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Simple and gentle exercises to help you get fit in 2024 With the Christmas break in the rearview mirror, many might start looking at getting fit in 2024 and with the cost of living crisis still raging on, you don’t need to be spending big bucks at the gym – but instead a few simple and gentle exercises to get you back fighting fit.  Sandy Macaskill is the co-owner and master trainer of Barry’s UK, the fitness studio famed for its HIIT workouts and celebrity fans.  He spoke to Metro.co.uk suggesting getting into the right mindset is a great start. …

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Ian Hislop praised for ‘obliterating’ Tory chair during Post Office debate: ‘You can’t just talk nonsense’ The Independent says Ian Hislop has been heralded for “obliterating” Conservative Party chair Jake Berry while debating the Tories’ “disgraceful” handling of the Post Office Horizon scandal. The Have I Got News For You captain appeared on Robert Peston’s ITV show on Wednesday (10 January) alongside Conservative Party chair Jake Berry, with Labour MP Jess Phillips sat in the middle as the pair clashed. Discussion turned to the handling of the historic Post Office scandal, after prime minister Rishi Sunak confirmed that a new…

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Ex-postmistress who was jailed in Horizon scandal moves Nicky Campbell to tears The Metro says A sub-postmistress who was jailed after the Horizon scandal has revealed her story on BBC Radio 5 for the first time. Karen Jolliffe, 77, told Nicky Campbell about her ‘nightmare’ time in prison, after being inspired by ‘brave’ ex-Post Office staff. More than 130 potential victims have already come forward after the scandal was reignited by a television series documenting the events. For two decades, Ms Jolliffe had been running her Post Office, until the Horizon system was put in place in 2000.

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Elementor #578178January 11, 20241 Min Read Summary of the Top 6 headlines today Metro – PM’s Post Office Scandal Plan: Justice by Special Delivery The Metro’s front page reports that new laws to quash the convictions of hundreds of sub-postmasters and sub-postmistresses have been announced by Rishi Sunak. The paper says exonerated postmasters will only need to sign a form declaring their innocence to clear their names and should get compensation of around £600,000 each by the end of the year. It adds that 555 people who won £58m in a mass action in 2019 but only received £22,000 each after costs will…

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Elementor #578166January 11, 20241 Min Read Summary of the Top 6 headlines today The Guardian – Hundreds of Post Office victims to get convictions overturned The Guardian reports on the Post Office Horizon scandal, and Rishi Sunak’s announcement that the government will bring in a new law to acquit hundreds of sub-postmasters and sub-postmistresses.The paper reports that senior lawyers have warned that the decision to pass a bill overturning so many court verdicts is constitutionally extraordinary and risks undermining the independence of the judiciary. David McNeill, the director of public affairs at the Law Society, the professional association for solicitors in…

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Several countries in Europe, including France, have already adopted the so-called Nutri-Score, a food ranking system displayed on packaging aimed at helping people choose healthier food. The system essentially gives food and drink items a score from A to E based on their key ingredients, such as sugar, salt and fibre. But the algorithm is now changing to better reflect nutritional reality, as FRANCE 24’s Julia Sieger explains.

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