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BP chief receives 20% pay hike despite record loss and 7,000 axed jobs

High Pay Centre says £14m earned by Bob Dudley last year during crisis at oil firm shows it is ‘losing contact with reality’ The High Pay Centre asked if Dudley was being rewarded for getting rid of people. Photograph: Eric Piermont/AFP/Getty Images Bob Dudley, the chief executive of BP, earned nearly $20m last year – at a time when the Read More


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Turkish authorities seize newspaper close to cleric Gulen – state media

Supporters of Gulen movement shout slogans during a protest outside the Kanalturk and Bugun TV building in Istanbul, Turkey Turkish authorities seized control of the country’s largest newspaper on Friday, state-run media said, in a widening crackdown against supporters of U.S.-based Muslim cleric Fethullah Gulen, an influential foe of President Tayyip Erdogan. Administrators have been appointed to run the Zaman Read More


Jennifer Lopez reveals her body secrets

Oh to have J Lo’s body. The 46-year-old sat down with news.com.au to explain how she does it. JENNIFER Lopez’s gravity-defying booty has been captivating us for decades. But when photos emerged last week of her rock hard abs in workout clothes we couldn’t look away. You’ve got to remember this lady is 46 and she’s had twins! So how Read More


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Selling off Network Rail power lines is ‘thin end of wedge’, says union

Network Rail’s hiring of KPMG to market its substations to global investors marks start of privatisation, says RMT’s Mick Cash A train leaves London King’s Cross station. Only the NHS procures more electricity than Network Rail in the UK. Photograph: Frank Baron for the Guardian Rail campaigners have denounced moves to potentially sell off Network Rail’s power assets as the Read More


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Mainstream Republicans struggle for strategy to stop Trump’s climb

Republican U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump shows off the size of his hands as rivals Marco Rubio (L) and Ted Cruz (R) look on at the start of the U.S. Republican presidential candidates debate in Detroit, Michigan, Mainstream U.S. Republicans struggled for a strategy on Friday to stop their party’s presidential front-runner Donald Trump from becoming the nominee for the Read More


Melbourne woman blames severe sunburn on faulty Banana Boat sunscreen

A NINETEEN-year-old Melbourne woman may have to have skin grafts after what she said was a severe sunburn caused by faulty sunblock. Taryn Hawken, of Pakenham, who has multiple sclerosis, went to an event with her friends last month where she spent most of the day in the sun. Ms Hawken said she applied Banana Boat Sport SPF 30 sunblock Read More


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BHS plans to make 370 redundant in head office and shops

Retailer briefed staff about turnaround plan on Friday morning, with 220 jobs to go from stores and 150 from head office BHS is threatening to close up to half its stores if landlords do not agree to reduce the rents. Photograph: Dominic Lipinski/PA BHS plans to make more than 350 people redundant as the struggling department store chain is forced Read More


Your personal health information is about to go online but you can stop it

Patients will have to notify the government by June if they do not wish their personal health information used in such a record. ONE million Australians will automatically have their personal health information uploaded onto the internet from July as the government tries to resurrect the failed $1 billion e-health record. More than 360,000 residents of Penrith in Sydney’s west Read More


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Syria opposition says government mobilises, casts doubt on talks

An aid convoy of the Syrian Arab Red Crescent enters the Wafideen Camp, which is controlled by Syrian government forces, near a poster of Syria’s president Bashar al-Assad, to deliver aid into the rebel-held besieged Douma neighborhood of Damascus The Syrian opposition said on Friday the government was mobilising forces on many fronts despite an agreement to cease hostilities, and Read More


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Run away! Why it really doesn’t matter what trainers you wear

There’s nothing more soul-sapping than a lengthy chat with a barefoot-running fundamentalist – as a new scientific study proves Baffled and barefoot … Is running shoeless more natural? Photograph: Eamonn McCabe for the Guardian I’m not averse to running: I run most days, for fitness and fresh air, and because it’s healthier than drugs for enhancing one’s mood. It’s sociable, Read More