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By JOHN-PAUL FORD ROJAS, DEPUTY BUSINESS EDITOR Updated: 22:00 BST, 24 September 2025 The Governor of the Bank of England yesterday said ‘cautious’ consumers were holding back on spending as he hinted at further interest rate cuts – sending the pound lower against the dollar.Andrew Bailey told West Midlands Life that there was still a ‘further journey down’ for rates – as long as inflation cools.Sterling fell by as much as a cent against the dollar to just above $1.34 – a three-week low.Bailey said: ‘People are being quite cautious. That affects spending so that has an effect on the…

Brooklyn Beckham’s appearance at the Ryder Cup celebrity golf match on Wednesday turned out to be a humiliating moment for the British star.David and Victoria Beckham’s eldest child played for the Europe team alongside former basketball player Toni Kukoč as they competed against Eli Manning and Colin Jost from the USA team in the first round of the celebrity playoffs.However, fans at the Bethpage Black golf course in Farmingdale, New York, witnessed the 26-year-old play a ‘terrible’ game, during which they mocked him for his ‘lack of talent.’An insider told the Daily Mail that he had horrible luck from the get-go…

If the thought of a supermassive black hole terrifies you, a new study may provide some relief.  Scientists say that these galactic giants might not actually be as big as we thought.Researchers from the University of Southampton used a powerful new tool to measure the black hole at the core of an infant galaxy 12 billion light–years from Earth.Their analysis revealed that this ‘supermassive’ black hole is actually 10 times smaller than expected.The scientists say that earlier methods for measuring black holes haven’t been accurately predicting the mass of these colossal voids.That could mean scientists have overestimated the size of the…

More than 100 million Americans are drinking water contaminated with a cocktail of harmful chemicals, according to a new report.The Environmental Working Group (EWG), an advocacy organization that investigates toxic chemicals, analyzed data on contaminants from more than 17,700 community and groundwater systems across the US.The EWG found that nearly half of the US population is exposed to water that contains chromium-6, nitrate and/or arsenic, all of which are suspected or known carcinogens. While the toxins have collectively been found in the drinking water of 82 percent of Americans (nitrate affects 263 million Americans, Chromium-6, 260 million, and arsenic, 134 million), a…

By ALESIA FIDDLER, TRAINEE REPORTER Published: 12:12 BST, 23 September 2025 | Updated: 12:15 BST, 23 September 2025 Michelin-starred chef Gordon Ramsay is set to open the UK’s first Hell’s Kitchen next year.Based on his hit TV show of the same name, the Hell’s Kitchen restaurant will open in the Cumberland Hotel in London. The new venue will open its doors in Spring 2026 and will bring all the intense theatrics the popular show is known for. An open kitchen will show the chefs creating outstanding food in full view of the guests, providing an immersive dining experience. Gordon described the new venture…

Jimmy Kimmel’s return to late night following his suspension saw his ratings triple and reach his largest audience in over a decade. Monday’s episode, which was still preempted in 23 percent of the country over Kimmel’s comments on the assassination of Charlie Kirk, drew 6.26 million viewers to ABC. Typically, Kimmel gets about 1.8 million viewers each night on television. The numbers released by ABC do not include viewership from streaming services. The network also noted that Kimmel’s emotional, 20-minute monologue has been viewed over 25 million times on social media.The over 15 million views the monologue has gotten on YouTube are a…

By JAMIE BULLEN, LIVE COVERAGE EDITOR Updated: 14:10 BST, 24 September 2025 Super Typhoon Ragasa, the world’s most powerful tropical cyclone this year, has made landfall in China today after blazing a trail of destruction across Asian countries with more than 20 dead in Taiwan and the Philippines.Ragasa struck Hailing Island, which is in the city of Yangjiang in Guangdong province, at around 5pm local time (10am GMT) after storms battered Hong Kong and Shenzhen earlier today.So far, hurricane-force winds have caused the deaths of 15 people in Taiwan when a lake barrier overflowed and 10 in the Philippines.Authorities in…

Melbourne Storm are rolling the dice with Jahrome HughesBy JAMES COONEY, SENIOR SPORT REPORTER, AUSTRALIA and MELISSA WOODS FOR AUSTRALIAN ASSOCIATED PRESS Published: 02:50 BST, 24 September 2025 | Updated: 21:37 BST, 24 September 2025 Footy fans have been left stunned after Melbourne Storm named injured superstar Jahrome Hughes in their squad to take on Cronulla in Friday night’s NRL grand final qualifier.Hughes has only played one match in the past two months, breaking his arm in a round 27 return from a shoulder dislocation.But the former Dally M Medallist has persuaded coach Craig Bellamy and the Storm’s medical team…

When Shevaun Haviland meets business leaders, which she does all the time as director general of the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC), there are two hot topics she says crop up within five minutes.Whatever the size of the business, wherever it is based or whatever it does, they say the same thing: they can’t find the people with the skills they need, or are losing the ones they have through sickness – without fail.Haviland’s astonishing comments come with the publication today of a report, Long Term Sickness Blighting UK Economy. What’s even more devastating is that sickness absenteeism is growing sharply…

Hannah Einbinder and Jean Smart were seen throwing themselves into their work routine as they filmed the final season of Hacks this week.The show stars Jean, 74, as a battle-axe comedy icon reminiscent of Joan Rivers and Hannah, 30, as a young writer who becomes her employee.Although their starkly different sensibilities lead to explosive clashes between them, they develop a strong if tempestuous friendship.Both actresses earned Emmys this month for Hacks – and on the red carpet, Hannah let slip that the series will be ending after the upcoming fifth season.When she won best supporting actress in a comedy series, Hannah, who…