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Michelle Roberts, Nat Wright and Adam EleyBBC NewsKyleSome online sites are prescribing men a hair loss drug that has potentially risky side effects without consistent safety checks, the BBC has found.The side effects of finasteride can include suicidal thoughts and impotence, yet some big brand companies will send the pills in the post without seeing or chatting with the customer. We investigated after hearing stories from men through Your Voice, Your BBC News.Kyle, who is 26 and from Wakefield, regrets buying the pills online after filling out a ‘tick-box’ form. He says his life has been turned upside down by…

Across 14 categories, 70 artists are nominated and those include some of the biggest names in UK music and beyond. The winners will be announced at a star-studded ceremony at London’s O2 Arena on 1 March, hosted by Jack Whitehall. Here are the nominations in full:Artist of the yearBeabadoobeeCentral CeeCharli XCXDua LipaFred AgainJamie xxMichael KiwanukaNia ArchivesRachel ChinouririSam FenderGroup of the yearBring Me The HorizonColdplayThe CureEzra CollectiveThe Last Dinner PartyAlbum of the yearCharli XCX – BratThe Cure – Songs Of A Lost WorldDua Lipa – Radical OptimismEzra Collective – Dance, No One’s WatchingThe Last Dinner Party – Prelude to EcstasySong of…

Major infrastructure projects like nuclear power stations, railway lines and wind farms will be built faster under new planning rules, the government has pledged. Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer said Nimby (Not in My Back Yard) “blockers” of major infrastructure projects will have fewer chances “to frustrate growth” through repeated legal challenges.Currently, infrastructure schemes can be challenged in the courts up to three times – ministers intend to reduce that to once in most cases. Tory shadow levelling up secretary Kevin Hollinrake accused Labour of “taking forward Conservative initiatives” but warned their efforts would fail unless they stopped “blocking our…

A US lawsuit filed on behalf of LinkedIn Premium users accuses the social media platform of sharing their private messages with other companies to train artificial intelligence (AI) models.It alleges that in August last year, the world’s largest professional social networking website “quietly” introduced a privacy setting, automatically opting users in to a programme that allowed third parties to use their personal data to train AI.It also accuses the Microsoft-owned company of concealing its actions a month later by changing its privacy policy to say user information could be disclosed for AI training purposes. A LinkedIn spokesperson told BBC News…

Nikita YadavBBC News, DelhiGetty ImagesMF Husain’s paintings have often attracted controversy due to their depiction of Hindu godsA court in the Indian capital, Delhi, has ordered the seizure of two “offensive” paintings by MF Husain, one of India’s most famous artists.The court on Monday granted permission for the police to seize the artworks after a complaint was filed alleging that the paintings, displayed at an art gallery and featuring two Hindu deities, “hurt religious sentiments”.Husain, who died in 2011 aged 95, often faced backlash for the depictions of nude Hindu gods in his paintings. The Delhi Art Gallery (DAG) which…

BBCOlimata felt like “a shell of a human”, when she had anorexia, as a teenagerLives are being lost and families torn apart because of “woefully inadequate care” for people with eating disorders, according to a group of MPs.The “alarming” rise in disorders such as anorexia and bulimia, over the past decade, has now become an “emergency”, the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Eating Disorders says in a report.And greater awareness about different types of eating disorders and how they affect males and females of all ages and ethnicities is urgently needed.NHS England acknowledged services were under extreme pressure but said all…

The opening day of Prince Harry’s damages battle against the owners of The Sun newspaper has been delayed after it emerged that the two sides are involved in potential settlement talks after years of legal warfare.The duke’s lawyers were due on Tuesday to open an eight-week trial of his allegations that journalists at News Group Newspapers used unlawful techniques to pry into his private live – and executives then allegedly covered it up. Moments before they were to begin presenting their case, they asked for an adjournment.However, after hours of secret discussions, and no sign of a final agreement that…

Getty ImagesUK pay after inflation has risen at its fastest rate for more than three years, driven by strong wage growth in the private sector.Pay packets increased on average by 3.4% between September and November compared with the same period a year ago after taking into account the impact of price rises, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS).Growth in private sector earnings were stronger than for public sector jobs.Despite a risk of higher wages pushing up inflation, the Bank of England is still expected to cut interest rates next month.Rates are currently at 4.75%, but traders have bet…

A Surrey theatre with “critical risk” concrete in its structure could take up to five years to reopen, a council says. Redhill’s Harlequin Theatre has been closed since September 2023, when reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (Raac) was discovered in the building.It will potentially remain closed until 2030 while Reigate and Banstead Borough Council (RBBC), which owns the theatre, carries out the £10m safety refurbishment work, said the Local Democracy Reporting Service.Council leader Richard Biggs said: “I understand the strong feeling and interest in resolving this situation at the Harlequin.”He said: “The critical red nature of the Raac panels means that this is going…

Disclaimers on the websites of both the $Trump and $Melania coins said they were “not intended to be, or the subject of” an investment opportunity or a security.According to the CoinMarketCap website, $Trump has a total market valuation of about $12bn (£9.8bn), while $Melania’s stands at around $1.7bn.Trump had previously called crypto a “scam” but during the 2024 election campaign became the first presidential candidate to accept digital assets as donations.On the campaign trail, Trump also said he would create a strategic bitcoin stockpile and appoint financial regulators that take a more positive stance towards digital assets.That spurred expectations that…