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People are risking “dangerous consequences” by using “powerful” weight loss drugs to get “beach body ready”, a senior NHS doctor has warned.Professor Stephen Powis, NHS England’s national medical director, said he was concerned about medications such as Ozempic and Wegovy being used by people who are “otherwise healthy” and “just want to lose a few pounds”. Buying such drugs online can lead to “side effects”, he said.”I’m worried about reports that people are misusing them – they are not intended as a quick fix for people trying to get ‘beach body ready’.”Doctors are seeing “increasing numbers” of patients with “complications”…

Hayley Tamaddon, who starred in Coronation Street, has arthritis, she has revealed.The 47-year-old actress, who also appeared in Emmerdale and Dancing On Ice, posted on Instagram she has been dealing with “horrendous” neck pain. She felt like her “head was going to explode” and she “puked up twice” after waking up, she wrote on the site on Thursday morning.Tamaddon – who played Andrea Beckett in Coronation Street from 2013 until 2015 – added she “realised I really should see a doctor” after dropping her son Jasper off at nursery and arriving for a photoshoot.”Ended up in hospital. On a drop…

Jaguar Land Rover is to invest more than £1m to help police tackle car thefts in the UK as part of ongoing efforts to reassure its luxury vehicle owners. The cash will be used to support police operations in hotspots, as well as fund intelligence gathering and target ports used by criminal gangs to smuggle stolen vehicles abroad, including Range Rovers. Money blog: Cadbury’s relaunches popular chocolate barIn addition to this direct support, specialist JLR teams continue to assist police by sharing expertise on the tactics and tools used in the theft of its vehicles, as well as help in recovery…

Microsoft won’t be releasing its controversial AI Recall feature with the rest of its updates next week.The feature that takes screenshots of users’ laptops every few seconds was being investigated by the Information Commissioners’ Office over security concerns. In a blogpost on Thursday, Microsoft said Recall won’t be “broadly available” from 18 June on Copilot+ PCs but instead, will be released to its testing group Windows Insider Programme “in the coming weeks”.”This decision is rooted in our commitment to providing a trusted, secure and robust experience for all customers and to seek additional feedback,” said Pavan Davuluri, a vice president…

Members of the public have been warned to plan their travel as Taylor Swift descends on Cardiff next week.Thousands of her fans – known as Swifties – are expected to gather in the Welsh capital on Tuesday for the American singer’s Eras Tour. Last week, the 34-year-old superstar took Edinburgh by storm.Swift then performed in Liverpool on Thursday and will do two more concerts in the city on Friday and Saturday before arriving in Wales.The UK leg of the tour will come to an end next week with performances at Wembley Stadium in London. She will then go on to…

Tesco says it has recorded a “strong” rise in retail sales in the latest quarter – buoyed by easing inflation.The UK’s largest supermarket also said its market share was growing at its fastest rate than at any time in the last two years. The grocery giant reported sales grew across the group, including Ireland, by 3.4% to £15.3bn in the 13 weeks to 25 May, compared with the same period last year.Money blog: The best affordable rose wines availableIts performance was even stronger at home – its UK market seeing a rise of 4.6% to £11.4bn. This came on the…

Tesla shareholders have approved Elon Musk’s multi-billion-dollar pay package.The package is now worth $44bn (£34bn). The package was once as much as $56bn (£44bn) but has declined in value in tandem with Tesla’s stock. The proposal passed despite opposition from some large institutional investors and proxy firms.Onstage at the annual shareholder meeting in Austin, Texas, the billionaire described himself as “pathologically optimistic”.”If I wasn’t optimistic this wouldn’t exist, this factory wouldn’t exist,” Musk said to resounding applause. “But I do deliver in the end. That’s the important thing.”The approval does not, however, resolve a lawsuit on the pay package in…

A group of reality TV stars have appeared in court after being charged with being paid to promote an unauthorised investment scheme.Geordie Shore star and Celebrity Big Brother winner Scott Timlin, 36, appeared at Westminster Magistrates’ Court alongside former Love Islander Eva Zapico, 25, and The Only Way Is Essex (TOWIE) member Yazmin Oukhellou, 30, on Thursday. Seven TV personalities are alleged to have been paid to plug the scheme to their combined 4.5 million Instagram followers.Among those charged by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) last month were TOWIE original cast member Lauren Goodger, 37 and former Love Islanders Biggs…

Wizz Air has been ranked the worst airline for UK flight delays for the third year running as passengers were landed with a fare hike.The low-cost operator’s departures from UK airports were behind schedule by an average of 31 minutes and 36 seconds in 2023, according to analysis of Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) data by the PA news agency. Turkish Airlines recorded the second worst punctuality last year, with an average delay of 28 minutes and 36 seconds.Money blog: The best affordable rose wines availableWizz Air said it has made “significant improvements” but acknowledged there is “still work to be…

Tesla shareholders have approved Elon Musk’s $56bn (£44bn) pay package.The proposal passed despite opposition from some large institutional investors and proxy firms. Onstage at the annual shareholder meeting in Austin, Texas, the billionaire described himself as “pathologically optimistic”.”If I wasn’t optimistic this wouldn’t exist, this factory wouldn’t exist,” Musk said to resounding applause.”But I do deliver in the end. That’s the important thing.” The approval does not, however, resolve a lawsuit on the pay package in a Delaware court, which some legal experts believe could last months.The judge invalidated it in January, describing it as “unfathomable”. Musk may also face…