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Have you ever held a puppy that was so unbelievably fluffy and adorable you didn’t know how to convey the strong urge to squeeze its head without sounding like a maniac? Well, now there’s a word for it: gigil. Gigil (pronounced ghee-gill) is one of the new words that have made it into the Oxford … Read more
It is unclear whether mistakes and delays in the treatment of a student who died from sepsis at a hospital where his mother was a consultant contributed to his death, a coroner has ruled. The death of William Hewes, 22, on 21 January 2023 raised similar issues to the death of 13-year-old Martha Mills in … Read more
Gérard Depardieu should be found guilty of the “indisputable” sexual assault of a set decorator, as well as sexual assaults of an assistant film director, the French state prosecutor has told Paris’s criminal court, requesting the actor serve an 18-month suspended prison sentence. Depardieu is on trial for the alleged sexual assault of the women, … Read more
Rachel Reeves has said the UK is not immediately planning retaliatory tariffs on the US after Donald Trump announced a 25% tariff on all car imports, sending shares in carmakers around the world sharply lower. “We are not at the moment in a position where we want to do anything to escalate these trade wars,” … Read more
The alleged leader of the MS-13 gang on the US east coast has been arrested in Virginia, Pam Bondi announced on Thursday. The US attorney general lauded the early morning arrest of the 24-year-old man from El Salvador, who was described as one of MS-13’s top three leaders in the United States, as a major … Read more
The long-awaited carbon levy on international shipping that was to supply vital climate finance looks set to be heavily watered down, after the EU appeared to be backing down in global talks, in a blow to vulnerable countries. The EU is set to accept a compromise that would allow companies to enter into a system … Read more
Pensioners and the wealthy could be the target of tax increases at Rachel Reeves’s autumn budget if the drastically worsening economic backdrop fails to improve, the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) has said. After the chancellor’s spring statement featured deep cuts to welfare to meet her fiscal targets, the UK’s leading experts on the public … Read more
Britain’s aviation watchdog will review the rules on “resilience” after Heathrow was closed because of a fire at an electricity substation. Europe’s largest airport was closed in the early hours of Friday last week after the blaze at the Hayes substation in west London hit electricity supplies. No planes were allowed to take off or … Read more
Sky has said it intends to cut 2,000 jobs at its customer service centres and close three sites in the UK, affecting 7% of its total workforce. The media and telecoms group, which was bought by the US media company Comcast for £30bn in 2018, said the planned closures would help make it “future-ready” as … Read more
Celebrated by William Wordsworth, Windermere has long epitomised the natural timeless beauty of the Lake District, with millions of tourists drawn to the shores that inspired the poet. But today England’s biggest lake is a shadow of its 19th century self: its waters no longer clear but blighted by algae and its wildlife decimated by … Read more