020, with grants of more than £50million provided to businesses in that time.

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8 d. ago Doctor reveals exact amount of sleep needed to cut heart attack or stroke risk

Sleeping a certain amount of hours reduces the risk of a heart attack or stroke according to new research. Those who sleep more or less than this are at greater risk of cardiovascular disease

Events

8 d. ago Swiss drugmaker Roche to invest $50bn in US in effort to dodge Trump tariffs

Company says it will create 12,000 jobs in manufacturing and R&D over next five yearsBusiness live – latest updatesThe Swiss drugmaker Roche has said it will put $50bn (£37bn) into manufacturing in the US over the next five years, joining the queue of companies unveiling investments to try to head off potentially punitive Donald Trump tariffs.Roche said on Tuesday the investment would create more than 12,000 jobs, including 6,500 in construction and 1,000 at new and expanded existing facilities in the US, including factories and distribution centres in Kentucky, New Jersey and California. Continue reading...

Economics

9 d. ago Moral Ambition by Rutger Bregman review – don’t just stand there, do something

An altruistic companion to Oliver Burkeman’s Four Thousand Weeks aims to encourage anyone with a conscience to stop being a spectatorMany years ago there was a BBC children’s TV programme called Why Don’t You Just Switch Off Your Television Set and Go and Do Something Less Boring Instead?. Its aim was to encourage kids to spending their summer holidays helping grannies across the street or litter-picking rather than lying on the sofa filling their faces with cheese puffs. If I’m anything to go by, it didn’t work.Moral Ambition is Why Don’t You? for grownups, written by a Dutch historian but deploying psychologically sophisticated nudge techniques, shaming devices and a hectoring imperative mood to encourage clever if spiritually bankrupt people like you (no offence) to do something beyond making mortgage payments by means of a job you hate. Don’t you realise that the average worker will spend 80,000 hours at their job and, judging by the look of you (again, no offence), 79,999 of th...

Politics

1 week ago Sunscreen and snail slime: what skincare experts do – and don’t do – to their skin

Think you look better with a suntan? Worried you don’t have a 12-step routine? Dermatologists cut through the noise to reveal the products they swear by – and those they’d run a mile from• Anti-ageing products that actually work: Sali Hughes on the 30 best creams and treatmentsLooking after your skin used to seem so simple: for decades, a basic “cleanse, tone, moisturise” routine was seen as the gold standard. But the skincare industry has recently exploded with thousands of new products, while skincare influencers have been racking up millions of views with often bewildering (and conflicting) advice.So, should you be putting snail slime or beef tallow on your face, like that video you saw on TikTok? And which products are safe for your teenager to use, if any? We spoke to eight dermatologists to find out their own skincare routines – and which mistakes they see most often. Spoiler: none of them use snail slime. Continue reading...

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