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Liberty embraces sewing boom with craft classes as it expands fabrics section

  • Liberty's fabrics department is now 140% bigger, with 2,500+ fabrics
  • Fabric sales grew 11% last year, driven partly by social media trends
  • Autumn craft workshops and expanded haberdashery section planned

Liberty has more than doubled the size of its fabrics department at its central London store, part of a wider push to capitalise on a growing craft and sewing trend fuelled by social media. The Oxford Circus department store, which opened in 1924, will also expand its haberdashery…

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The woman promoting the UK Potteries region in Japan

  • Japanese entrepreneur launches cultural tours showcasing Stoke-on-Trent pottery to international visitors in response to industry decline
  • Spode Museum and local tea room report strong foreign interest; pop-up event in Japan saw tenfold increase in daily sales
  • Strategy revitalises struggling ceramics sector by redirecting demand through tourism and cultural exchange

Yuri Kawakami-Shotton, who runs Peak and Pottery Tours at Stoke-on-Trent's Spode Museum, has been praised for her work promoting the city and its pottery heritage to visitors from Japan. She was inspired to start the venture after seeing a BBC News report on local pottery firms falling into…

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Trump repeatedly references Dylan Mulvaney at correspondents’ dinner speech

  • Trump mentioned Dylan Mulvaney four times during correspondents' dinner speech
  • Remarks came alongside jabs at CNN's Kaitlan Collins
  • Echoed 2023 Bud Light boycott controversy involving Mulvaney

Donald Trump repeatedly referenced transgender TikTok personality and Broadway actress Dylan Mulvaney during his speech at the rescheduled White House Correspondents' Dinner, mentioning her four times alongside pointed remarks about CNN anchor Kaitlan Collins. The comments came as Collins was being honoured for her coverage of the Trump…

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Why scientists watched grass grow for 170 years

  • Rothamsted's Park Grass Experiment has run since 1856, the oldest of its kind.
  • Preserved soil, grass and weather archives reveal long-term environmental change.
  • Research now focuses on climate change's impact on grassland yields.

Scientists at Rothamsted Research in Harpenden, Hertfordshire, have been running the Park Grass Experiment for 170 years, making it the world's oldest continuous study of permanent grassland. Begun in 1856 by founders Sir John Bennet Lawes and Joseph Henry Gilbert to examine how fertilisers and manure affect hay…

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Heartbreak as Virginia mom of four dies after drinking unsafe water during trip to help orphaned children in Kenya

  • Virginia mother of four dies after drinking unsafe water in Kenya.
  • She had travelled to help orphaned children.
  • Death reportedly linked to salmonella infection.

A mother of four from Virginia, named as Ayla Garcia, has died after drinking unsafe water while on a trip to Kenya, where she had travelled to help orphaned children. Her death has caused shock among family, friends and her community, highlighting the risks faced by aid workers…

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Why Burnham can succeed on slashing the welfare bill where Starmer failed

  • Andy Burnham vows to cut the welfare bill, unlike predecessor Starmer.
  • Starmer's welfare climbdown last year badly damaged his authority.
  • Burnham avoids naming a savings figure, unlike Starmer's failed £5bn target.

Andy Burnham has signalled, in his first major interview as Labour leader with the BBC's Laura Kuenssberg, that he intends to tackle the welfare bill just a year after a backbench rebellion forced Sir Keir Starmer into a humiliating climbdown on £5billion of benefit cuts, a defeat widely…

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Adam Ramsay-Peaty snubs his estranged family while paying tribute to his wife Holly for supporting him during ‘whirlwind’ 24 hours as she watches him reach 50m breaststroke final after 100m heartbreak

  • Adam Peaty reaches 50m breaststroke final after 100m disappointment
  • He publicly thanked wife Holly Ramsay for her support
  • Peaty made no mention of his estranged family members

Adam Peaty has reached the final of the 50m breaststroke, following a 24-hour turnaround after missing out in his stronger 100m event, with the swimmer crediting his wife, Holly Ramsay, for her support through what he called a "whirlwind" period. He publicly thanked Holly while notably making no…

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Pulte says he completed fourth round of layoffs as acting DNI

  • ODNI has completed a fourth round of staff cuts.
  • Pulte gave no figures or details of affected roles.
  • Lawmakers question major changes under an acting director.

Acting US Director of National Intelligence Bill Pulte says the Office of the Director of National Intelligence has completed its fourth round of layoffs since he took over. The cuts are part of a wider effort to shrink and refocus the office, but they have prompted concern that…

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Melbourne socialite Brynne Edelsten faces court with a mystery man and an eye-popping new engagement ring – as she scores a sweetheart plea deal to dodge jail on drug charges

  • Brynne Edelsten avoids jail via plea deal on drug charges.
  • She appeared in court with a mystery man.
  • She was seen wearing an eye-catching new engagement ring.

Melbourne socialite Brynne Edelsten has appeared in court accompanied by a mystery man and a large new engagement ring, after securing a favourable plea deal that will allow her to avoid jail on drug possession charges. The court appearance drew attention both for the resolution of her legal…

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