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By PATRICK TOOHER, CONSULTANT CITY EDITOR Updated: 10:39 BST, 28 September 2025 Online car sales platform Carwow is on track to reach a £100 million-a-year sales milestone this year despite fragile consumer confidence and the sluggish uptake of electric vehicles.The digital marketplace connects buyers and sellers of new and used cars via a network of dealerships.It charges car dealers a fee for each genuine buyer inquiry or successful lead they receive through the platform.The company has grown rapidly in recent years, fuelled in part by its popular YouTube channel hosted by influencer Mat Watson, which has more than 10 million…
Mariah Carey put on a racy display in a pair of skimpy hotpants as she stepped out in New York City. The singer, 56, was spotted leaving dinner at Nobu 57 in the Big Apple on Saturday after hosting a Barnes & Noble meet and greet event.The event saw Mariah celebrate her 16th studio album, HERE FOR IT ALL, and sign albums for fans.She wore a daring ensemble for the day out, stepping out in a pair of very skimpy black hotpants and a glitzy bodysuit. Mariah completed the ensemble with a pair of sparkly tights, a black leather jacket and lace-up knee-high boots. She…
Facebook and Instagram users in Britain will now have to pay a monthly fee to avoid being targeted with personalised adverts.In the coming weeks, users will be offered the choice to pay £2.99/month on web or £3.99/month on iOS and Android for an ad-free experience. The fee will cover all Facebook and Instagram accounts registered with the Meta Accounts Center, with an automatic charge of £2 on web and £3 on mobile for each additional account.Meta says that the increased price for iOS and Android users is due to the fees charged by Google and Apple for access to their services. This…
When keen runner Jon Reeves, 54, began struggling to get down the stairs in the morning, he knew his knee pain was more than just sports injuries.The father of two from Oxfordshire had gone from daily runs and regular badminton matches to strapping up his inflamed joints and dosing himself on painkillers just to get through the day.In 2020 doctors confirmed the cause: osteoarthritis – the degenerative joint disease that affects about ten million Britons. More than half of cases strike the knee, with 100,000 people a year ending up on the NHS waiting list for joint replacement surgery.‘Getting the…
By CHARLOTTE GRIFFITHS, EDITOR-AT-LARGE, MAIL ON SUNDAY Published: 22:33 BST, 27 September 2025 | Updated: 08:00 BST, 28 September 2025 Princess Beatrice is said to have ‘lost all hope’ of becoming a working Royal thanks to the deepening scandal engulfing the House of York.Friends of Beatrice, the eldest daughter of the beleaguered Prince Andrew and his ex-wife, Sarah Ferguson, say she would have been keen to help ease the burden on King Charles and Prince William by carrying out more Royal engagements.The King is said to have been impressed by her elegance and enthusiasm during recent joint appearances and is…
By PATRICK TOOHER, CONSULTANT CITY EDITOR Updated: 22:31 BST, 27 September 2025 Rachel Reeves will find out this week just how big a black hole she has to fill in her Budget when the official forecaster’s initial estimates for economic growth land on her desk.The Chancellor is braced for the Office for Budget Responsibility to cut its key productivity forecast, leaving Reeves on track to break her fiscal rules and making big tax rises inevitable.The OBR has consistently overestimated long-term growth in productivity – the amount of output per hour worked – which has remained stubbornly low despite advances in…
They’re Australia’s golden family – with Chris Hemsworth and his famous brothers Liam and Luke embodying wholesome, hard-working Aussie values that have made them household names.The trio have long credited their rugged Outback childhood in the Northern Territory with shaping their athletic lifestyles, love of fitness and humble outlooks.From often walking barefoot in public to living in Byron Bay, Chris has consistently done things on his own terms, citing his unconventional upbringing as key to shaping his worldview. ‘When I was younger my family and I lived in a remote community in the NT. Some of my earliest and happiest memories…
iOS 26, Apple’s hotly-anticipated new update for iPhones, was finally made widely available last week. Released to coincide with the new iPhone 17, iOS 26 includes a slick new visual redesign called ‘Liquid Glass’. The ‘delightful and elegant’ new software design brings translucent, glass-like effects to app icons, the lock screen and the home screen, Apple claims. However, Liquid Glass seems to be having an unintended side effect. Users are complaining that the visual redesign is making them ‘feel drunk’ because the app icons appear slightly slanted. On Reddit, one user said: ‘I hadn’t noticed it at the first glance, but now I can’t unsee the…
US President Donald Trump sparked outrage last week by claiming paracetamol taken during pregnancy was fuelling a spiralling autism ‘crisis’.International scientists immediately dismissed his comments as ‘fear-mongering’, stressing there is no evidence the painkiller raises the risk of the disorder.However, others say while it is unclear whether paracetamol causes autism – a condition that makes it difficult for people to understand social cues and express themselves – something is clearly driving the increase in cases, with one in 100 now affected.And a growing number of experts believe they may have identified a major risk factor: a pregnancy complication called gestational…
By JENSEN BIRD Published: 04:35 BST, 28 September 2025 | Updated: 05:12 BST, 28 September 2025 Three people have been killed and eight were injured after a boat pulled up to a North Carolina tourist spot and opened fire. The shooting took place between 9pm and 10pm on September 27. The boat pulled up in the marina near the American Fish Company in Southport, NC and fired into the crowd at the pub. The shooter then fled the scene on the water using the Intracoastal Waterway toward Oak Island.Town officials issued an urgent warning to locals to avoid the area and remain in…