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Don't lie to me to get free stuff: how small businesses are fighting back against influencers behaving badly
Nicole Flanagin remembers exactly the moment an influencer came after her business. It was the early hours of a March morning and the cat cafe owner in Lenoir, North Carolina, got a message. “At 1.37,” she says, “a friend sent me the link to this girl's TikTok.” The 41-year-old was already having a bad 24 hours. A mother of four, Flanagin also works at a pet rescue shelter and had spent the previous day unsuccessfully fighting for a dog not to be put down.
‘Don’t lie to me to get free stuff’: how small businesses are fighting back against influencers behaving badly
Nicole Flanagin is the owner of Brews and Mews cat cafe in North Carolina, which was the subject of a fabricated review by an influencer. Photograph: Jeremy M Lange/The Guardian Nicole Flanagin remembers exactly the moment an influencer came after her business. It was the early hours of a March morning and the cat cafe owner in Lenoir, North Carolina, got a message. “At 1.37,” she says, “a friend sent me the link to this girl’s TikTok.” The 41-year-old was already having a bad 24 hours.
‘Don’t lie to me to get free stuff’: how small businesses are fighting back against influencers behaving badly
Nicole Flanagin remembers exactly the moment an influencer came after her business. It was the early hours of a March morning and the cat cafe owner in Lenoir, North Carolina, got a message. "At 1.37," she says, "a friend sent me the link to this girl's TikTok." The 41-year-old was already having a bad 24 hours. A mother of four, Flanagin also works at a pet rescue shelter and had spent the previous day unsuccessfully fighting for a dog not to be put down.
‘Don’t lie to me to get free stuff’: how small businesses are fighting back against influencers behaving badly
Nicole Flanagin remembers exactly the moment an influencer came after her business. It was the early hours of a March morning and the cat cafe owner in Lenoir, North Carolina, got a message. "At 1.37," she says, "a friend sent me the link to this girl's TikTok." The 41-year-old was already having a bad 24 hours. A mother of four, Flanagin also works at a pet rescue shelter and had spent the previous day unsuccessfully fighting for a dog not to be put down.
In Jamie Lloyd’s Much Ado About Nothing , Tom Hiddleston and Hayley Atwell Take the Bard to the Dancefloor
The London rehearsals began on New Year’s Eve. By the first week, Atwell had turned to her costar and said: “Do you remember when we were just babies and we had no idea if we would get into drama school, if we’d be able to make a living?” Today, she smiles: “Now we’re both parents, and we finally get to work together as adults….
Are you a ‘healthy’ drinker? I have some home truths for you
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MAGA's war on divorce is really a war on women
Welcome to Trump's America, The i Paper 's World Insight series presenting the sharpest, deepest thinking on an era-defining shift in history and politics, investigating how Donald Trump and his administration have changed the US and the world – and where we go from here. In 2022, no-fault divorce finally came to the UK . Couples can now simply call it quits by declaring an “irretrievable breakdown” in their marriage without needing to cite a reason (like adultery) for the split.
How old is too old to go clubbing? I have the answer
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A volta por cima dos irmãos Batista: como donos da JBS saíram da Lava Jato e voltaram aos holofotes, com participação até na diplomacia mundial
Crédito, Getty Images / BBC Mundo Legenda da foto, Wesley e Joesley Batista Article Information Author, Zing Tsjeng e Simon Jack Role, Do programa "Good Bad Billionaire", BBC World Service* Published Há 5 minutos Tempo de leitura: 13 min É 2017. Um advogado está sentado em frente ao computador em um escritório digno de um consultor jurídico de dois dos homens mais ricos e poderosos do Brasil. Ele termina de digitar, clica em "enviar" e se dirige à porta.
Young people aren’t being told the truth about homeownership
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Meet the next generation keeping MAGA alive
Welcome to Trump's America, The i Paper's World Insight series presenting the sharpest, deepest thinking on an era-defining shift in history and politics, investigating how Donald Trump and his administration have changed the US and the world – and where we go from here. Gen Z has a reputation for being anxious, underemployed and terminally online. But their progressive politics was never in doubt until the 2024 US elections.
What Does the UK’s Social Media Ban Mean for the Future of Art and Culture?
On the day the UK government announced that social media would be banned for under-16s this week, BBC News travelled to Tarleton in Lancashire to canvas teenagers for their thoughts. A schoolgirl named Isabella admitted that she had spent nine hours on her phone that weekend. What would she do with that spare time now, the reporter asked. “Stare at a wall,” Isabella deadpanned. Understandably, the clip went viral. “What a diva,” one popular meme account declared.
The men who want to stop women voting
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The American men who want to stop women voting
Welcome to Trump's America, The i Paper's World Insight series presenting the sharpest, deepest thinking on an era-defining shift in history and politics, investigating how Donald Trump and his administration have changed the US and the world – and where we go from here. “Household voting” sounds like an innocent poll a family might conduct when deciding on a destination for the summer holidays or what to have for dinner. But in reality, it represents something much darker.
The American men who want to stop women voting
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"Ted Lasso"-Star Hannah Waddingham verrät ihre Power-Tipps
Alle haben so ihre Frühstücksfavoriten. Für manche ist es die perfekte Menge Milch im English Breakfast Tea – gerade genug, damit die Farbe irgendwo zwischen Keks und Beige landet. Für andere ist es Toastbrot, exakt 90 Sekunden geröstet, bis es aussieht wie frisch aus dem Mallorca-Urlaub. Der Weg zu Hannah Waddinghams Herz führt dagegen über Speck – allerdings nicht einfach nur "gut gebraten". "Komplett zerstört", sagt sie lachend darüber, wie sie ihren Bacon am liebsten mag.
Zack Polanski: ‘We’ve had decades of politicians who never really say what they believe’ (EXCLUSIVE) Original
Zack Polanski would like to clear something up. It’s about his teeth. “I’ve never lost a tooth,” he says, pointing at the distinctive gap in the back of his mouth. “The gap that I have is a baby tooth that fell out a couple of years ago — the actual tooth is still in my gum.” In our meeting room at the Sir Christopher Wren Hotel in leafy Windsor, the Green Party leader pulls the wide grin that was described by one Daily Mail columnist as “jagged, gapped [with] shades of Hannibal Lecter”.
Meet Eastern Margins, The Party Collective Bringing The Sounds of East and Southeast Asia To London
David Zhou knew he was onto a winner when he saw the crowd dancing at the first ever Margins United festival at EartH in 2024. Around 1500 people had crammed into the Dalston venue to listen to Filipino trailblazer DJ Love play budots, the Tiktok-viral freestyle dance and EDM genre he pioneered from Davao City. Onstage, Zhou’s then creative director, Lorenzo Landicho, was cutting shapes next to his mum. Heartwarmingly intergenerational stuff.
‘When he turned two we had party hats and cake': How dogs became the new babies
Bryan Bell was at home when his one-year-old Patti collapsed, shaking like a leaf in a gale-force tornado. She was having a fit. Bell's husband, John, was out of the house and he didn't know what to do. “It was quite a traumatic experience because I didn't know what was happening,” the 40-year-old PR recalls. Eventually, Patti's fit subsided and the couple soon found a diagnosis from her doctor: their miniature dachshund had epilepsy. “She's all medicated now, so it's under control.
Si te sentís al borde del colapso, tomá nota: 14 mitos y verdades sobre el 'burnout'
Una vez, tras sobrevivir a otra ronda de despidos en un antiguo trabajo, hice algo muy extraño. Apagué las luces de mi habitación y me acosté boca abajo en la cama, incapaz de moverme. En lugar de sentir alivio por haber escapado del hacha, me sentía agotada y entumecida. No soy la única. El cansancio, la apatía y la desesperanza son signos típicos del burnout, un fenómeno desolador que llegó a definir muchas de nuestras vidas laborales.
Si te sientes al borde del colapso, toma nota: 14 mitos y verdades sobre el 'burnout'
Una vez, tras sobrevivir a otra ronda de despidos en un antiguo trabajo, hice algo muy extraño. Apagué las luces de mi habitación y me tumbé boca abajo en la cama, incapaz de moverme. En lugar de sentir alivio por haber escapado del hacha, me sentía agotada y entumecida. No soy la única. El cansancio, la apatía y la desesperanza son signos típicos del burnout, un fenómeno desolador que ha llegado a definir muchas de nuestras vidas laborales.
Facing meltdown? Over 75% of people suffer from burnout - here's what you need to know
Zing Tsjeng Once, after surviving yet another round of redundancies in a former job, I did something very odd. I turned off the lights in my room and lay face-down on the bed, unable to move. Rather than feeling relief at having escaped the axe, I was exhausted and numb. I'm not the only one. Fatigue, apathy and hopelessness are all textbook signs of burnout, a bleak phenomenon that has come to define many of our working lives.
'I’d never work with Keir Starmer': Zack Polanski on political opponents Wes Streeting, Nigel Farage and the prime minister (EXCLUSIVE)
Home News News Politics 12 February 2026 In his Attitude cover feature, Polanski addresses Reform UK’s recent surge ahead of the Green Party in a Survation poll, dubbing Farage a “charlatan” By Aaron Sugg & Zing Tsjeng Zack Polanski's Attitude cover shoot (Images: Attitude/David Reiss) In the race for Number 10, Zack Polanski gives his take on the current UK government as the Green Party surges past 190,000 members, making it the UK’s third-largest party.
Zack Polanski unveiled as the Attitude 101 ‘Trailblazer of the Year 2026’ - as Green Party leader talks ‘bold politics’ and re-imagining of capitalism (EXCLUSIVE) - Yahoo News UK Original
Green Party leader Zack Polanski has been revealed as Attitude’s latest cover star and Trailblazer of the Year 2026, leading this year’s Attitude 101, empowered by Bentley.
Everything I Learned About Dating in 2025
When Vogue first asked me to write about everything I learned about dating in 2025, I must admit I hesitated. Entering the dating scene after a 13-year relationship was like being Sigourney Weaver in the Alien franchise: I awoke from hyper-sleep, the ship was haunted and possibly cursed, and I wasn’t really sure if any of the men on the crew could be trusted, or whether they were secretly harboring a parasite in their chest.
Everything I wish I’d known before I decided to freeze my eggs at 36
Photograph: Kellie French/The Guardian When I first told my mother I was freezing my eggs, she asked: “So my grandchildren are going to be stored next to some Häagen-Dazs?” (Very funny, Mum.) I’m one of an increasing number of women in the UK who have chosen to put their eggs on ice in order to preserve their fertility, although this does – as discussed later – have clear limitations.
Hoyeon on Becoming the Face of Louis Vuitton Beauty After 'Squid Game'
Hoyeon on Her Next Chapter After Squid Game Sharif Hamza "Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Hoyeon is makeup-free as she checks in to our video call from her apartment in Seoul, wearing a loose khaki T-shirt from the Japanese brand Kapital, her naturally wavy hair scraped back in a messy ponytail.
I’ve got more friends than ever aged 37 – this is how I make them
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How 'Squid Game' Star Hoyeon Is Taking Over Hollywood On Her Own Terms
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Jianbo on London’s melting pot, ESEA hate and doing it for the family
This story appears in Huck 82: The Music Issue. Order your copy now. South London rapper Jianbo knew he was doing alright when he got recognised in the Croydon car park of legendary Asian supermarket Wing Yip. A woman in a people carrier rolled down her window, blasting his single ‘Mongkok Madness’ off the 2022 EP, Yellow Peril. “She was like, ‘Waah, ming sing [Cantonese for ‘pop star’]!” he laughs.
Single men aren’t hard to find. Single, eligible men though? They’re practically extinct
Are you single?” bellows Tom Willis, the floppy-haired raconteur behind Soho Reading Series, a literary night that he famously describes as “the only one that f*cks”. His target, a poet in glasses, startles: “I don’t think so.” I am being towed around London’s hottest new reading event by Willis himself in search of that most elusive creature: the eligible bachelor. “No!” Willis despairs, and turns to me: “We’ll find you someone single.” He marches up to a handsome stunner in a leather jacket.
Where are all the eligible men?
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Orlando Bravo: cómo el primer milmillonario nacido en Puerto Rico amasó casi US$10.000 millones vendiendo un "software aburrido"
La primera vez que Orlando Bravo perdió una suma importante de dinero en su rol como inversionista tenía 30 años. Fueron unos US$100 millones por dos start‑ups a las que había apostado y que se desplomaron cuando reventó la burbuja puntocom hacia finales de la década de los 90. El empresario quedó casi en la quiebra. Pero Bravo, en vez de rendirse, siguió el consejo de muchos inversionistas del sector tecnológico de Silicon Valley, en California.
Bella Ramsey on Their ‘Freeing’ Autism Diagnosis and the Epic New Season of ‘The Last of Us’
In a sturdy, redbrick barn in rural Leicestershire, England, Bella Ramsey considers a 10-foot drop from the top of a hay bale. It’s an icy, mid-winter morning and the lead of the zombie mega-hit The Last of Us has requested we meet at a family-run farm near to where they grew up, where members of the public can enjoy tractor rides and feed the animals (of which there are plenty, including an ornery-looking goat that Ramsey claims to have visited since they were a child).
Who Let the Straights In?
“Sadly, where the straight women go, the straight men follow,” drawls Kiwi drag queen Tyra Missoux. I’m sat outside The Rising, one of London’s newest LGBTQ+ pubs, shivering next to the stupendously coiffed Missoux, who is fresh from performing an excellent rendition of Liza Minelli’s “Maybe This Time” (complete with shonky Cabaret wig) to a packed Friday crowd of mostly gay men, with a few women thrown in.
OPINION - The London Question: Are dog owners and non-dog owners at war?
Humans pass on more viruses to domestic and wild animals than they catch from them, a new study suggests (Alamy/PA) To me, my rescue dog Judy is perfect. She’s like a spaniel-sized, four-legged Sabrina Carpenter, all big eyes and floppy blonde hair. To other Londoners, she’s not so perfect. I was prepared for that (not everybody can have good taste, I get it) but open antagonism? Really? Let me explain. There’s something of a turf war breaking out on the mean streets of London over Judy and her kind.
What is ADHD, how do you get a diagnosis and can you only treat it with drugs? All your questions, answered by experts
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What is ADHD, how do you get a diagnosis and can you only treat it with drugs? All your questions, answered by experts
Illustration: Hikimi/The Guardian ‘I can’t believe he’s late again,” my friend said, texting to complain about a colleague. “You’ve got ADHD, too, and you seem fine!” I thought smugly: “Ah yes,” as I prepared to pull another all-nighter to hit a deadline, “that could never be me.” I was diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) at 14, which, at its worst, feels like having a million YouTube tabs simultaneously playing in my brain.
Meet Youth Demand, the Students Taking a Stand for Palestine
Ella Taylor woke up on the morning of April 8th feeling sick with worry. She knew that she was about to vandalise a major political party’s headquarters. That meant she would probably spend the next 24 hours in police custody, if not longer. “It’s quite difficult to eat breakfast,” the 20-year-old student says.
The line between superfan and stalker is becoming increasingly blurred
1 day ago Maybe you just had to be there. 1. Everyone's parents opening up their computer browser, seeing this, and just saying "looks good to me": Shout out Bonzi Buddy. 2. Having a whole-ass desktop computer in your kitchen that the entire family used: Very chill sitch. 3. A seemingly endless amount of pictures …
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