One in every 60 jobs in the UK is now in the beauty industry, according to new figures compiled for the British Beauty Council. The industry contributed £28.4bn to the UK economy last year, with beauty stores and salons opening in 1,225 new high street locations, the data shows. The BBC’s Emma Simpson met Jilly […]
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Sea ice along northern Alaska disappeared far earlier than normal this spring, alarming coastal residents who rely on wildlife and fish. Ice melted as a result of exceptionally warm ocean temperatures, the Anchorage Daily News reported . The early melting has been “crazy,” said Janet Mitchell of Kivalina. Hunters from her family in early June
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Britain treasures tradition, and the New York Yankees wrapped up Major League Baseball’s first trip to Europe with one of their sport’s classic customs: a late-inning pinstriped comeback. Gary Sánchez hit a go-ahead, two-run single in a nine-run seventh , and the Yankees overcome a four-run deficit to beat the Boston Red Sox 12-8 Sunday
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WASHINGTON — More than two years ago, Pavel Fuks, a wealthy Ukrainian-Russian developer looking for ways to attract more investment from the United States to his hometown, Kharkiv, Ukraine, enlisted an especially well-connected American to help him: Rudolph W. Giuliani. Mr. Fuks, who years earlier had discussed a Moscow tower project with Donald J. Trump,
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Image copyright Getty Images Carrying more fat on legs compared with the stomach protects postmenopausal women from heart disease, a study says. Women of a healthy weight with the highest risk of stroke or heart disease had the most belly fat and the least hip and thigh fat, the European Heart Journal research found. The
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Artificial intelligence is likely to play a role in whether you get your next big job interview. Research by the BBC shows that video interviews and screening is rising – used by over half of employers in their recruitment. But staff aren’t so keen – one recent survey showed nearly half (45%) aren’t happy with
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Afro Napoli is a team trying to stamp out racism which is rife in Italian football, and increasing across the country. The team’s players are mostly migrants from African countries. Sports director Pietro Varriale told BBC OS: “The team is directly addressing one of the biggest issues Italy’s facing at the moment relating to migration.”
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