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Isa season fell into obscurity when interest rates were at rock-bottom - this year, though, competition is heating up again.

Autonomous vehicle company Cruise will lay off about half of its 2,100 employees and remove several top executives, including CEO Marc Whitten, as parent company General Motors shifts away from robotaxi development to focus on personal autonomous vehicles. The cuts come two months after GM said it would stop funding Cruise's robotaxi program to save $1 billion annually. Affected workers will receive severance packages including eight weeks of pay and benefits through April. The restructuring follows an October incident where a Cruise vehicle dragged a pedestrian, leading to the suspension of its permits.

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Orders supported by the House of Commons included a 4.1 per cent increase to the state pension under the terms of the 'triple lock'.

Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen reveals he thought he was 'having a heart attack' during terrifying raft exercise while filming brutal Celebrity Bear Hunt 

Marius Gustavson, from Norway, was able to convince men to have their penises amputated on livestream. A new documentary called The Eunuch Maker has aired on Crime + Investigation

Snowy conditions are forecast in the next fortnight

Justin Baldoni saw a video of an acquaintance he met on his podcast breaking down in front of the burnt remains of his home from the LA fires... and promptly offered his home to his family.

ITV has confirmed that popular soaps Coronation Street and Emmerdale will move to a new scheduling pattern amid the ongoing budget cuts. 

The British model, 36, has three children with her ex-husband James Stunt - two twin boys, nine, and a daughter, 11 - as well as a girl, four, with new partner, businessman Sam Palmer.

Panasonic will cut its costs, restructure underperforming units and revamp its workforce as it pivots toward AI data centers and away from its consumer electronics roots, the company said on Tuesday. The Japanese conglomerate aims to boost profits by 300 billion yen ($1.93 billion) by March 2029, partly by consolidating production and logistics operations. Bloomberg reports that CEO Yuki Kusumi has declined to confirm if the company would divest its TV business but said alternatives were being considered. The Tesla battery supplier plans to integrate AI across operations through a partnership with Anthropic, targeting growth in components for data centers.

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The entrepreneur says she wrote the book to 'inspire readers to create the life they want.' HarperCollins announced the title of the book is Uptown Girl and will be published by imprint Harper.

Famous faces who've welcomed children by surrogacy often share their first precious moments with their newborns on social media, including cradling them in a hospital bed.

Matchmaker Blaine Anderson shocked X (formerly Twitter) when she revealed that some men specifically ask for women to have certain 'body counts.' 

The 28-year-old actor's latest role sees him play Bridget Jones' toy boy Roxster in the upcoming installment

For centuries the delights of Richmond Green have drawn the rich, the royal and well-to-do to this corner of the capital. Today, the area is pulling in a very different crowd.

Grammer, 69, appeared on Danson's, 77, podcast Everybody Knows Your Name , which he co-hosts with Woody Harrelson , back in October where they talked over their issues.

Indian researchers tested the supplement in an experiment on 80 participants between the age of 18 and 55 half of who were given a 300mg dose and other half a placebo.

Who doesn't love shopping for handbags? Whether your budget is more Mulberry or Mango, the right accessory can elevate a basic outfit to street style-snap worthy.

The man, whose identity is unknown, shocked onlookers when he appeared at the top of the under construction One Eastside tower block Birmingham city centre.

The local open water swimming group have raised concerns about the water quality