A five-year plan is being drafted by the Chinese Communist Party leadership behind closed doors.
An important conference involving China’s top leaders will provide an insight into the priorities of the second-largest economy on the planet.
A number of policies will be laid out for the Communist Party’s Fourth Plenum over the course of the next five years.
Beijing has been working to increase consumer spending and draw in foreign investors to stimulate growth while battling a growing trade war with the United States, its biggest export market.
What will China focus on in the upcoming five years?
Presenter: Bernard Smith
Guests:
Einar Tangen, Senior fellow at the Center for International Governance Innovation, is
Shirley Ze Yu, Senior Fellow at the London School of Economics
The Great British Bake Off judge Pru Leith has partnered with cult favourite brand House of Sunny for Innocent Smoothies’ Big Knit campaign – and you can win her fruity knitwear
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Pru Leith is heading up Innocent’s Big Knit campaign(Image: Serena Brown)
This autumn sees the return of Innocent Smoothies’ Big Knit campaign, and this year it’s been given a fashion makeover. Fronted by The Great British Bake Off star Pru Leith and modelled by knitters from Age UK, this year’s campaign has teamed up with cult favourite fashion brand House of Sunny to launch five limited edition knits inspired by fruits from Innocent’s smoothies.
The jumpers and cardigans are done in House of Sunny’s signature playful and colourful style, and feature fruity motifs on the front. And as of tomorrow October 22, the knitwear collection is available for people to win via giveaways on Innocent’s website and Instagram account.
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Prue said “I’m delighted to be part of this campaign. The Big Knit has always been about more than little hats, it’s about helping Age UK support older people to live well. Now, it has been taken to a whole new, fruity level, with a fabulous fashion collection that’s colourful and fun.”
If you’re not familiar with the Big Knit campaign, it’s been running since 2003 and has helped raise over £3.6 million to help support older people across the UK. The campaign is done in partnership with Age UK, where tiny hats are hand-knitted for innocent smoothie bottles, and for every bottle sold, 30p goes to supporting older people to live well.
Whilst the campaign usually just stretches to adorable knitted hats for your Innocent smoothies, this year it’s taken it one step further with the fruity knitwear for you to win – and wear. There are five designs to choose from; strawberry, cherry, mango, lemon and pineapple, and they come in either crew neck jumper or collared cardigan designs.
To win one of the knitwear pieces, you can head to Innocent’s website and Instagram account from tomorrow (October 22) at 10am to find out more and enter into the draw. Further drops will be launched on October 24, 28 and 31, and November 4.
The competition will close at 11:59pm Wednesday 5 November with winners drawn shortly after that, so there’s plenty of opportunities for you to enter and be in with the chance of winning. There’ll be 450 cardigans available to win with 150 strawberry designs, 150 cherry designs, and 150 with a lemon design, and 300 jumpers to win, with 150 pineapple designs, and 150 with a mango design.
When the draws are live, you just follow the link, enter your name, email and dress size (S-M/M-L), in a secured form to be in with a chance of winning. You’ll also have the opportunity to add a donation to Age UK when you enter, so you can help give back to the charity’s work whilst being in with the chance of nabbing some knitwear.
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As well as donating online, you can also contribute to the Age UK Bit Knit campaign when you pick up one of Innocent’s smoothies with one of 1.3 million knitted and crochet hats on top. They’ve already hit Sainsbury’s and Co-op stores nationwide, so keep an eye out next time you do your food shop.
Lily Allen and David Harbour tied the knot in 2020, and they eventually quietly parted ways in 2024.
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Lily Allen hints ex David Harbour ‘didn’t give answers’ when she learned of infidelity(Image: WireImage)
Lily Allen has hinted she wasn’t given any answers when she learned of ex-husband David Harbour’s infidelity. The Alfie singer, 40, and Stranger Things actor David began dating in 2019 before they tied the knot in a Las Vegas ceremony in 2020.
After four years together, they quietly went their separate ways towards the end of 2024, with their separation confirmed earlier this year. The singer, who is gearing up to release an album, has since spoken candidly about her split from the actor, 50, and its impact on her and her children.
After revealing that David had a secret profile on the celebrity dating app Raya, Lily revealed she had become suicidal after their four-year union ended in December.
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In an interview prior to the release of her album West End Girl, Lily claimed she had to add more details about their relationship.
She continued, “There are definitely some things that happened in my real life that are reflected on this record,” noting how the dating scene becomes more difficult as she reaches her 40s.
“It’s bitterly disappointing,” she explained to Perfect Magazine. “There’s an element of humiliation and shame around it. The world doesn’t portray women of my age as being desirable.”
She continued, “Really confusing,” because she “didn’t actually know” what was happening in her life.
“So there are a number of joining dots, like. Your brain is full of endless questions when you aren’t given any answers, Lily continued.
She also created a profile after David reportedly joined Raya, posing as someone “looking for women,” and discovered that David had already created a profile, which put her in “agony.”
Following the devastating split, the star has since agreed to pay £8, 000 per week for trauma treatment at a report.
Despite her difficulties, Lily also revealed to British Vogue that she “came close to relapsing on drink and drugs and developed a really, really bad problem with food.”
She acknowledged that over the past few years, she’s had real issues with her diet. It got really, really bad in the middle of the breakup.
The singer described how overwhelming the despair was after six years of sobriety. I was experiencing “so much desperation.” It was agonizing to sit with those feelings and choose not to use them because I last experienced them when I felt anything like that.
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