Reliance brings UK's FaceGym to India with stake buy
MUMBAI: Reliance Retail Ventures announced on Thursday that it will buy a minority stake in UK-based FaceGym. This equity investment will bring FaceGym into India. "FaceGym sits at the unique intersection of beauty, wellness, and fitness, creating a category of its own. This aligns perfectly with the discerning beauty consumer in India who is experience-oriented and increasingly drawn to science-backed, innovative concepts," said Tira co-founder Bhakti Modi. Bhakti is the daughter of Manoj Modi, a confidant of RIL chairman Mukesh Ambani
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July 04, 2025 00:31 UTC
Gareth Bale makes bid to buy Cardiff City - Paper Talk
THE TIMESGareth Bale has tabled a £40m bid to buy his hometown club Cardiff City. FIFA have been offering more free tickets to Club World Cup matches, Mail Sport understands. THE SUNJuventus manager Igor Tudor has revealed 10 of his players asked to come off in the Club World Cup defeat to Real Madrid. Image: Dan James has signed a new deal at Leeds, according to reportsTHE ATHLETICSunderland have agreed a deal worth £17.75m to sign midfielder Noah Sadiki from Belgian champions Union Saint-Gilloise. Leeds United are in talks with Werder Bremen over the permanent transfer of Max Wober to the Bundesliga outfit.
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July 03, 2025 23:29 UTC
Chechnya’s Strongman Is Visibly Ailing. The Russian Region Is Bracing for Succession.
For two decades, Ramzan Kadyrov has been the Kremlin’s iron fist in Chechnya. But Mr. Kadyrov, 48, appears to be seriously ill, presenting President Vladimir V. Putin with a new challenge in a part of southern Russia where wars killed tens of thousands in the 1990s and 2000s. When the strongman leaves the scene, who can maintain the brutal control he has imposed over that part of the Caucasus? Mr. Kadyrov’s own succession plan could be resting on his 17-year-old son, who got married and received congratulations from Mr. Putin over the weekend. But that would require circumventing Russian law requiring regional leaders to be at least 30 years old.
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July 03, 2025 22:37 UTC
NHS 10-Year Health Plan: what it means for nursing
After many months of anticipation, the government has published its 10 Year Health Plan for the NHS in England. Its 10-year plan for the NHS, titled Fit for the future: 10 Year Health Plan for England, has now broadly set out how the government intends for these shifts will be achieved. WorkforceThe 10-year plan marks a slight departure from the 2023 NHS Long Term Workforce Plan, which focused on increasing the number of nurses, doctors and other healthcare staff in the health service. Despite calls from the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) among other organisations to bolster the size of the nursing workforce, the plan indicated the government would be scaling back the NHS Long Term Workforce Plan, which was published in 2023. “By 2035, we will have fewer staff than projected by the 2023 Long Term Workforce Plan, but each professional will achieve far more,” the plan stated.
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July 03, 2025 22:17 UTC
Club and city united in grief for lad from Portugal who became one of their own
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July 03, 2025 20:07 UTC
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Trump claims he told the New York Times about Musk’s alleged drug use, presidential biographer claims
Read our Privacy noticePresident Donald Trump said he “dropped a dime” on Elon Musk’s alleged drug taking to the New York Times, according to biographer Michael Wolff. The New York Times was lying their a** off,” he said in a post on X at the time. “He was on about, you know…how many drugs [Musk] takes, you know…He takes drugs all the time. The New York Times wrote about it. They said he takes drugs,’” Wolff continued.
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July 03, 2025 14:38 UTC
Co-op brews up new British beer listings
Co-op boosts craft beer offer after securing partnerships with UK breweries in a bid to provide a unique and cutting-edge range of beers to its members and customers. The convenience retailer’s range now features exclusive beer offerings from seven independent craft breweries, which are available across Co-op stores nationwide marking a first national retail partnership for many of the brewers. Further new and exclusive lines have also been added across Co-op’s own-label and branded range. The beers from the independent craft breweries including Lakes Brew Co – a Kendal based brewery creating progressive and modern beers, and Boundary Brewing – a co-operative brewery from Belfast which recently celebrated its 10th birthday, will be exclusively available to Co-op stores, and will rotate and change throughout the year enabling shoppers the opportunity to discover fresh brews and new styles. Share This Article
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July 03, 2025 14:21 UTC
Letter: Trump has an 'unconventional path to peace'
The Detroit NewsThe Detroit NewsNolan Finley thinks Donald Trump should win the Nobel Peace Prize ("Did Trump just earn the Nobel Peace Prize?" Finley failed to mention that the last deal proved useless for one reason: Donald Trump. Finley says that Trump "put an end to the Iranian menace," first by bombing them, then demanding peace from Iran and Israel — an unconventional path to peace, to say the least. Will the peace hold? Donald Trump is an odd sort of peacemaker — one who has shown no concern for Gazan civilians who are being bombed to oblivion and now deliberately starved.
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July 03, 2025 11:16 UTC
NHS 10 Year Health Plan an ‘opportunity’, says top nurse
England’s most senior nurse has said that the government’s 10 Year Health Plan for the NHS is an opportunity to improve the healthcare system for both patients and staff. The plan will be published today by the Department of Health and Social Care. Mr Burton said of the plan: “[It is] a great opportunity to shape the health of this country and to improve it. The top nurse said the plan will take aim at healthcare inequalities, as well as improving the experience of patients in services. Loading…Mr Burton also said that he was happy to see it outline how the NHS would improve women’s health, adding that this is “a really important part of the plan”.
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July 03, 2025 10:14 UTC
Channel migrants '24 times more likely to go to prison' than Brits
Channel migrants crossing from France this weekNew research claims illegal migrants crossing the English Channel are "24 times more likely" to end up in prison in the UK than the average British person. The Conservative Party analysis found Somalians, Afghans, Iraqis, Albanians, and Iranians were more likely to serve time in prison than citizens of the United Kingdom. The study suggests 3.4% of migrants crossing the Channel over the past year could go to prison, a rate that is 24 times that of a British person and 18 times more than the average for a migrant arriving in the UK via another means. Those from the main nationalities arriving are far more likely to commit crime and end up in prison than the general population. Channel migrants wait to make the perilous journey to cross the ChannelSUBSCRIBE Invalid email We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you've consented to and to improve our understanding of you.
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July 03, 2025 10:01 UTC
Euro 2025 TV schedule: How to watch every match today
Sign up to Miguel Delaney's Reading the Game newsletter for exclusive analysis and the latest news Sign up to Miguel Delaney's weekly newsletter Sign up to Miguel Delaney's weekly newsletter Email * SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our Privacy noticeAfter three years of waiting, Euro 2025 kicks off in Switzerland as holders England go in search of a second European crown and Wales make their major tournament debuts. The action continues on Thursday with Group B, as world champions Spain take on Portugal in their opening match. Spain will hope to be able to call upon star Aitana Bonmati, who was taken to hospital last week for treatment for viral meningitis. Before then, Italy play Belgium looking to get off to a winning start and perhaps even compete with Spain for group winners.
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July 03, 2025 03:20 UTC
Newspaper headlines: 'Starmer guts welfare reform' and 'Buggy useless'
The Times reports that in its current form the bill could end up increasing spending, external. The Daily Telegraph, external reports that emboldened left-wingers are expected to seize on the prime minister's weakness by pushing for new wealth taxes in the autumn. The Times reports that key elements of Labour's workers rights package have been delayed until 2027, external after criticism from business leaders. Ministers have been forced to push back the publication of a plan for the life sciences sector, according to a report in the Financial Times, external. The Sun pictures French police officers riding a buggy on a beach, external with an overloaded migrant boat in the background.
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July 03, 2025 03:01 UTC
Republican holdouts bristle at Trump pressure over megabill
Confident that passage of President Trump’s signature legislation was all but assured, West Wing aides summoned holdouts in the House Republican caucus Wednesday to deliver a blunt message: Follow the president’s orders and get it done by Friday. But the vote was in doubt, and signs emerged of cracks in a coalition otherwise firmly under Trump’s control. One GOP lawmaker who attended the White House meeting Wednesday, Rep. David Valadao of California, represents a Central Valley district with one of the highest percentages of Medicaid enrollment in the nation. Several Republican lawmakers fear that provision could have devastating effects on rural hospitals. Earlier Wednesday, after taking meetings at the White House, members of the House Freedom Caucus, a bloc founded to promote fiscal responsibility, also met with Johnson.
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July 03, 2025 02:52 UTC
'Destination you'll never want to leave': Jet lag or just Kerala vibes? UK F-35B’s extended vacation goes viral
NEW DELHI: Kerala’s tourism department has turned a grounded fighter jet into a flying PR moment, poking fun at the British Royal Navy after one of its most advanced aircraft, a £90 million F-35B Lightning II, found itself stuck at Thiruvananthapuram International Airport for over two weeks following an emergency landing.Jumping at the chance, Kerala Tourism shared a cheeky post featuring the marooned jet alongside the line: “Kerala, the destination you’ll never want to leave.” The image even included a five-star review from the jet itself: “Kerala is such an amazing place, I don’t want to leave. Definitely recommend.”The F-35B jet had been operating from the UK’s aircraft carrier HMS Prince of Wales when it was forced to divert to the Indian airport on 14 June due to low fuel. Though it landed safely, it subsequently developed a hydraulic failure on the ground, complicating its return to service.A UK engineering team is now en route to Thiruvananthapuram with specialised tools to carry out the necessary repairs. The aircraft will be moved to the airport’s Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul (MRO) facility to minimise disruption to scheduled air traffic. Its extended grounding in Kerala has inadvertently added a touch of humour to an otherwise serious military episode.While repairs are underway, the stranded fighter jet has unintentionally boosted Kerala’s global visibility—not through a strategic exercise or military drill, but through the state’s own tourism board turning the moment into a viral marketing masterstroke.
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July 03, 2025 02:51 UTC
IND vs ENG 2nd Test: Who was Wayne Larkins? India, England wear black armbands in tribute
Players from both England and India sported black armbands at the start of the second Test at EdgbastonLate selection meeting between Gautam Gambhir, Shubman Gill and Ajit Agarkar near pitch? Poll Should cricketing legends like Wayne Larkins be honored with more tributes? Yes, they deserve recognition No, it's enough alreadyNEW DELHI: Players from both England and India sported black armbands at the start of the second Test at Edgbaston, Birmingham, in tribute to former England cricketer Wayne Larkins , who passed away on June 28. He later moved to Durham before retiring, having amassed over 40,000 runs and 85 centuries across formats. He will be partying up in the sky, drinking a toast to everyone and to his own life.
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July 03, 2025 02:34 UTC