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World Cup quarter-final expected to generate £500m sales boost for UK economy
As England prepare to take on Norway on Saturday, sales of pints, takeaways and new TVs continue to surge From a cosy Norwegian pub to outdoor fan zones packed with hopeful England football fans, Saturday’s World Cup quarter-final between the two nations is expected to generate a multimillion-pound windfall for venues showing the game. The…
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‘A new consumer’: how weight-loss drugs are shaking up clothes shopping
As they slim down, UK and US users of GLP-1 jabs and pills are changing their spending habits – and their wardrobes Tell us: what does the new weight-loss pill mean for you? “I’m now at a point where I’m going to buy even more clothes,” says Hayley Grice, 50, from Shropshire, who has dropped…
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Labour MPs call for Andy Burnham to restore aid spending target set by Brown
Thinktank urges prospective prime minister to reclaim UK’s role as an international leader on development Influential backbenchers are calling on Andy Burnham to reclaim Labour’s leadership on international development and chart a course back to spending 0.7% of national income on overseas aid. In a collection of essays to be published soon by the New…
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Chilling massacre plan targeting primary school children at the centre of case against a teenager, 13, is revealed in court: ‘They will see my wrath’
A Queensland boy was charged with extremism-related offences after allegedly creating ‘mass shooting stories’ based off Russian gunman Vladislav Roslyakov and the Bondi Beach terror attack.
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Don Iwerks, Disney Executive and Pioneering Cinema Technology Innovator, Dies at 96
Don Iwerks, a visionary engineer and executive who revolutionised cinema through groundbreaking advances in camera and projection technology during his tenure at Disney, passed away peacefully at age 96 at Ojai Community
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Ryanair has axed its family seating policy – but kids’ fees still add up
The airfare for a baby on your lap could cost more than your own ticket. Here’s how airline charges and travel taxes can hit you Ryanair recently stopped making parents pay to sit next to their children but depending on the airline the hidden extra costs involved in flying with children can be substantial. In…
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Barbara Ling, Oscar-Winning Production Designer on ‘Once Upon a Time in Hollywood,’ Dies at 73
Her credits also included ‘The Pee-Wee Herman Show,’ ‘Falling Down, ‘The Doors,’ ‘Fried Green Tomatoes’ and ‘Michael.’
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Three friends cycle across country with old map to raise money for asylum seeker bike charity
Three Sheffield students cycle across the country with a hand-me-down map to raise money for asylum seeker bike charity
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Woman, 78, who was last polio survivor to live in iron lung died because 1940s machine keeping her alive broke down and was too old to repair
Martha Ann Lillard, 78, died on June 26 having spent more than seventy years relying on the device.
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Paramount-Warner Bros merger clears hurdle as Oregon withdraws delay bid
The Oregon attorney general’s office has withdrawn its motion to delay the closing of the $111 billion Paramount-Warner Bros. merger, according to a filing lodged on Friday in the Multnomah County Circuit Court in Portland. The reversal removed a significant obstacle, allowing the deal to close as soon as 22 July, although several states —…