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The National Wax Museum Plus National Wax Museum Plus said it regularly reviews its exhibits to ensure they align with its values A wax figure of Conor McGregor has been removed from the National Wax Museum Plus in Dublin. The museum has said it removed the figure of the mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter from…

Getty Images The Black Friday sales are already in full swing and it can be easy to get swept up in the shopping frenzy and end up out of pocket – instead of bagging a bargain. The vast majority of Black Friday offers are cheaper or the same price at other times of the year,…

Getty Images Polling stations will be open on Friday between 07:00 and 22:00 local time The polls are set to open for the Irish general election. Polling stations will be open between 07:00 and 22:00 local time on Friday to allow voters to choose representatives to serve as Teachtaí Dála (TDs) in the Dáil, the…

Getty Images The most popular mobile games in the UK are being advertised without disclosing they contain loot boxes – random in-game purchases which critics say are “exploitative” and “foster addiction”. The regulator, the Advertising Standards Agency (ASA), says it bans and removes ads which fail to make the clear whether or not a game…

Amorim stresses his use of wing-backs is not revolutionary but there is no doubt his formation depends a lot on the performance of the man selected in the number nine role. Whoever it is, he is expected to keep the opposition defence occupied and protect the ball long enough for support to arrive. Amorim said…

The majority of Friday’s newspapers lead with MasterChef presenter Gregg Wallace stepping aside from his TV role. The Daily Telegraph says Wallace stepped back after the BBC began an inquiry into allegations of sexual misconduct, following an investigation by the paper. The paper also reports that Lord Mackinlay has urged MPs to vote against the…

Sweden has formally asked China to co-operate with an investigation into damage to two cables in the Baltic Sea after a Chinese ship was linked to the incidents. The cables – one linking Sweden to Lithuania, the other linking Finland to Germany – were damaged in Swedish territorial waters in the Baltic Sea on 17…

BBC It is the perfect start to a holiday: your plane ticket is cheap, your cabin baggage is safely stowed, the engines are roaring into life – and the pilot has announced that there’s no need to worry about the environmental impact. This is Jet Zero, a vision where air travel is entirely carbon neutral…

Tens of thousands more former mineworkers could be set to benefit after the government announced it would review a controversial pension scheme. The chancellor used last month’s Budget to scrap a 30-year old arrangement that saw the government receive hundreds of millions of pounds a year from the Mineworkers Pension Scheme (MPS). The first instalment…

French Prime Minister Michel Barnier on Thursday dropped plans to raise electricity taxes in his 2025 budget, bowing to far-right threats to bring the government down unless he eased the burden on the working classes. However, the far-right National Rally (RN) warned this concession was insufficient to avoid a no-confidence vote as early as next week. Barnier’s government…