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Vogue cover girl Florence Pugh has hit her stride. Last year saw her get experimental in the beauty department: from deep side partings and slicked-back styles to glamorous kiss curls and natural waves, she mastered the not-so-simple art of making a short haircut look different every single time she hit the red carpet. What began as a penchant for a slightly punk aesthetic soon became the perfect partner to her own brand of old-school glamour. When it comes to her makeup, Florence oscillates between bold lips and defined eyes, always alongside her signature thick, immaculately-groomed brows and luminous skin. Her carefree…

Marks and Spencer’s share of the UK clothing market reached its highest level in almost eight years after a robust Christmas period, fuelling hopes its years-long restructuring is paying off.Clothing and home sales grew 8.6 per cent on a like-for-like basis and 8.8 per cent in total during the 13 weeks to December 31, substantially above the 4.5 per cent forecast by analysts at Deutsche Bank.That took the retailer’s clothing market share back above 10 per cent, according to Kantar data for the 12 weeks to December 11.Part of the increase was driven by the ending of Covid restrictions, which…

Northern Italy is teeming with historic, art-filled cities vying for travellers’ attention.Most visitors will head to Venice, Milan or Turin, but this year two often overlooked destinations should be on your radar.Bergamo and Brescia, both in the region of Lombardy, are sharing the accolade of the country’s Capital of Culture for 2023.These two destinations will buzz with cultural events, festivals and exhibition openings this year.Two new sustainable routes to travel from one city to another have also been announced.Here’s how you can take an inspiring trip to Italy’s 2023 cultural hubs.Why you should visit Brescia and Bergamo in 2023The two…

A Hasidic Jewish man in New York City was left with a broken leg after a car crashed into him in a hit-and-run, as police say the incident is being investigated as a possible hate crime.  The car pummeled into the victim, 55, as he was crossing the street at Albany Avenue and Union Street in the Crown Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn after 5 p.m. on Friday, according to New York City police.The vehicle, a 2017 Mercedes Benz, was traveling southbound on Albany Avenue and was making a left turn when it collided with the victim. Surveillance video footage shows the…

Minneapolis CNN  —  For the first time in nearly three years, inflation fell on a monthly basis. Consumer prices decreased by 0.1% in December, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Thursday in its Consumer Price Index. The last time prices were lower than the previous month was May 2020. The closely watched inflation gauge also showed that year-over-year prices continued to cool last month, slowing to 6.5%, from 7.1% in November. It’s the smallest annual increase since May 2021. Stripping out food and energy prices, which tend to be more volatile, core CPI came in at 5.7%, down from November’s…

Inflation closed out 2022 in a modest retreat, with consumer prices in December posting their biggest monthly decline since early in the pandemic, the Labor Department reported Thursday.The consumer price index, which measures the cost of a broad basket of goods and services, fell 0.1% for the month, in line with the Dow Jones estimate. That equated to the largest month-over-month decrease since April 2020, as much of the country was in lockdown to combat Covid.Even with the decline, headline CPI rose 6.5% from a year ago, highlighting the persistent burden that the rising cost of living has placed on…

A Northern Illinois men’s basketball player made a nifty move in the second half of their win over Central Michigan on Tuesday night.Kaleb Thornton scored two of his 16 points with one shoe. Thornton went for a layup with under 2 minutes to play and thought he was fouled as he went down to the floor. He was looking for a foul call as one shoe was off of his foot. Northern Illinois would force a turnover just as the Chippewas crossed half-court. Thornton would be down by the basket with his sneaker in one hand. He caught a pass…

A spiral staircase connects the boutique’s main floor to a more intimate sitting room space below. Photography by Stephen Kent Johnson; Sittings Editor: Michael ReynoldsThere’s also a painting by Neuwirth’s mother Geraldine, from whom she inherited her exuberant color sense; photographs by Tim Walker; and in the downstairs lounge a custom-designed screen by the fashion-turned-interior designers behind Peter Pilotto, with whom Neuwirth, a confirmed clotheshorse, has been friends for years. The spiral staircase leading there is hand-painted in a twirling harlequin pattern. At the bottom is a large bouquet by Pretend Plants & Flowers, the florist responsible for the Melrose…

Warman RCMP say there was an attempted abduction of a young girl near the community centre on Wednesday and police are looking for a pickup truck that was involved. This happened around 3 p.m., and police say the girl was able to get to a safe place and was not injured.Officers describe the vehicle as described as a black, two-doored truck believed to be an early 2000s Chevrolet or GMC model. They add the man was described as a man between the ages of 20 to 30 who was wearing a black T-shirt.“Warman RCMP are requesting parents to advise youth…

Ana Walshe, the missing mother and real estate executive, edited an Instagram caption just before submitting a letter to a judge in her husband’s art fraud case, urging a no-jail sentence. The picture claimed to show injuries resulting from a fall at work.On May 21, 2018, Ana Walshe wrote “Mild concussion, bruised hip and a cut…#vulnerability” as the caption for an Instagram post with a picture of her with a cut above her eye.While the picture was posted in 2018, Ana Walshe edited it just 35 weeks ago – two weeks before submitting her letter to Judge Douglas Woodlock urging…