The United Kingdom government has announced plans to provide weight loss medications to unemployed individuals struggling with obesity, to help them return to work. British Health Minister Wes Streeting emphasized the growing burden of obesity on the National Health Service (NHS), citing the staggering 11 billion pounds annual expenditure on obesity-related healthcare costs, surpassing even...
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Inside UK shopping centre once Europe’s largest left with ‘hardly any shops open
Once the largest shopping centre in Europe, a tired UK retail complex took another blow as Halifax confirmed its imminent closure. Runcorn Shopping City will only have one bank left after Halifax closes on 29 April 2025, following in the footsteps of Santander. Branded a “shopping centre with no shops in it” by Runcorn barber...
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MMA schedule 2024: Dates, division, location for upcoming fights | Sporting News United Kingdom
Fans had a lot to celebrate in 2023, with several big fights being made, some of which achieved record viewing numbers. It also marked the end of an era, as the PFL bought Bellator. But while one less singular organization exists in MMA (and there will be several Bellator events on the calendar), there are...
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Yoruba nation petition not UK’s business, says British envoy
The British High Commissioner in Nigeria, Richard Montgomery, has said that the sovereign affairs of another country are not the United Kingdom’s matter. Montgomery made this disclosure while reacting to the petition submitted by Sunday Adeyemo popularly called ‘Sunday Igboho’ to the UK for the sovereignty of the Yoruba nation. Igboho had claimed that he...
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Justin Trudeau tries to shore up support from ‘Five Eyes’, dials UK PM
Aiming to shore up support from other members of the Five Eyes intelligence alliance, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau dialled his British counterpart Keir Starmer to discuss what Ottawa said, “targeted campaign against Canadian citizens by agents linked to the Government of India“. Hours after New Delhi expelled six Canadian diplomats and announced withdrawing its...
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Thomas Tuchel agrees to become next England manager
Former Chelsea boss Thomas Tuchel has agreed to become the next England manager. The BBC has been told by two different sources that German Tuchel will become the third non-British permanent manager of the England men’s team after Sven-Goran Eriksson and Fabio Capello. England have been without a permanent manager since Gareth Southgate resigned following...
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England manager: Thomas Tuchel agrees to become Three Lions boss
‘A manager from the highest shelf’published at 21:49 British Summer Time 15 October 21:49 BST 15 October Constantin EcknerGerman football writer With the FA determined to sign a manager from the highest shelf of football, Tuchel has understandably been identified as a desirable target. Of course, many in England remember the way he led Chelsea...
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TGI Fridays closes a dozen stores across America in just one month
TGI Fridays CEO Brandon Coleman III reacts to McDonald’s reportedly raising its franchise royalty fee for the first time in 30 years on ‘The Claman Countdown.’ Your ability to enjoy a plate of loaded potato skins and $5 happy hour drinks is slowly dwindling, as TGI Fridays has closed 12 U.S. locations in the past...
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Pound Sterling Price News and Forecast: GBP/USD rises toward 1.3100 post strong UK jobs report
GBP/USD Price Forecast: Rises toward 1.3100 post strong UK jobs report The Pound Sterling recovered some ground and rose 0.18% on Tuesday against the US Dollar following a strong UK jobs report that pushed the unemployment rate lower, while the economy added over 373,000 jobs, crushing estimates of 250,000. At the time of writing, the...
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UK Fears Chinese Hackers Compromised Critical Infrastructure
Chinese state actors have made widespread — and likely successful — efforts to access British critical infrastructure networks, according to UK officials, underscoring fears of vulnerabilities to increasingly sophisticated cyberattacks by foreign powers. Senior ministers in the Labour government have been informed since taking power in July that hackers linked to Beijing have probably compromised...
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GBP/USD Price Forecast: Rises toward 1.3100 post strong UK jobs report
GBP/USD climbs 0.18% after strong UK jobs report shows over 373,000 jobs added, beating forecasts. Despite upward momentum, the pair remains within the 1.3000-1.3100 range, testing key resistance levels. Break above the 50-day moving average at 1.3112 could open the path to the 1.3174 October high. The Pound Sterling recovered some ground and rose 0.18%...
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Britain’s Samantha Cameron brings her fashion designs to Darien
From left, Eleanor Banco, Samantha Cameron and Anna Burke, wearing clothing from Cameron’s Cefinn label, at the Oct. 10 trunk show at Burke’s Darien home. Photographs by Georgette Gouveia. It’s not every day that you get an opportunity to interview a successful businesswoman who also happens to be the wife of a former prime minister...