91 m. ago Liverpool news: Virgil van Dijk sends message as Reds star backed for summer exit

Liverpool have one hand on the Premier League title after their win vs Newcastle but it could be a summer of change for Arne Slot’s men once they are confirmed as champions

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98 m. ago BRYONY GORDON: Ozempic has turned toxic for so many women...but it's not why you think

It's hard to be a woman. Just ask Selena Gomez. The actress and businesswoman, responsible for a $2 billion beauty empire, turned up at the weekend to the SAG awards.

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3 h. ago Workers putting in billions of pounds of unpaid overtime – report

TUC urges workers to finish their shifts on time and take breaks.

Economics

3 h. ago Counterfeiters adding metal weights to fake Apple power adapters to dupe consumers

Apple and Electrical Safety First found the metal during an investigation of counterfeit and lookalike power adapters.

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3 h. ago Sean 'Diddy' Combs' mother hit with lawsuit accusing her of fraud in Bad Boy Entertainment stake dispute

Sean 'P Diddy' Combs' mum has been slapped with a lawsuit by former Bad Boy Entertainment president after a "violent incident" where he was intimidated to hand over his shares of the label

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4 h. ago BBC Dragons' Den viewers left in tears as hopeful breaks down after moving comments

Dragons' Den hopeful Millie Flemington-Clare broke down in tears after Steven Bartlett made her an offer that was not financial during the latest instalment of the BBC show

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5 h. ago The São Paulo connection: a Brazilian gang is spreading its cocaine business into Australia

The PCC – First Capital Command – formed in a Sāo Paulo prison but is now spreading its tentacles around the worldIn September 2020, the Australian Border Force intercepted 552kg of cocaine concealed in 2,000 boxes of frozen banana pulp that had arrived at the port of Sydney on a ship from Brazil.Two years later, a diver was found floating dead next to 52kg of cocaine near the port of Newcastle, in New South Wales, Australia. Police later discovered that he was a Brazilian national who had been attempting to retrieve drugs from a cargo ship’s hull. Continue reading...

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6 h. ago US stocks lose more ground as jitters grow over tariffs and economy

Lukewarm response to Nvidia’s earnings left market vulnerable to drop in consumer and business sentiment

Economics

6 h. ago Betsy Arakawa, concert pianist married to actor Gene Hackman, dead at 65

Betsy Arakawa, a concert pianist and co-founder of a home furnishing business, was found dead Wednesday in her Santa Fe, New Mexico, home along with actor-husband Gene Hackman and their dog, according to authorities

Culture

6 h. ago Dragons' Den's Deborah Meaden hails 'best deal I've ever seen' but there's a huge catch

Although Millie Flemington-Clare didn't end up with any investment on Dragons' Den, Deborah Meaden hailed it "best deal I've ever seen in the den"

Economics

6 h. ago Millions of immigrants to be surveilled under Trump, largest US immigration contractor says

Geo Group, an Ice partner, is moving at ‘unprecedented speed’ to build out its monitoring, executive chair saysThe Geo Group, the largest single private contractor to US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice), said it is building out its surveillance business to be able to monitor hundreds of thousands or millions more immigrants than it already does.The Geo Group, a private prison corporation and parent company of BI Inc, has contracted with Ice for nearly 20 years to manage the agency’s electronic monitoring program. It currently tracks approximately 186,000 immigrants using devices such as ankle monitors, smart watches and a facial recognition app, according to public Ice data. Due to increasing demand from Donald Trump’s administration, which has promised mass deportations, company executives said that they expect that number to grow past its previous peak of 370,000 to 450,000 immigrants within the next year. The remarks were made during the company’s fourth quarter earnings...

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6 h. ago Ice contractor plans for surveillance boom under Trump migrant crackdown

Geo Group, an Ice partner, is moving at ‘unprecedented speed’ to build out its monitoring, executive chair saysThe Geo Group, the largest single private contractor to US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice), said it was building out its surveillance business to be able to monitor hundreds of thousands or millions more immigrants than it already does.The Geo Group, a private prison corporation and parent company of BI Inc, has contracted with Ice for nearly 20 years to manage the agency’s electronic monitoring program. It currently tracks approximately 186,000 immigrants using devices such as ankle monitors, smart watches and a facial recognition app, according to public Ice data. Due to increasing demand from Donald Trump’s administration, which has promised mass deportations, company executives said that they expect that number to grow past its previous peak of 370,000 to 450,000 immigrants within the next year. The remarks were made during the company’s fourth-quarter earning...

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6 h. ago Pride Toronto loses corporate funding as Trump’s DEI purge has chilling effect

Canadian event loses three sponsors who also do business in the US to avoid being seen as supporting LGBTQ+ rightsPride Toronto, one of the largest celebrations of LGTBQ+ people in North America, is reeling from the loss of three major sponsors who have pulled funding after Donald Trump’s purge of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programmes in the US.Kojo Modeste, the executive director of the Canadian event said that the sponsors who also do business in the US are seeking to avoidbeing seen as supporting LGBTQ+ rights. Continue reading...

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7 h. ago Welsh business has all five dragons 'in palm of their hand' on BBC's Dragons' Den

Another Welsh business has impressed a lot of dragons on Dragons' Den

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7 h. ago Kenyan police confident they will catch killer behind murder of Scots businessman found dumped in sack

Kenyan detectives say they will catch the killers of a Scots businessman they fear was tortured before being murdered and dumped in a forest.

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7 h. ago Marcus Rashford makes 'huge Man United transfer decision' to hand Ruben Amorim £40m windfall

Manchester United transfer news as Ruben Amorim's could cash-in on Marcus Rashford after positive early signs of progress at Aston Villa

Economics

7 h. ago US business presence in Ukraine would be ‘backstop’, Trump suggests

Sir Keir Starmer has already said he is prepared to deploy British troops as part of a force to safeguard any peace deal.

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8 h. ago King Charles to meet Donald Trump in Scotland after state visit invitation

The King suggested that he and Trump could meet before that visit, either at Dumfries House or Balmoral which are near the businessman’s golf courses in Scotland, to discuss the plans for the much grander state visit.

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8 h. ago Donald Trump signals he could SUPPORT Labour's £9billion plan to surrender the Chagos Islands to Mauritius as he meets Keir Starmer

The US president suggested he could ignore Republican and Tory fury at the government's plan to hand over the Indian Ocean archipelago, as he met with Sir Keir Starmer in the White House.

Economics

8 h. ago Channel 4 Four in a Bed guests blown away by 'amazing views' when visiting Welsh B&B by the sea

It's located in one of the most popular coastal resorts in Wales

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