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Sam Fender and Olivia Dean break 73-year-old chart record for longest-running number one

Sam Fender and Olivia Dean break 73-year-old chart record for longest-running number one

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Get the inside track from Roisin O’Connor with our free weekly music newsletter Now Hear This Get our free music newsletter Now Hear This Get our free music newsletter Now Hear This The hit track “Rein Me In” by Olivia Dean and Sam Fender has broken a 73-year-old record for the longest-running number one single, the Official Charts Company says. First released in June 2025, the track has made music history after spending 19 non-consecutive weeks in the top spot. “Rein Me In” has surpassed Frankie Laine’s “I Believe”, which experienced an 18-week run at the top of the charts in 1953, and has held the record ever since. Fender, who was presented with an Official Chart record breaker award to commemorate the win, said: “Completely lost for words. Thank you so much to Olivia Dean and the fans for making this song the juggernaut that it is. Can’t believe we broke the UK record!” Becca Monahan and Chris Austin, interim co-managing directors at the Official Charts Company, said that the record-breaking feat “feels especially …

Parents lose an alarming number of minutes every year driving their kids to activities

Parents lose an alarming number of minutes every year driving their kids to activities

Published by Daniella Wilson

Stay ahead of the curve with our weekly guide to the latest trends, fashion, relationships and more Stay ahead of the curve with our weekly guide to the latest trends, fashion, relationships and more Stay ahead of the curve with our weekly guide to the latest trends, fashion, relationships and more Parents are losing an alarming number of minutes every year shuttling their kids to various activities so they can stay active, a new survey has revealed. Soccer, baseball, music, dance, school, chess and visits to friends’ houses are all part of most families’ routines. But now a new survey by Talker Research has added up all those minutes driving the little ones to those events. Over the course of an average 180-day school year, parents lose nearly 7,000 minutes, or 116 hours – the equivalent of nearly 15 eight-hour workdays – behind the wheel. “When you look at the numbers, parents are spending the equivalent of nearly three full workweeks each school year just driving to and from activities,” said Jason Roche, vice president, …

Baltimore will turn 911 into more than just an emergency number : NPR

Baltimore will turn 911 into more than just an emergency number : NPR

Published by Sam Flores

Aerial view of historic row houses in the Riverside neighborhood of Baltimore, Maryland. Matt Gush/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Matt Gush/Getty Images In March in a McDonald’s parking lot off a busy Baltimore street, mental health clinician Michala Williams met a 38-year-old woman in a car. “So, you called the police for help?” Williams asked the woman, who was sobbing uncontrollably and said she sometimes thinks about harming herself. She told Williams she has children ranging from age 2 to 22, she was dealing with health issues, and that her fiancé had recently been jailed. She felt so overwhelmed she couldn’t eat. The woman, who asked not to be named so that she could freely discuss her mental health, explained she’d tried to get help the previous month by driving to the hospital but got pulled over on the way because her car registration had expired. “I don’t care if I get pulled over,” she said. “But I was saying, ‘I don’t know what to do. I just want to go to the hospital.’” …

Vietnam is looking to restrict social media for kids; here are the growing number of other countries doing the same

Vietnam is looking to restrict social media for kids; here are the growing number of other countries doing the same

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Vietnam is weighing the most unusual version yet of the youth social media bans that are sweeping the globe. Instead of kicking kids off platforms entirely, the country wants to let them stay logged in — just muted. Under a draft decree from Vietnam’s Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, reported on Friday by Reuters, users under 16 would keep their social media accounts but lose the ability to post, comment, or react to content. The proposal would require social media accounts for children under 16 to be registered under a parent, who would then be responsible for monitoring the content the child accesses and their time spent on the platforms. The platforms themselves would be required to deploy technical measures to identify which of their users are children and restrict them to age-appropriate content. Deputy Culture Minister Phan Tam said the goal isn’t to ban or excessively restrict children’s access to social media, but to ensure they’re in an age-appropriate environment when they do use it. The decree hasn’t been finalized and could still …

Razorlight admit they almost gave away number one hit America

Razorlight admit they almost gave away number one hit America

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Get the inside track from Roisin O’Connor with our free weekly music newsletter Now Hear This Get our free music newsletter Now Hear This Get our free music newsletter Now Hear This Razorlight frontman Johnny Borrell has revealed that the band considered giving away their chart-topping single ‘America’, a track that would become their sole number one hit. The surprising admission came during an acoustic performance at Stereo in London on Wednesday night. The intimate gig, featuring Borrell and drummer Andy Burrows, marked the 20th anniversary of their self-titled second album, which famously included the iconic song. Throughout the evening, the duo also delved into other anecdotes from the band’s history, including their early intentions to offload one of their most recognised tracks. Referencing how Prince wrote ‘Nothing Compares 2 U’, which would later become a huge hit for Sinead O’Connor, Borrell said: “At the time I was like, ‘Wouldn’t that be so cool if we wrote this song and we found someone amazing, some artist to do it, and they could go and do …

How cutting the number of choices you make every day is good for your brain

How cutting the number of choices you make every day is good for your brain

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Get the Well Enough newsletter with Harry Bullmore for tips on living a healthier, happier and longer life Get the Well Enough email with Harry Bullmore Get the Well Enough email with Harry Bullmore Jeans that fit perfectly. The ideal Netflix show for a Tuesday night. Your one and only soulmate. Modern life promises that with enough options, you will happily find the best of everything. But behavioral scientists say the increasing flood of choices — whether it comes to shopping, social lives or relationships — is doing the opposite. The idea that more choice is better is baked into Western culture, but research shows that having more options can make people anxious, indecisive and, paradoxically, less happy with what they pick, said Barry Schwartz, an emeritus psychology professor at Swarthmore University and author of “The Paradox of Choice.” “There have been hundreds of studies showing that there can be too much of a good thing,” Schwartz said. To minimize the mental noise, he said, limit the number of choices you make, and your brain …

The Rolling Stones match The Beatles’ record with 15th number one album

The Rolling Stones match The Beatles’ record with 15th number one album

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Get the inside track from Roisin O’Connor with our free weekly music newsletter Now Hear This Get our free music newsletter Now Hear This Get our free music newsletter Now Hear This The Rolling Stones have cemented their legendary status further by equalling The Beatles’ record for the most number one albums, securing their 15th chart-topping release with their latest offering, Foreign Tongues. The 14-track record, which follows their critically acclaimed 2023 release Hackney Diamonds, has been widely lauded by critics as a late-career triumph for the iconic band. Released on Friday, the album swiftly ascended to the top of the charts, marking a significant milestone for the Grammy-winning group, now matching the chart success of their fellow 1960s rock pioneers. The band, comprising singer Sir Mick Jagger and guitarists Keith Richards and Ronnie Wood, continues to be regarded as one of the greatest rock and roll acts of all time. The 14-track record has been widely lauded by critics as a late-career triumph for the iconic band (Getty Images) Elsewhere on the official albums …

Japan: Growing number of young workers revive culture of corporate machismo

Japan: Growing number of young workers revive culture of corporate machismo

Published by Sam Flores

In Japan, a new generation of office workers is reviving a bygone corporate culture. Around the world, Gen-Z has garnered a reputation as delicate, even reticent employees. A growing cohort of young Japanese salarymen – and women – are embracing a work culture some are calling “corporate machismo” – a hard-charging, zealous approach to business that some see as the key to the country’s post-World War 2 economic boom. Keywords for this article Source link