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Why some people are purposefully having their legs broken by cosmetic surgeons
Limb lengthening surgery creates an intentional fracture in order to encourage new bone growth. Pixel-Shot/ Shutterstock Would you willingly have your legs broken, the bone stretched apart millimetre by millimetre and then spend months in recovery – all to be a few centimetres taller? This the promise of limb-lengthening surgery.Continue Reading
How would the ‘Brit card’ digital ID work?
Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email Digital identity cards will be mandatory for every worker in the UK under new plans to be announced by prime ministerContinue Reading
Do I have Covid or flu? Symptoms to look out for as cases rise this autumn
Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email Health officials are warning of a seasonal surge in flu and Covid-19 as autumn arrives. When a sniffle seems to progressContinue Reading
Jaguar Land Rover says some IT systems back online after major cyber attack
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Dead of Winter review – Emma Thompson turns action hero, and it unexpectedly works
Get the latest entertainment news, reviews and star-studded interviews with our Independent email Get the latest entertainment news with our free newsletter Get the latest entertainment news with our free newsletter Perhaps there comes a time in every actor’s career when they must Liam Neeson. In Dead of Winter, it’sContinue Reading
Stuck on a problem at work? A rubber duck can help
Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email You’re neck-deep in IKEA assembly instructions. Furniture parts lie strewn across the floor. Your new purchase sits half-complete in front ofContinue Reading
DAA board should be sacked instead of chief executive, O’Leary says
For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails The board overseeing Dublin Airport should be sacked instead of DAA chief Kenny Jacobs, Ryanair’sContinue Reading
Liverpool ‘set to fine Hugo Ekitike staggering amount’ after dressing room fumed
Unable to contain his joy, Ekitike removed his shirt in celebration, but having been booked earlier in the game, the former Paris Saint-Germain star was given his marching orders by the referee. A bizarre, and quite frankly senseless, act from the Liverpool attacker and one that garnered plenty of criticismContinue Reading
Burnham calls for two-child benefit cap to be axed in direct challenge to Starmer
Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email Andy Burnham has called on Sir Keir Starmer to scrap the two-child benefit cap, becoming the latest high profile Labour figureContinue Reading
Government could buy Jaguar Land Rover parts to prevent job losses after cyberattack
The government is weighing extraordinary measures to shield Britain’s manufacturing base from the fallout of Jaguar Land Rover’s crippling cyberattack, including buying up parts from suppliers to prevent mass job losses. Business Secretary Peter Kyle is understood to be considering a scheme where ministers would purchase parts from JLR’s 700-strongContinue Reading