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Mark Menzies will not be standing at the next general election.

Mark Menzies has announced he will not be standing at the next general election and has resigned from the Conservative Party.

The news days after allegations the MP misused Conservative Party campaign funds emerged.

Menzies lost the Tory whip over the allegations, all of which he has denied.

In a statement, Menzies said: “It has been an enormous privilege representing the people of Fylde since 2010, but due... Читать дальше...

Met Police Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley is facing calls to resign.

Metropolitan Police commissioner Sir Mark Rowley is facing calls to quit after an angry backlash to his force’s response during a Pro-Palestine protest.

Rowley replaced Cressida Dick as Met commissioner back in 2022, following a particularly tumultuous period for the force. So why is he now being asked to step down, less than two years later?

Here’s what you need to know.

What happened?

On Friday, April 13... Читать дальше...

Chris Packham criticised the government over its climate targets

Chris Packham accused the government of “cooking the books” when a minister claimed they have exceeded their climate targets this morning.

The wildlife TV presenter and conservationist slammed the Conservatives after energy secretary Claire Coutinho claimed the UK was the first country of the top 20 largest economies to “have halved our carbon emissions”.

Speaking on BBC One’s Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg, Packham said... Читать дальше...

Laura Kuenssberg put Claire Coutinho on the spot over Tory sleaze

Laura Kuenssberg recalled Rishi Sunak’s pledge to lead a government with integrity this week while questioning one of his ministers about the latest Tory sleaze headlines.

Two different MPs have lost the Tory whip in the last fortnight.

William Wragg admitted he was targeted in a suspected honeytrap plot, while Mark Menzies has been accused of misusing party funds – allegations he denies.

Speaking on her BBC One show... Читать дальше...

Sky News' Ed Conway interviewing Liz Truss over her premiership

Liz Truss has refused to apologise or even take responsibility for the leap in mortgage rates which occurred during her short-lived premiership.

In an interview which aired on Sunday, the former prime minister was put in the hot seat once again over the long-term impacts of her disastrous mini-budget (which saw her ousted from office after seven weeks).

Sky News’ economics editor Ed Conway asked: “Do you have an... Читать дальше...

Stop putting limits on people’s capabilities just because of how old they appear.

According to Google Trends, there has been a huge uptick in people searching the words ‘high Cortisol’ as we all learn more about cortisol and how different levels of it can impact our health.

Hate your job? Find yourself mentally drained at the end of the day? Apparently, while this may be difficult right now, it will benefit your brain much more in later life.

Everybody needs a break from time to time, whether from the incessant demands of caregiving or the incessant commands from the people who are caring for you. 

Foods from a box aren't the only ones that are processed.

When we think of processed food, fast food probably comes to mind. But the truth is, almost all foods we consume are altered in some way.

“Processed food is any kind of food or raw material that has been changed,” Dr. Pauline Jose, a family medicine specialist, told HuffPost. “Processing is anything that can include washing, cleaning, chopping, heating, pasteurising, fermenting, salting and smoking. Anytime you do anything to raw material... Читать дальше...

Clélia Rodrigues, who was born with arthrogryposis, applies eye makeup to a client in her salon in Visconde do Rio Branco, Brazil, on March 7, 2023. Rodrigues, whose condition limits her arm movements, has become a successful makeup artist with a large following on social media.

“It comes as a great big surprise to some people that they’ve somehow ended up at the front of a line in a coffee shop, of all places,” Catherine said.

Richard Gadd as Donny in Baby Reindeer

Netflix’s new show Baby Reindeer has already been one of the year’s most impactful new shows after wowing both viewers and critics since its release just over a week ago.

Considering the drama – inspired by events from creator Richard Gadd’s own life – deals with some massively heavy themes in a way that doesn’t always make for the easiest or most comfortable of viewing experiences, it’s not exactly the most obvious candidate for binge-watching. Читать дальше...

The ladies of Twitter never fail to brighten our day with their brilliant and succinct wit. And although the platform has rebranded to X, their humour lives on.

Nick Offerman

Nick Offerman revealed that he and his friends in college had an unexpected encounter with police while they were high on marijuana.

The actor, who stars as the president in Alex Garland’s Civil War, told US talk show host Jimmy Kimmel that he and his pals were smoking weed behind a community theatre late one night when flashlights appeared by a nearby creek.

“And we realised it was police, and so we began to tiptoe away and they gave chase and we wisely ran,” Nick... Читать дальше...

Rihanna

Rihanna didn’t have to find love in a hopeless place; instead she found it in her very own closet after adjusting to motherhood. 

While speaking with BBC News at the Wednesday launch party of her collaboration with Puma in London, the singer explained how she went through somewhat of a fashion metamorphosis following the birth of her two young sons, RZA and Riot. 

“With the first pregnancy, I feel like I was able to wear heels all the way through,” she recalled.

“But then with the second pregnancy... Читать дальше...