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Best of Brakfast Episode 174 Yana Bolder
The state pension is likely to rise by £9.40 a week to £250.70 next April, following the latest jobs and pay figures. Under triple lock rules, the increase relies on average wage growth, inflation or 2.5%, depending on which figure is highest. Official statistics show average wage growth slowed to 3.9% between May and July. Almost thirteen million UK citizens receive the state pension, with forecasts suggesting recipients will pay […]
There is a particular kind of childhood that many Gen Xers remember. You went outside, found your friends, invented something to do and came home when you were hungry. There was no family WhatsApp group checking where you were, no smartphone quietly tracking your location and no YouTube tutorial explaining how to fix your bike. Somehow, you just got on with it. Of course, nostalgia has a habit of polishing […]
Prince Harry and Meghan have moved their children, seven-year-old Archie and five-year-old Lilibet, to a new school just days into term following security concerns. Their move comes after returning from the United States last month. A spokesperson said the decision was made after discussions with their security team regarding practical arrangements, while expressing immense gratitude to staff at their previous school. US rapper Macklemore claims he has been removed as […]
Refereeing body Pro Ref has admitted an error after VAR awarded Manchester City their winning goal in Sunday's Manchester derby. Erling Haaland's strike handed City a one-nil victory, but officials now concede VAR failed to recognise that Enzo Fernandez interfered with play from an offside position. Pro Ref confirmed the video assistant should have advised an on-field review and has contacted Manchester United. A Russian drone has struck a train […]
Tech executives Elon Musk and Sam Altman have supported a call from Anthropic's chief executive to place permanent third-party reviewers inside frontier AI firms. Dario Amodei urged companies to slow down model capabilities amid growing fears over misuse, following revelations that Anthropic's Claude software was used by malicious actors for surveillance, fraud, cyber operations, and weapons development. Three people have been arrested during rival demonstrations in Portsmouth, including a seventy-six-year-old […]
Twenty-five years. It is a difficult number to take in. On 11 September 2001, the world changed in a matter of hours. What began as an ordinary Tuesday morning in the United States became an event watched around the world, leaving an impact that continues to be felt a quarter of a century later. Today, on the 25th anniversary of 9/11, we remember the people whose lives were lost, the […]
More than ten million pounds of Premier League funds will remain frozen as part of an international criminal investigation into its former fantasy football partner, Sorare.com. The National Crime Agency and Luxembourg authorities are investigating the crypto-gaming firm, which allowed users to buy, sell, and trade digital player cards through instant buys or auctions. The cards could then be resold, with sellers setting prices alongside platform scarcity levels. A fifty-two-year-old […]
There was a time when watching television was a much simpler affair. You didn't have hundreds of channels. You didn't have Netflix, YouTube or an endless list of programmes waiting for you. You had the television. And if somebody else was watching it, you had to negotiate. For a generation growing up in Britain during the 1970s, 80s and 90s, television wasn't just something we watched. It became part of […]
All ten of Labour's metro mayors have agreed to cap any new tourist tax at five per cent in their regions, while mayors from other parties have ruled out introducing the levy altogether. In a joint letter to the Chancellor and the Local Government Secretary, the Labour mayors called the Overnight Visitor Levy a critical step towards fiscal devolution. Responding to concerns from the hospitality industry, they promised the modest […]
Have you ever looked at a photograph of yourself from five or ten years ago and thought: “What on earth was I wearing?” Perhaps you thought you looked fantastic at the time. Maybe everyone did. Then, seemingly overnight, the things that were fashionable became the things you couldn't imagine wearing now. That's the strange thing about fashion. Something can be everywhere one year and almost impossible to find the next. […]
