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TAKING an apprenticeship to earn as you learn has always been a smart career move – but now it is a great way to futureproof your career, too.  With the number of entry-levels roles down 30 per cent since the advent of AI, and graduate jobs dropping seven per cent this year, applications for apprenticeships…

AT LEAST three people have died after a car collided with a cyclist and smashed into a supermarket in Los Angeles. Some of the victims were trapped underneath the car as it ploughed into the 99 Ranch Market on Thursday afternoon with six others left injured. An elderly woman in her 70s was behind the…

JILL SCOTT does not rush records. She only goes into the studio when she feels she has got something she needs to say. The American singer’s sixth album, To Whom This May Concern, arrives a decade after her last effort for exactly that reason. “It took me 27 years to make Who Is Jill Scott?,”…

GOSSIP Girl is making a comeback with a “sequel” novel centered around Blair Waldorf as an adult in New York City, over a decade after the show’s end. The series, which was adapted from the book of the same name by Cecily von Ziegesar, aired on The CW for six seasons from 2007 to 2012….

AN INTERNATIONAL catwalk model has been found dead at her Costa del Sol home at the age of 21. Touching tributes have been flooding in for Cristina Perez Galcenco, the daughter of a Spanish football star, after her tragic passing was announced. Cristina was found dead in Caleta de Velez, near Malaga, on Tuesday. The…

ICELAND boss Lord Richard Walker has been brought into government by the PM to spearhead a new drive to cut the cost of living.  In a direct appointment from No10 yesterday, the supermarket tycoon was named as the Government’s official Cost of Living Champion.  In the unpaid role, he will work across Whitehall to “challenge”…

A DAD who splashed out more than £60,000 to live in an off-grid “pirate ship” house fears it will be scuppered by planners. Sam Griffiss, 35, converted an old fishing boat, adding a cabin dormer on stilts and a wheeled wood-fired sauna — but without getting planning permission. The ex-construction worker raised the £36,000 needed…

OUR much-loved astrologer Meg sadly died in March 2023 but her column will be kept alive by her friend and protégée Maggie Innes. Read on to see what’s written in the stars for you today.  ♈ ARIES March 21 to April 20 Mercury is a planet you may not always make best use of, as…

DISABLED Brits have faced “brutal” delays getting back to work support because of DWP chaos. People have endured waits of more than 100 days to have applications processed for support to help them into, or keep them in, work according to the National Audit Office (NAO). The report by NAO details “delays and backlogs” in…