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New creative director Matthieu Blazy has started a fashion frenzy, with super-rich fans (and Meryl Streep) clamouring for his designs. Hannah Skelley reports

RECAP: Follow the results and reaction from the UK local elections across England, Scotland and Wales in the biggest test of public opinion since Labour's landslide win in the 2024 general election.

The actress, 48, who is nominated for four gongs at this weekend's event, wore a black, asymmetric silk top for the event.

The council is hopelessly split, with Reform, the Conservatives, Greens and Muslim sectarian independents all picking up seats.

Reform UK stormed to victory across swathes of Conservative and Labour heartlands, winning more than 1,000 council seats and taking control of multiple authorities.

The former Lostprophets frontman, 48 - who had been sent two threatening notes demanding £500 - rejected a guard's suggestion that he should isolate in his cell, saying: 'I think I'll be ok.'

PC Zachary Marsden used 'unlawful and unnecessary' force against Mohammed Fahir Amaaz in an example of 'bad policing', his barrister argued in his closing speech.

Despite appearing to instigate the attack, Iran accused the US Navy of 'provocative actions' and described its assaults as part of a 'precise combined operation'.

Anne Hathaway and her Devil Wears Prada 2 co-stars were generously compensated for their roles in the hit sequel.

According to Keir Starmer, there's nothing much to see. The election results have been 'tough', he has conceded. And that's about it.

The warning was issued just a day after UK Border Force officer Peter Wai, 40, and retired Hong Kong police officer Bill Yuen, 65, were convicted of spying on Chinese dissidents living here.

James Agius, 50, of Hackney, East London, is accused of abusing members of the Orthodox Jewish community on a bus in North London, on Thursday afternoon.

He may have been inspired by the Duke of Sussex's memoirs, Spare, which should have been consigned to the fiction shelves of bookshops, according to some critics.

The BBC Radio 2 host, 55, has been rumoured to take over from the iconic pair for a while as she previously hosted spin-off show, It Takes Two.

Kate Garraway cosied up to her broadcaster friend Liam Halligan on Friday after 'growing close' as he prepared to take on a huge 300km charity bike ride. 

Sydney Sweeney and her new beau Scooter Braun put on a loved-up display as they took to the skies in Queensland this week.

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When it comes to accessories, I share many of the same instincts as Kendall.

Scarlett Dargan imagines this week's generational debate

Longtime Slashdot reader cellocgw writes: Hiding inside another layoff report, Fidelity is reorganizing: "The changes are aimed at moving the teams away from an 'agile' makeup -- comprising smaller, siloed squads -- and toward larger teams built to move faster on projects." OMG, as they say: "Sudden outbreak of common sense." According to the Boston Globe, Fidelity is cutting about 1,000 jobs even as it plans to hire roughly 5,300 new workers, many of them early-career engineers. Half of the 3,300 new workers hired this year "will be in tech or product-related roles," the report says, noting that "about 2,000 of those jobs are currently open, and 400 of them are in tech/product-delivery." "The company also plans to add almost 2,000 new early-career workers, with the goal of making the tech and product-delivery teams more hands-on. In all, that means roughly 5,300 new jobs in the pipeline for Fidelity." The company says AI isn't driving the shift; as cellocgw noted, it's about moving toward larger teams that Fidelity says can move faster on priority projects. The financial services firm also reported a strong 2025 under CEO Abigail Johnson, with managed assets rising 19% from 2024 to $7.1 trillion and revenue climbing 15% to $37.7 billion. "Throughout the company's history, our investments in technology have fueled our growth and customer service capabilities," Johnson wrote in a letter (PDF) included in the company's annual report. "We will continue to prioritize technology initiatives that help us advance digital capabilities, simplify our technology ecosystem, and protect the firm and our customers."

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