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YESTERDAY saw the grand reopening of hairdressers, beauticians and non-essential shops as lockdown restrictions lifted. While lots of Brits rushed to the local beer garden for their first pint in months, influencer and model Jodie Weston spent 10-HOURS having over 10 beauty treatments. The blonde bombshell, who rose to fame on Channel 5's Rich Kids Go Skint, planned for the 12th April for months and admitted she was ‘counting down the days.’ Jodie, 27, from London, revealed she spent over £900 on treatments on the reopening day and described it as one of the ‘best days of her life.’ She said: “I’ve been so excited to get back in the salon. It’s been literally four months without my proper glam vibes so I haven’t been feeling my usual self. “I didn’t let myself go during lockdown as I tried my best to do DIY hair and beauty treatments but of course nothing is as good as the real thing and getting it done by a professional. “I spent 10 hours at Muse Of London as I had … [Read more...] about I spent £1k on 10-hour pampering session to celebrate salons reopening– I got full-body laser so I’m never hairy again

More than every second person in the world now has a cellphone, and manufacturers are rolling out bigger, better, slicker models all the time. Many, however, have a bloody history. Though made in large part of plastic, glass, ceramics, gold and copper, they also contain critical resources. The gallium used for LEDs and the camera flash, the tantalum in capacitors and indium that powers the display were all pulled from the ground — at a price for nature and people. "Mining raw materials is always problematic, both with regard to human rights and ecology", said Melanie Müller, raw materials expert of the German think tank SWP, "Their production process is pretty toxic." The gallium and indium in many phones comes from China or South Korea, the tantalum from the Democratic Republic of Congo or Rwanda. All in, such materials comprise less than ten grams of a phone's weight. But these grams finance an international mining industry that causes radioactive earth dumps, poisoned … [Read more...] about Toxic and radioactive: The damage from mining rare elements

The race to succeed Angela Merkel as the 2021 chancellor candidate for Germany's biggest political bloc has come down to the two men who also happen to be the two most powerful state premiers in Germany: North Rhine-Westphalia's Armin Laschet and Bavaria's Markus Söder . The stakes could not be higher. Whoever wins this week would likely become the favorite to be Germany's next chancellor after September. Both are the current leaders of the two parts of the conservative alliance that has dominated German politics since the foundation of the Federal Republic in 1949: Laschet heads the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), while Söder runs its Bavaria-only sister party, the Christian Social Union (CSU). A week of tense negotiations is now underway, with observers wondering who will break rank first. Watch video 02:10 Share Who will succeed Merkel? Send Facebook Twitter reddit EMail Facebook Messenger Web Whatsapp Web Telegram … [Read more...] about German conservatives split by search for Merkel’s successor

UK COVID deaths have more than halved in a fortnight with 23 fatalities and 2,472 cases reported yesterday. Last Tuesday, which fell after the Easter Bank Holiday, saw 2,374 new infections and 20 deaths, with 4,033 coronavirus cases and 50 deaths recorded on the previous Tuesday. * Read our coronavirus live blog for the latest updates The latest data brings the total number of UK cases since the beginning of the pandemic to 4,375,814. The UK death toll now stands at 127,123. A whopping 40,107,877 doses of the Covid vaccine have now been administered in the UK. This includes 32,250,481 first doses and 7,857,396 second doses. It comes as: Surge testing was launched in another two London boroughs after more South Africa variants were discovered Thirsty Brits celebrate pubs reopening as they danced into the night in their first post-work pints in months The NHS website crashed after over-45s were told that they can book Covid vaccines Everyone … [Read more...] about UK Covid deaths more than halve in a fortnight as 23 fatalities and 2,472 cases recorded in last 24 hours

DRINKS are back on at pubs, bars and restaurants now lockdown restrictions have lifted - outside for now and then indoors from May 17. If an Aperol Spritz is your tipple of choice you can get one for free worth £8 next time you're out. To celebrate the latest freedoms from lockdown rules easing, 100,000 Aperol Spritz's are being given away and you can get it at any place they serve the popular summer drink. To get the freebie, you'll need to register first on its website here , sharing your name, email and date of birth (you must be over 18 years of age) and do it before May 17. You'll then receive an email with a link to a redemption form which you have until 31 August to use, so there's no need to head out if you're not ready yet. To redeem the offer, you'll need to buy your Aperol Spritz first and one for a friend too, then provide your receipt showing the purchase of both drinks to get a refund for one of them. You'll need to buy two drinks to use this … [Read more...] about How to get a free Aperol Spritz worth £8 as pubs reopen