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With food prices up more than 25 per cent in the past three years, energy bills soaring and tax hikes on the horizon, the chance to bag some extra income has rarely seemed more attractive.Bonds can do just that, and bonds issued for charities have an added bonus – helping donors to feel good and do good.Alnwick Garden Trust was recommended by Midas five years ago when the Northumbria-based charity launched a bond offering 5 per cent interest. Canny savers who invested £1,000 back then will be £250 better off today, with more cash heading their way.New investors can benefit from…
Cynthia Erivo has been announced as the host the 2025 Tony Awards in New York City in June.’I am so proud and excited to take on this glorious honor,’ Erivo said in a statement, as reported by Variety.’I am looking forward to ushering the theater community at large through a night that celebrates the wonderful performances we have witnessed throughout the year. I hope I can rise to the occasion.’The British actress and singer takes over as emcee from Ariana DeBose, who has hosted the past three Tony shows. It also marks the return of the prestigious ceremony to the famed Radio City…
The government’s proposed social media curfew won’t make children any safer online, experts have warned. Ministers are considering implementing an ‘app cap’, to reduce teenagers’ exposure to harmful online content. However, scientists have told MailOnline that there is no evidence to suggest these restrictions will have any positive effects.In fact, such restrictions could actually harm children by increasing isolation and facing more social problems during the day, the experts say. Technology Secretary Peter Kyle suggested children’s social media time could be cut down by law to two hours per day outside of school time and before 10 pm.Studies have shown that using social…
By EMMA GRITT Published: 11:01 BST, 9 June 2025 | Updated: 14:18 BST, 9 June 2025 Women who have sex at least once a week are the ‘happiest’ in their relationship, according to a new study.Scientists found 85 per cent of women who had a weekly romp were ‘sexually satisfied’, according to a study of nearly 500 heterosexual women. In contrast, only 66 per cent of wives and girlfriends who had sex once a month reported the same level of relationship bliss.And the figure fell to 17 per cent among those women who had intercourse less than this.Author of the new…
By ESTHER MARSHALL Published: 15:44 BST, 9 June 2025 | Updated: 15:44 BST, 9 June 2025 Switching seats on a plane is always controversial. And now a flight attendant has taken to social media to warn passengers not to let another holidaymaker switch seats with them.Leanna Coy (@leannacoy), a cabin crew member based in the USA, posted a TikTok video titled ‘Why you shouldn’t switch seats on the plane’. The flight attendant explains that she was recently asked to switch seats with a passenger on a United Airlines flight. Leanna says that the woman asked her to swap her aisle seat for another…
Australians can now get a taste of Japan on home soil at 7-Eleven following the launch of a new treat. This week the convenient store launched egg salad rolls into Victorian stores, sending foodies into a spin. The latest ‘seriously delicious’ offering costs $7 and is made with Aussie eggs and Japanese mayonnaise in a fluffy brioche roll.In Japan, 7-Eleven stores are more so miniature supermarkets offering a giant variety of ready-made meals, snacks and drinks. However, after the news was shared on the official 7-Eleven Instagram page, some customers dubbed the price for the roll as ‘diabolical’.’Not Japanese prices though,’ one wrote. ‘$7…
George Clooney’s return to silver fox status is nearly complete, several months after debuting a dye job that was mocked online. The actor, 63, attended the Tony Awards with the majority of his hair in it’s familiar shade of grey.George, looking handsome in a slick black tuxedo, attended Broadway’s biggest night with his gorgeous wife Amal, 47, by his side. Amal stunned in a white beaded dress by Tamara Ralph teamed with a marble clutch and a head full of loose, romantic waves and wore I Love Vivier Pumps and the Efflorescence Clutch by the brand. George dyed his famous salt and pepper…
By PERKIN AMALARAJ Published: 08:36 BST, 9 June 2025 | Updated: 14:32 BST, 9 June 2025 At least two people have died after a gunman opened fire near Las Vegas’s famous Bellagio Fountains following what police have described as a ‘conflict over social media.’Las Vegas Metropolitan Police said their officers responded to a shooting on the 3600 block of S. Las Vegas Boulevard at 10.40pm local time last night, and were quick to inform the public that it did not take place inside a casino. They said that offers found two people with apparent gunshot wounds, who were pronounced dead at the scene by…
By ERIC BLUM Published: 14:12 BST, 9 June 2025 | Updated: 15:04 BST, 9 June 2025 Jazz Chisholm Jr. was not focusing on just baseball while playing third base for the New York Yankees on Sunday night, as he made a critical throwing error during a mid-game interview. During one of ESPN’s mic’d up segments during the third inning of a national broadcast against the rival Red Sox, the ball was hit to the 27-year-old. On what would have been a tough play even if Chisholm was not giving an interview answer, the speedy infielder had to deliver a spinning throwing across…
By JEFF PRESTRIDGE Updated: 12:13 BST, 9 June 2025 After more than 11 years, Guinness European Equity Income is emerging from the shadows.Having been left to lie fallow as a result of the success of its sister fund Guinness Global Equity Income, it is beginning to gain some traction with investors and wealth managers.The fund, valued at a meagre £8 million a year ago, has now broken through £50 million. And co-fund manager Will James is confident it won’t be long before it gets to £100million – maybe by the end of this year, but more likely within the next 12…