🗣️ "The stamina of my parents and their friends in the Nineties was incredible. I know all the stories but I can’t equate my parents with them, especially my dad, who stopped doing drugs before I was born. He was always a really great girl-dad. I was obsessed with One Direction and he made sure I got tickets," says @gallagher_anais
Anaïs Gallagher and her mum, @megmathewsofficial_ , on Oasis, ‘influencing’ and their Ab Fab dynamic.
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🔺 EXCLUSIVE: Who are the richest family in Britain?
The 38th edition The Sunday Times Rich List shows that the UK’s 350 most affluent individuals and families share combined wealth of £784 billion — a 1.4 per cent rise on last year and a sum equivalent to a quarter of UK GDP.
Topping the list this year is Sanjay and Dheeraj Hinduja and family.
The death in November of their father, Gopi, has handed his place as number one on the list to his London-based sons, Sanjay and Dheeraj. Whereas other foreign-born billionaires are quitting the UK due to the end of the non-dom tax status, the two brothers have vowed to remain.
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Global data has revealed that women get up to four times as many dates a year on some dating apps, while doing better on every platform when both male and female users pay for premium subscriptions.
"Many dating app algorithms reward selective behaviour and penalise indiscriminate swiping. Women may therefore end up with fewer but more targeted interactions that are more likely to convert into actual dates” | 🗣️Limor Gottleib, Relationship psychologist
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What is the psychedlic drug backed by Trump and Joe Rogan?
In Gabon the Iboga drug is considered a national treasure and a core part of the spiritual practice Missoko Bwiti, which is said to be the beginning of psycho- spiritual healing.
Since 1990’s the drug has been popular for those seeking enlightenment, with shamans such as Bwiti house founder, Moughenda Mikala, who charges $15,000 or more for treatments that last up to 2 weeks.
So why is the President of the United States taking an interest in a traditional psychedelic from this west African nation?
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How bad are hotel slippers for the environment?
Your hotel slippers might feel like a luxury, but they are becoming a globally toxic menace. A Sunday Times investigation reveals that millions of these single-use freebies, often made from plastic-based EVA, end up in landfill every year.
While they provide a moment of comfort, they can take up to 1,000 years to degrade, eventually entering the food chain as microplastics. With London alone home to over 1,500 hotels, the scale of waste is staggering. From China’s factories to the world’s beauty spots, find out why it’s time to pack your own pair.
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🔺 EXCLUSIVE: When David Beckham — the football-mad only son of a heating engineer and a hairdresser — joined the Manchester United academy in July 1991 aged 16, he earned £29.50 per week.
From humble beginnings to running a global empire: The Sunday Times can reveal today that Sir David and his wife, Victoria, are now valued at £1.185 billion, thanks to shrewd investments across football, food and drink, property and fashion.
The valuation, compiled for the annual Sunday Times Rich List, makes Beckham the first British billionaire sportsman and means the couple’s wealth has more than doubled over the past year, when they were worth £500 million.
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🔺 EXCLUSIVE: Women abused by Jeffrey Epstein's network say fear, silence and rumours of influence wielded by his girlfriend and enabler shape their lives decades later.
Years on from her abuse, The Times spoke to Francesca* - who is among scores of Epstein survivors who still live in fear of repercussions from their time with Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell.
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🔺 EXCLUSIVE: The most successful young wealth creators in The Sunday Times 40 under 40 Rich List have built their fortunes from artificial intelligence or fashion — and dominate our rankings.
Other stars include Harry Styles, Dua Lipa, Anthony Joshua and Tyson Fury, boxing's "Gypsy King" and reality star, who debuts at No 29 with an estimated wealth of £162 million.
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Wes Streeting has resigned without launching a leadership bid. Andy Burnham has found a seat to contest — but he faces a perilous path back to Westminster.
Meanwhile Sir Keir Starmer is still in office, but not really in power. His cabinet is deeply unhappy with his leadership but no one wants to wield the knife.
So how could the crisis play out?
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How do we handle grief in the workplace?
Despite the modern push to bring our authentic selves to the office, navigating the loss of a loved one remains a major corporate taboo.
From inadequate bereavement policies that act as a lottery, to entrepreneurs torn between running businesses and processing profound heartbreak, dealing with death at work is an isolating experience.
Whether you are an employee feeling pressured to perform or a founder reshaping your leadership through personal loss, we must normalise these open conversations to build a culture rooted in genuine compassion.
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Wes Streeting has resigned as Health Secretary. What kind of prime minister would he be?
Wes Streeting has resigned as health secretary from Keir Starmer's government, saying that he has "lost confidence" in his leadership.
Now, after months of rumours, plotting and denials, Streeting is expected to finally challenge Starmer for the Labour leadership.
However, in order to win he will need to articulate a vision of what a Streeting premiership would look like and set out a policy platform distinct from that being pursued by the prime minister.
So what do we know about the health secretary’s ideological lodestar across policy areas and the type of prime minister he would be?
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President Trump has arrived in Beijing for his meeting with Xi Jinping on Thursday morning.
Trump said at the meeting in the Great Hall of the People: “It’s an honour to be with you. It’s an honour to be your friend, and the relationship between China and the USA is going to be better than ever before.”
“We should be partners, not rivals. We should help each other succeed and prosper together and find the right way for major countries to get along well with each other in the new era,” Xi said.
Later this evening, Trump is set to take part in a state banquet held in his honour.
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