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GLAMOUR model Danielle Mason has swapped sexy shoots for TV presenting as she rebrands herself as a cleaning expert. The lads' mag favourite and sister of EastEnders' Jessie Wallace , has moved into the same lane as Mrs Hinch and Stacey Solomon and is sharing her top home hacks. Mum-of-two Danielle is now a presenter for Ideal World and spoke on the Spring Clean Stage at this year's Ideal Home Show at Olympia London. She previously spoke of her career switch in an interview with the Mirror , saying: "My kids don’t like it as they’re older now and don’t really want to see their mum in her bra and knickers for all their mates to look at. "I think, as I’m 40 this year, it’s time to reign it in and take my career seriously." Danielle has plenty of housekeeping experience under her belt, dating back to her teens when she worked for Travel Lodge. READ MORE ON DANIELLE MASON well dan son! Craig David secretly dated Jessie Wallace’s … [Read more...] about Jessie Wallace’s sister has major career change as she ditches glamour modelling and starts shock new job

Half of commuters (51%) will pay more to travel to work, and 46% will choose a longer route – over concerns about hygiene and cleanliness, a study has found. More than three-quarters (79%) of adults who use public transport to get to work will avoid holding the handrails on a train, tube, or bus, to reduce their risk of picking up germs, while 55% said the same of escalator handrails. And the poll of 1,110 commuters found 14% even go as far as to wear disposable gloves on their journeys to or from work. However, more than a fifth (22%) say they would still take public transport during peak times even if they had a cough or a cold – and 21% of these would hold the handrails. Nearly half would take a longer route to work if it meant avoiding germs and bacteria ( Image: Peter Cade/Getty Images) The survey was commissioned by Puressentiel, whose spokesman said: “Whilst many of us have adapted and improved our commuting hygiene practices since the pandemic, from our … [Read more...] about Half of commuters avoid public transport to get to work – due to hygiene concerns

Sarene Taylor in photo issued by family (Image: Supplied) SUBSCRIBE Invalid email We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you've consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info A heartbroken son claims his stroke victim mother was “left to die” – but survived for 28 days after staff halted her food and water. Sarene Taylor was admitted to an NHS hospital but doctors felt nothing could be done and the 88-year-old was taken back to her care home, where staff withdrew fluids and food. Related articles Woman ‘appalled’ as neighbours build £3k fence 'she never wanted' Seven Brits dead after travelling to Turkey for weight loss surgery But son Rob blasted the approach, saying: “She is just left to die, slowly from dehydration and malnutrition in front of our very eyes. This is how you would treat … [Read more...] about Son accuses ‘inhumane’ carers of leaving his mum, 88, ‘to die’

The 37-year-old at the heart of the artificial intelligence boom is a little scared, and he wants us to know it. OpenAI CEO and ChatGPT creator Sam Altman granted a lengthy one-on-one interview to ABC News , released last week during its evening news show, in which he discussed the future of his company’s AI tech in lofty terms — “this will be the greatest technology humanity has yet developed” — while emphasizing society’s need to adapt or otherwise ready itself for terrible outcomes. As he praised his company’s product-by-product rollout of chatbot platforms, he said he hopes his firm can make mistakes while the stakes are low and said “people should be happy that we’re a little bit scared of this.” “You’re a little bit scared?” ABC News’ Rebecca Jarvis prodded. “You personally?” “A little bit, yeah, of course,” Altman replied, hitting a key point in his apparent campaign to win the trust of the American public. “I think if I said I were not, you should either not … [Read more...] about OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says he, too, is ‘a little bit scared’ of ChatGPT

See the article in its original context from October 10, 1997 Section Page Buy Reprints View on timesmachine TimesMachine is an exclusive benefit for home delivery and digital subscribers. ''When you travel, your first discovery is that you do not exist,'' Elizabeth Hardwick observed in her book ''Sleepless Nights.'' That sense of acute isolation while in transit is woven into the exhilarated, brooding tango music seeping through the soundtrack of Wong Kar-Wai's powerfully moody film ''Happy Together.'' The movie, which won Mr. Wong the best director prize this year at Cannes, follows a young gay couple from Hong Kong to Buenos Aires, where they foolishly imagine they can salvage their stormy relationship by starting over in a new place. No sooner do they arrive than they quarrel and separate. As the movie, narrated by Lai Yiu-Fai (Tony Leung Chiu-Wai), the more introspective of the two, follows Lai around the city, the cacophonous urbanity that in other films by … [Read more...] about FILM FESTIVAL REVIEW; Renewable Love, and Other Fallacies of Youth

A SAVVY DIY fan has been inundated with praise after revealing how she converted an old van into a tiny pink home. Samantha R Olmsted, a flight attendant for a major airline, explained how she found herself out of work in the pandemic so bought a 1999 Chevrolet van on Facebook Marketplace and transformed it into a house in just three months. Now, she's been living there for two years and has saved herself a fortune on rent. In a clip shared to the 'Tiny Home Tours' YouTube channel, she explains: "The van actually works perfectly for me because I'm flying around for probably about half of the month. "There was one month I was paying rent in New York and I think I was in that apartment only four nights for the whole month and I knew this was something I really wanted. "Anything I could ever need and want is in this van." READ MORE ON HOMES GLAM OFF-GRID Woman who lives alone in woodland shed reveals odd meat she uses for lasagne … [Read more...] about I spent £5.6k turning an old van into a tiny princess-themed home by watching YouTube tutorials – I save so much on rent

MEXICO CITY — Art fairs are full of galleries with dreams of launching the art world’s next big thing. Exhibitors pack their booths with work by promising newcomers and talk them up relentlessly, hoping they will break through with the collectors and critics who wander the aisles. Proyectos Monclova of Mexico City takes a different approach. Instead of banking on the future, it invests in the past, bringing to fairs artists who made their reputations decades ago in Mexico and whose careers it says it believes are ready for a turn in the international spotlight. Alongside all those potential stars of tomorrow on display at this year’s Art Basel Hong Kong are Proyectos Monclova’s lineup of colorful, geometric weavings by 87-year-old Eduardo Terrazas — famous for being a co-designer of the 1968 Mexico City Olympics poster , with its psychedelic black-and-white lettering and rainbow-inspired rings — and stone carvings by Ángela Gurría , a central figure of Mexican Modernism who … [Read more...] about A Century of Mexican Creativity at Art Basel Hong Kong