The Chancellor was confronted by the BBC Breakfast host over his latest budget announcement as Naga Munchetty claimed the job retention bonus have benefited from a more targeted approach. But Rishi Sunak hit back: “I actually think it will make a significant difference, it is something that people were actually interested in calling for. Given the […]
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Book tells the inside story of how Reddit came to be the Internet’s “id”
Enlarge / Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian (credit: Getty Images) Entrepreneurs Alexis Ohanian and Steve Huffman famously founded Reddit as college roommates in 2005. Tech journalist Christine Lagorio-Chafkin’s recent book, We Are the Nerds: The Birth and Tumultuous Life of Reddit, the Internet’s Culture Laboratory, follows their sometimes rocky relationship as Reddit grew from a simple, user-directed […]
‘Told you I’d do it:’ Ryder Cup-winning captain Bjorn gets backside tattooed with score
Ryder Cup-winning captain Thomas Bjorn has honored his pledge to get the result of the European team’s victory over the USA inked into his backside. Swede Bjorn captained Europe to golf’s biggest team title in September, beating the USA 17½-10½ at Le Golf National near Paris. READ MORE: Golf fan ‘blind in one eye’ after being […]
Life was perfect and yet I’d never felt so low
I finally had the life I’d dreamt of after struggling with infertility for years. To make things even more wonderful I wouldn’t have to return to my office job when we got home as I’d just quit so I could write novels full-time. Life was good. So why did I feel nothing? What I didn’t […]
I’d give anything to have my sister back
Fronto-temporal dementia is hereditary but normally strikes between the ages of 45 and 65 (Image: GETTY) AS SHE is talking, Sophie Gilbert spots her older sister Becky Barletta returning from a walk in the Suffolk countryside with her carer. Becky, 33, is wearing her blonde hair loose with sunglasses and a cap on. When she […]
I’d give anything to have my sister back
When Becky Barletta was diagnosed with dementia two years ago aged 31 she became one of the UK’s youngest sufferers. Here, her younger sibling Sophie reveals the heartbreak of ‘losing’ Becks to the cruel disease
‘I’d give it a D’: English teacher picks apart White House letter for 'bad grammar'
After receiving a letter signed by US President Donald Trump, a retired English teacher checked its grammar and posted her corrections online, earning both praise as “a hero” and scorn for being “sanctimonious and self-serving.” Yvonne Mason, an English teacher of 17 years who retired last year, has landed in the spotlight after she posted […]
Fifita’s plea: ‘I’d play Origin for free’
ANDREW Fifita says he’d play State of Origin for free and donate his $ 30,000 in match fees to charity if NSW coach Brad Fittler picks him. The NRL’s Dally M leader made the stunning pledge after leading Cronulla to their fifth straight win on Sunday, a 22-16 home triumph over Canterbury that vaulted the […]
Trump: I’d run into Florida school even without gun; Twitter does not agree
Donald Trump has claimed that, even if he were unarmed, he would have confronted the Florida school shooter. Many Twitter users, however, were scathing of the President’s claims. “I really believe I’d run in there even if I didn’t have a weapon, and I think most of the people in this room would have done […]
What I’d Do Differently: Matt LeBlanc
– C/D: What was your first car? – ML: It was in 1985 and it was a 1984 Nissan pickup truck. It was brand new and my dad gave it to me. I was, on the one hand, excited but, on the other, disappointed because I wanted something that needed some work done. I wanted […]