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Britain’s cement industry is facing extinction if the Government does not act within the next few months to prevent the sector being buried by cheap imports, business leaders have warned. The firms, which employ 89,000 people and are part of a UK mineral sector worth £6.7billion a year, want ministers to level the playing field by taxing imported cement at the same levels as that produced domestically.The Government is consulting on doing this under a system known as the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) – but details are still under discussion despite a pledge to bring it in by January 1, 2027. At…

Michael Owen has addressed being the subject of widespread mockery after he told a bizarre story about building up his confidence. In 2023, the former England player became a meme after discussing his drive for success, saying he was ‘brave’ enough as a child to risk throwing an apple in a bin at his family home, knowing he might miss.The comments instantly went viral, with many taking to social media to poke fun at the star, or recreate videos of themselves throwing apple cores in wastepaper bins. Now Michael, 46,  has addressed the backlash in his upcoming Prime reality series, Meet The…

Molly-Mae Hague reportedly waited to put her engagement ring back on after reconciling with fiancé Tommy Fury as she wanted to see if he’d really changed following their shock split.The couple stunned fans when they announced their separation in August 2024 after five years together, with Tommy’s battles with alcohol later cited as the reason.Fortunately Molly-Mae and Tommy rekindled their romance in May 2025, which was confirmed on her Amazon Prime series, and have since welcomed their second child, son Midas. Despite getting back on track, Molly-Mae initially refused to put her £600k sparkler back on her finger, stating last year in…

Dancing With the Stars alums Peta Murgatroyd and Maksim Chmerkovskiy can’t stop gushing about their new lives in Florida.The couple officially packed up and moved from Los Angeles to Boca Raton with their three sons, Shai, eight, Rio, three, and Milan, two, on June 29, documenting their journey on social media.The blonde beauty, 40, shared another glimpse of their idyllic Floridian lifestyle in a recent Instagram Story.’We’ve always loved Florida, we’ve always loved the lifestyle here. We fell in love with Boca because it, kind of, has everything [and] the best of everything,’ Murgatroyd said in the clip, per Us…

Strictly Come Dancing is bringing back celebrities meeting their professional dance partner for the first time on the dancefloor. In recent years, the pairings have been filmed in introductory video tapes around the country. But the show will now revert back to what was done pre-Covid. TV dog trainer Graeme Hall, 59, who is starring in this year’s series, revealed the change on Radio Northampton this week. He said: ‘This year, they’re doing it slightly differently. We don’t find out until the launch show.  You have no say in it, the pros have no say in it.’The first show of the new series will…

Sydney Sweeney showcased her world-famous endowments in a sizzling new couple’s costume with her boyfriend Scooter Braun.The 28-year-old actress wore a plunging Wonder Woman outfit that served as an echo of Lynda Carter’s classic 1970s turn as the superheroine.Meanwhile, the 45-year-old music mogul showcased his own musclebound physique in a skintight Superman unitard as he posed beside his girlfriend.Sweeney had welcomed a group of loved ones to her Idaho lake house, which she nicknamed ‘Camp Runamuck’ as a place for her family to frolic about freely.She posted an Instagram album of her latest escapades there with some of her intimates,…

Chaos has reportedly descended backstage at Good Morning Britain’s studios as awkwardly located toilets have led to ’embarrassing moments’ for some of the show’s stars.At the beginning of the year, it was all change for the ITV programme as GMB moved from their White City home to ITN’s Central London headquarters amid company-wide cost-saving measures.However, much delayed renovation works at the Gray’s Inn Road studios have disrupted things backstage, with it said that loos are located much farther away from the set than they previously were.This has led to some mad dashes back to set from some of the presenters, with a…

Fashion trends are always changing, which means that many items that were once considered exclusive, expensive and chic are now viewed as unfashionable and tacky.  Expensive accessories that were previously hot and are now unacceptable have become a topic of conversation all over Reddit, where fashion fans eschew brand name baubles and mock people who opt for pricey handbags and accessories that they now brand as out-of-date. The most impossible to procure purses no longer signify wealth, according to fashion fans, and certain lavish jewelry can be considered try-hard.To examine which expensive trends are over and the items to swap them for instead,…

Keith Urban performed a ballad about an ex ‘moving on’ just minutes before getting emotional in front of a crowd of fans at his Atlantic City concert on Friday. The 58-year-old singer, whose divorce from Nicole Kidman was finalized in January, reflected on his new track We Go Back before belting out lyrics inside the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in exclusive footage obtained by the Daily Mail. The heartbreak ballad is featured on Urban’s latest album Flow State, which was released five months after he and Kidman finalized their divorce.Urban’s performance comes shortly after Kidman was linked to private equity businessman Michael Reinstein…

For most women, giving birth is an extremely special experience. For self-proclaimed ‘Disney adult’ Jacqueline Skelton, it was extra special because she welcomed her son while watching the fireworks at Magic Kingdom.Skelton, 27, from Championsgate, Florida, told the Daily Mail that she’s a ‘huge Disney fan’ and visits the Orlando-based theme park two or three times a week.When she was choosing a hospital to give birth at last year, she opted for the one her husband, a respiratory therapist, worked at. It was an added bonus that it was located in Celebration, Florida, the community designed by the Walt Disney Company, and boasted…