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The former Strictly Come Dancing professional launched Brendan Cole Ltd while he was still making regular appearances on the BBC show in 2009.

Cans of fizzy drinks have long been blamed for weight gain and tooth decay-and now scientists have explored if they could be affecting your mental health.

One was a Scot whose derring-do saw him become known as a climbing 'Hell's Angel'. The other was a tough as nails Englishman.

This is the Umbrella Academy star's first public relationship since he came out as a transgender man in December 2020.

Windows, macOS, Cinnamon, even iPadOS – all just a layout switch away

Although Zorin doesn't aim to closely track its Ubuntu upstream, version 18 of its eponymous OS has been a long time coming.…

Indian police have launched a murder investigation into the death of the elderly British mother of a Bollywood actor. 

AWS, Google, and Oracle admitted they can't support current setup

Microsoft has the US Navy over a barrel, as the service admits it can't separate its custom-built cloud environment from Azure infrastructure without a complete rebuild "from the ground up." …

Are you back in your boots yet? I am, but actually, I packed my summer shoes away in mid-August.

Private equity firms are facing systemic challenges after a half-century of meteoric growth as attractive takeover targets become scarce and financing costs remain elevated while exits prove increasingly difficult. US buyout funds currently hold more than 12,000 companies that would take approximately nine years to fully distribute at current rates, according to PitchBook data. The industry holds $1.2 trillion in dry powder and nearly a quarter of that capital was pledged at least four years ago. More than 18,000 private capital funds seek $3.3 trillion from increasingly reluctant investors, Bain estimates. Quarterly returns for US private equity funds fell from 13.5% in Q2 2021 to 0.8% in Q4 2024. Apollo President Jim Zelter described the situation as a "natural washout" at an investor conference this month. Charles Wilson of Selby Jennings added that "many PE firms are dead already, they just don't know it" and noted survival depends on how forgiving limited partners -- the entities, including pension funds and endowments, that have invested in private equity firms -- prove when firms return for new fundraising.

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Mabel Williams died at just six days old after suffering brain injuries caused by a lack of oxygen during birth. Her mother Becky Williams was not warned about the most serious risks, an inquest heard.

“It was just random that we were going to see him and he was there in front of him, it wasn’t arranged at all.

Formerly known as the Puppet Festival, Witham Street Entertainment Festival has become a main fixture in the town’s event calendar.

It is often described as one of the prettiest castles in England - and it looks particularly stunning in autumn

Footage shows the group of serious offenders, who include killers, thieves and sexual abusers, being forcibly returned to Romania having served part of their sentences in prison.

Jayne Hadlow, 60, who lives in Essex with her husband Alan, had never met her brother Andrew until recently, thanks to ITV's Long Lost Family team.

Ms Buckley was last seen in January in CCTV footage taken near her home. Karl Hutchings, 48, last week admitted murdering her - despite her body not having been located at the time.

Erdoğan appeared visibly annoyed as he left the UN headquarters in Manhattan on Tuesday.

The Daily Mail's Deputy Head of Travel Benjamin Parker checks in to The July in Victoria, London - is it the coolest 'aparthotel' in town?

The best-rated McDonald's restaurant in England has been revealed in a new study conducted by experts at Remove Background - and it's good news for Cornwall.

The singer, 76, appeared on the iconic sofa to chat to hosts Cat Deeley , 48, and Ben Shephard , 50, about her new memoir If Only You Knew.