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A CHEF who makes thousands from sharing recipes online used to be homeless and living out of his car. Simon Hannigan, 32, who lives in Lytham St Annes, Lancashire , is a social media sensation these days. He posts videos for his followers to recreate his recipes - but he reveals his success has only come after falling on hard times. Simon makes between £2,500 - £5,000 per post, collaborating with some of the UK 's biggest supermarket and homeware brands for sponsored content. His creative endeavour began as a bit of fun two years ago when he set up an Instagram teaching people how to cook during lockdown. Simon gets around 30 million views per month, and has worked with some big-name businesses who have been eager to share some of his stellar success. READ MORE ON FABULOUS PIN-UPS Can you guess how old we are just by looking at our legs? POT ON I'm a chef & you're cooking jacket potatoes wrong - my … [Read more...] about I used to be homeless & live out of a car – now I make up to £5,000 each time I share food recipes online

There is a growing trend on TikTok that sees people sharing what it's really like working on farms The fad in question is #farmtok – and a bevvy of attractive women have uploaded videos using the hashtag to show their day-to-day lives. Read on to find out more about these "hot farmers" and why they're constantly receiving marriage proposals from eager men. READ MORE: Woman defies trolls who call her 'fat, ugly dog' with seriously sexy bikini pics Men ask for tractor rides Ella Burnett from Cheshire, England, often posts videos of herself on TikTok working on the farm in minimal clothing. And when blokes see clips of the dairy farmer hard at work, they bombard her with compliments and ask her out on dates. One man went as far as to call Ella the "fittest farmer he ever did see" while another claimed the video left him losing his mind. One person even invited her on a tractor ride after being delighted by the clip. In one particular video that showed Ella … [Read more...] about ‘We’re hot farmers – men are obsessed with us and constantly propose’

Microsoft Corp said on Wednesday it had recovered all of its cloud services after a networking outage took down its cloud platform Azure along with services such as Teams and Outlook used by millions around the globe. Azure’s status page showed services impacted the Americas, Europe, Asia Pacific, Middle East, and Africa. Only services in China and its platform for governments were not hit. By late morning Azure said most customers should have seen services resume after a full recovery of the Microsoft Wide Area Network (WAN). According to Microsoft data, an outage of Azure, which has 15 million corporate customers and over 500 million active users, can impact multiple services and create a domino effect as almost all of the world’s largest companies use the platform. Businesses have become increasingly dependent on online platforms after the pandemic caused a shift to more employees working from home. Earlier, Microsoft said it had determined a network connectivity … [Read more...] about Microsoft cloud outage affected users worldwide

Social media influencer Charlotte Peirce is known tackling issues surrounding body positivity . And this week, the brunette, who boasts 100,000 Instagram followers, addressed women's clothing sizes. Charlotte told followers she thought women's sizing is "an absolute joke" and said she'd like to have the system "completely abolished". READ MORE: Woman takes snaps in various changing rooms to show how different body can look The influencer shared two photos of herself trying on jeans to document her point. In one snap, Charlotte showed she couldn't get her bum in a pair of jeans, while in another they fit perfectly - even though they were two sizes smaller. Captioning the post, she told fans: "I don’t know who needs reminding but the sizing of women’s clothing is an absolute joke and a constantly changing flawed concept. "So if you sometimes need to size up or down and that makes you feel sh*tty, please remember it’s absolutely a clothing problem and not a you … [Read more...] about Influencer posts two pics of her bum in jeans to show ‘women’s sizing is a joke’

Piaget Ventus had been working in the New York restaurant industry for several years when her manager informed the staff one day, circa 2015, that they all needed to take a ServSafe course. The employees met at a sister restaurant, where they watched safety videos, took practice tests and had to pass a final exam to get certified. The course cost Ventus $15, for which she was reimbursed, but it consumed about three hours of her day, which she was expected to surrender without pay. As a server, Ventus rarely had to handle food directly. There were runners for that. Nonetheless, she took the course at face value. She figured her managers just wanted to make sure everyone had a firm grasp of food safety basics. But after the New York Times reported this month that the ServSafe program also raises money for the National Restaurant Association, Ventus felt something akin to betrayal. The NRA - occasionally called "the other NRA" - is a multimillion-dollar trade association that lobbies … [Read more...] about Restaurant group uses workers’ cash to lobby against them, advocates say

January 27, 2023 - 17:29 GMT Barry Keoghan, nominated for an Oscar for The Banshees of Inisherin, has had a life of dramatic ups and downs. Learn more about his difficult childhood and inspiring rise to fame. Barry Keoghan has emerged as one of the breakout stars of the 2022-23 movie circuit thanks to his standout performance in dark tragicomedy The Banshees of Inisherin . The 30-year-old picked up his first Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actor , joining three of his fellow cast members with acting nods and is one of nine total mentions for the film . Check out the trailer below! WATCH: The Banshees of Inisherin Trailer Loading the player... While he is a new face to many, the Irish performer has been steadily working for over a decade and has starred in several big-budget productions. MORE: 2023 Oscars nominations: The complete list of nominees Read on to learn more about Barry Keoghan's … [Read more...] about Oscar nominee Barry Keoghan: From his difficult childhood to star-making roles

(CTN News) – Snapchat owner Snap Inc. is likely to report a fourth consecutive quarter of losses as revenue rises at the slowest rate in at least five years. Visible Alpha estimates that Snap will report a fourth-quarter net loss of about $183 million, or adjusted earnings per share (EPS) of 10 cents, down more than half from last year. Even though revenue is likely to reach a record $1.3 billion, that would be just 0.5% above last year. The results of Snap will be announced after the markets close on Tuesday. As a result of a weakening economy, rampant inflation, and global instability, other social media platforms have seen their advertising revenues plummet in recent quarters. It is likely that ad-related issues persisted through the last months of the year, as a result of last two fiscal reports. As a result of its potential involvement in the nationwide fentanyl crisis, became a target of U.S. legislators in recent months. At a late January congressional … [Read more...] about Snap On Track For Fourth Straight Loss As Revenue Growth Slows