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British retailers are pinning their hopes on a bumper Black Friday after dismal figures showed sales slumped last month.Pre-Budget jitters were blamed for shoppers holding back on spending in October, as sales volumes dropped 0.7 per cent according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS).A ‘notably poor month’ for fashion was the driving force behind the slump, according to ONS senior statistician Hannah Finselbach.Clothing stores fell 3.1 per cent, following end-of-season sales growth in the month before. But Finselbach added: ‘Retailers across the board reported consumers held back ahead of the Budget’.Mild weather also meant shoppers have waited to fork…
An artist has created a ‘very realistic’ image of the Virgin Mary using AI, showing her as a teenage girl with long black hair, dark eyes and a darker complexion.Miguel Ángel Omaña Rojas, from Mexico, reconstructed the face of the Virgin of Guadalupe as she appeared on a cloth worn by St Juan in Mexico more than 700 years ago.The technology spent weeks analyzing the image of Mary, studying each component’ to ‘capture gestures and expressions in a dynamic way.’The image of the Virgin Mary, they said, allows the world ‘to finally see what the most famous woman… looked like…
Jennifer Lawrence showed off her baby bump in a casual-chic outfit as she stepped out for a stroll on Friday.While enjoying a walk in sunny Los Angeles, the 34-year-old actress looked effortlessly stylish in a pinstriped button-down shirt and black silk pants. She sported chunky brown shoes and threw on a cream-colored scarf as well as orange-tinted sunglasses for her chic accessories. Jennifer looked casual as she pulled her strawberry blonde hair back into a relaxed updo. The No Hard Feelings star is currently expecting her second child with husband Cooke Maroney. Since sharing her happy news, she has been showing off her casual maternity…
Former Aussie Test skipper Allan Border has made a brave appearance at Optus Stadium for the first match against India, only to be cruelly mocked by trolls over his voice.Border’s name adorns the Border–Gavaskar Trophy that both nations will compete for over five Tests this summer.The former Test great was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease in 2016 and has shunned public appearances since then. However Border was a welcome guest on day one of the first Test in Perth, carrying out interviews with media and having a stint in the commentary box.His speech has slowed and slurred since 2016 and he is…
Daniel Penny chose not to testify and defense lawyers rested their case Friday at his trial in the death of an agitated man he choked on a subway train.Closing arguments are expected after Thanksgiving in the closely watched manslaughter case about the death of Jordan Neely, 30.The encounter between Penny, a white Marine veteran, and Neely, a homeless Black man with mental health and drug problems, has been drawn into U.S. political divides over race, public safety and cities’ ability to handle mental illness and social ills.Penny, 26, has pleaded not guilty. Many criminal defendants don’t take the stand, and juries are routinely…
A primary school in Wales has been lambasted for their “absolute madness” of a decision to hand period leaflets to children, claiming than men can have them too.The booklet, given to 11-year-olds and funded by Vale of Glamorgan Council, tells its reader that transgender boys and “men who have periods” can have “complications”.FULL STORY HERE.
Home Alone star Macaulay Culkin was spotted in Los Angeles this week wearing a t-shirt with a sweet reference to his family life.The 44-year-old, who shot to global fame as a child actor in the Home Alone movies, is now a father of two little tykes himself.Macaulay and his fiancée Brenda Song have welcomed two sons into the world together – Dakota, three, and Carson, 22 months.When he surfaced this Friday, Macaulay wore a t-shirt decorated with characters from a show perfectly suited to his young children – Sesame Street.Above the characters there was a road sign that, in posters for…
Another popular car brand has drastically changed its electric car plans, preferring to sell vehicles with hybrid powertrains instead.Premium automaker Lotus has announced that it will produce hybrid versions of future models as it backtracks on its pledge to go all-electric by 2028.Under original plans, the British brand launched its Vision80 strategy with new electric vehicles and its own range of EV charging solutions.This saw the Norfolk-based manufacturer publish updates about its ultra-fast 450 kW DC charger, power cabinet and modular unit for charging up to four vehicles at once.Do you have a story you’d like to share? Get in…
PAIsabella Jonas-Wheildon will be remembered for being a “happy and contented” toddlerChild murderer Scott Jeff was in the life of two-year-old Isabella Jonas-Wheildon for just 36 days.After starting a relationship with her mother Chelsea Gleason-Mitchell and leaving their home town in Bedfordshire, he subjected the toddler to sustained attacks that killed her.Fleeing to the Norfolk coast and then Ipswich, with the couple both under the influence of drugs, Gleason-Mitchell turned a blind eye to Jeff’s brutality and they even walked the child’s dead body around in a pushchair to conceal the crime.They were eventually arrested after leaving Isabella’s body in…
/Mairead SmythJessica and Rick Sowerby’s son was born at the same hospital as the world’s first IVF baby Louise BrownA couple have spoken of their pride that their IVF baby was born at the hospital where the world’s first “test tube baby” was born.Jessica and Rick Sowerby’s baby was born at the Royal Oldham Hospital where, in 1978, Louise Brown was born.They spoke ahead of the launch of Joy, a new Netflix drama about the scientists who pioneered IVF treatment which takes its title from Ms Brown’s middle name.Mrs Sowerby, 32, said it was “amazing” that their child was born…