Target is making its largest foray into a private food label next month as it attempts to energize grocery sales. On Sept. 15, 650 products will appear on store shelves under the brand “Good & Gather.” That will expand to 2,000 products by late next year. Target is phasing out its house food brands, called […]
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Image copyright Getty Images The UK has lost its measles-free status three years after the virus was eliminated in the country. Cases of the potentially deadly infection have been going up, with too few people being vaccinated. Measles can be prevented through two doses of the MMR vaccine – something that is offered free by
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Image copyright The Great British Bake Off/Channel 4 Image caption The Great British Bake Off class of 2019 A geography teacher, a vet and a fashion designer are just three of the contestants hoping to win this year’s Great British Bake Off. It returns to Channel 4 on Tuesday 27 August, the third series since
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Image copyright Getty Images Image caption For many retirement is not the picture-perfect time of popular fantasy Search the word “retirement” on the internet and your screen is filled with images of silver-haired folk dancing in their kitchens, surfing, getting into ridiculous yoga postures and cuddling grandchildren. The reality for many can be quite different.
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Hospital burns units across Uganda are reporting higher instances of acid attacks. Globally, there are approximately 1,500 a year (source Action Aid) but it is a crime that often goes unreported for fear of reprisal. Most survivors of acid attacks are women and girls. BBC Life Clinic’s David Wafula has been to meet two survivors
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Dale Earnhardt Jr. says his family is “truly blessed” that nobody was seriously injured when his plane crash-landed last week in Tennessee. The retired NASCAR driver, now a television analyst, issued a statement Monday on social media praising the “quick response of my pilots, local law enforcement, emergency personnel and hospital staff.” He thanked people
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Henry: Yeah. We had to do a shelter-in-place. Gillibrand: And it was frightening for me as a parent because I want to rush to the school; I want to protect my child. And that’s what parents every day are feeling. Do you think the Democratic field’s too big? It’s a complaint I’ve heard from a
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The bonds of early 2000s friendship are apparently stronger than a Blackberry connection because Kim Kardashian and Paris Hilton are still going strong all these years later. The reality TV star recently declared she’d “do anything” for the hotel heiress, whom she’s known through thick, thin and Nicole Richie, and reminded everyone how Hilton was
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Image copyright Getty Images A YouTube star, famous for his reviews of chicken shops, has criticised the government’s decision to feature knife crime warnings on takeaway boxes. Elijah Quashie – better known as the Chicken Connoisseur – told BBC’s Wake Up to Money that the approach was too simplistic to solve a complex problem. “I
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The state attorneys general in more than a dozen states are preparing to begin an antitrust investigation of the major tech companies, according to two people briefed on the discussions, increasing pressure on the firms. The bipartisan group of attorneys general has not yet issued civilian subpoenas — known as civil investigative demands — to
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