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Tracy Brabin, the Labour mayor of West Yorkshire, said that giving regions like hers a proportion of income tax would mean “people will be able to see and feel the real benefit of their hard work and where that money is going”.Richard Parker, the Labour mayor for the West Midlands, described the plans as “phenomenal”, adding: “It really is a sea change, it’s monumental.”But some within the Labour Party have voiced concerns.Labour backbencher Sean Woodcock, MP for Banbury in Oxfordshire, said he supported the plans but said there was still the need for redistribution from central government in order to…

Fresh off the release of his sixth studio album, ORIADÉ, Afrobeats star David “Davido” Adeleke has opened up about how marriage, fatherhood and 15 years in the music industry have transformed both his personal life and the way he runs his brand. Speaking in a recent interview on The Vibe Q, the Grammy-nominated singer said he no longer keeps friends around without purpose, explaining that everyone in his circle is now expected to contribute professionally rather than spend time with him. According to Davido, his team members are encouraged to develop skills that support his brand. “Everybody is there to…

Key events48km to go: The gap is 1min 42sec. It’s been an active day, with a couple of riders trying to get across to this four-person break, and (unfortunately) a number of crashes in the bunch.Share50km to go: This time last week, I was at the Tour! Here’s a photo I took of the lake at Allemond. A week ago we saw the race go through there in the morning, then rode up the Col d’Ornon, then toiled up to Alpe d’Huez to watch the dramatic finish when Richard Carapaz chased down Sepp Kuss.Allemond. Photograph: Luke McLaughlin/The GuardianShare53km to go:…

Love has always been central to FLO’s music, but on this album they explore its messier realities, with nights out providing the backdrop for stories of heartbreak, healing and friendship.”So go ahead and kiss who you wanna / whatever the trauma / If you ever fall out of love / try therapy at the club,” they sing on the title track.Quaresma says the title came to represent the role friends can play during difficult moments.”It’s the idea that you’re having the worst time of your life, but your friends are saying, ‘No, you’re coming out, you’re going to dance and…

There’s a ritual at the start of every event hosted by the Offline Project. Run by Pelé Zachariah, the activities vary – it could be a group walk, a collage‑making class or a supper club – but each one begins in the same way, *with an invitation to hand over your phone. Devices go in a lockbox. Once they’re all in, Zachariah closes the door and turns the key. “I don’t place them in for people, because it’s nice for them to physically put it in the box themselves, walk away, and think: for the next two or three hours, I’m…

At least 26 people have been injured after a 4.7-magnitude earthquake rocked a region near Naples, in southern Italy.The quake, which occurred at 7.46pm on Friday night, caused power outages, disrupted public transport and damaged a pier in Campi Flegrei, the site of Europe’s largest volcanic crater.It is the strongest tremor to hit the region in the past 40 years and caused part of a cliff and several unoccupied buildings to collapse.At least five of those injured were taken to hospital and about 300 people were evacuated from their homes in the city of Pozzuoli, near the epicentre of the…

In this photo illustration, Apps for online prediction market sites are shown on an electronic device on Feb. 25, 2026 in Chicago, Illinois. Scott Olson | Getty ImagesIt’s been less than a year since 26-year-old Logan Sudeith became a full-time trader on prediction markets and in one month alone he managed to collect $250,000.   That doesn’t happen from simply checking the odds of an event contract on the platform, he said. A clever trade requires tools. “For the Super Bowl I bought an antenna, so that I could watch the commercials,” he said, noting online streaming services could face lags. Sudeith was…

Like any company, Reddit reports quarterly earnings, and its CEO, Steve Huffman, addresses investors during those reports. It’s not always about just sharing numbers, though: This quarter, Huffman took the opportunity to voice concerns and criticisms about Google’s AI Overviews feature, which automatically summarizes search results on most user queries. First, there was a letter to investors, wherein Huffman spun his narrative about Reddit’s value proposition and general strategic direction amid the proliferation of AI tools. He wrote: As the internet becomes flooded with synthetic content, people are craving real human perspective. We are the antidote to an automated web.…

Earlier this week, at least 57 migrants died while trying to cross the border from Morocco into Ceuta, one of two Spanish enclaves located on the African mainland. In a span of just 24 hours, tens of thousands of people entered Ceuta in what Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez denounced as a “violation of territorial integrity”.Many of the migrants interviewed in news reports claimed they had been encouraged to undertake the journey by social media posts.Israel’s ambassador to the United Nations, Danny Danon, wasted no time in taking to X to whine that “Spain, which never misses an opportunity to…

As one of Africa’s largest pharmaceutical markets — trailing only South Africa by value, and among the continent’s largest by population and consumption volume — Nigeria nonetheless leans heavily on imports to bridge a wide domestic supply gap, with roughly 70 per cent of medicines still sourced from overseas to meet its healthcare needs. However, some local drug manufacturing companies, such as Fidson, May & Baker, and Mecure Industries, continue to overcome local manufacturing challenges to ensure local drug production and even export some of the locally produced drugs. Yet, even the local drug manufacturing market is at the mercy…