The Body Shop has entered administration with jobs at risk across the brand’s 200-plus UK stores.
The beloved chain currently employs 10,000 people across 3,000 stores it operates in more than 70 countries around the world – with a further 12,000 staff working in franchises.
FRP Advisory has been brought in to handle the insolvency process just weeks after a new owner took control having vowed to ‘re-energise the business’. The administration currently only affects UK staff and stores.
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Simone Biles, who over the past decade has revolutionized what is possible in gymnastics, is set to compete Saturday for the first time since 2021, when she won two medals at the Tokyo Olympics but also withdrew from five events to protect her mental and physical health.
Gymnastics fans have been waiting for this moment, which is widely seen as her first step toward the Paris Games in 2024. The competition, the U.S. Classic, sold out weeks ago. That is
Google’s new AI chatbot made an embarrassing gaffe because it was ‘rushed’ out ahead of schedule amid growing competition from ChatGPT and Microsoft, tech industry experts claimed today.
The mistake – which saw Google’s Bard get a question wrong in a video posted to Twitter – wiped off £100 billion from the firm’s value.
It happened as Google faces the biggest threat to its dominance in web search, with commentators suggesting that the hurried unveiling of Bard was done to
Transgender women are physically stronger with greater heart and lung capacity than those born female, a landmark study has revealed.
Trans women were found to have more muscle mass and less body fat than people who were born female.
This remained the case after years hormone therapy, the study suggests.
The findings are the strongest evidence yet that transitioned females do have a competitive sporting advantage over biological women.
Researchers believe it could help to ‘inform policy’ about decisions on
Were you born to be an elite athlete that could take home the gold at the Commonwealth Games?
While training the muscles and increasing stamina are both essential, as well as limitless determination, other physical traits put some sportspeople at an advantage.
Studies have suggested that the probability of becoming an elite athlete is influenced by genetics by over 70 per cent, depending on the sport.
With the Commonwealth Games heating up in Birmingham, Dr Adam Hawkey from Solent University
Hordes of rampaging wild monkeys have been terrorising a town in Thailand as they become hooked on sugary drinks while waffling down bananas.
The town of Lopburi, around 90 miles north of the capital Bangkok, is well-known for its monkey population which brings tourists from around the world, with locals even holding an annual festival to honour the primates.
But since tourists began to return to Thailand after coronavirus restrictions were eased in November, Lopburi’s monkeys – whose numbers multiplied
