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Bargain-seeking Dunelm shoppers can't stop raving about this 'gorgeous' bedding set that 'washes like a dream'. It was a great price to start with and now you can nab it for even less using a TopCashback deal. Crafted from 100% soft cotton, Dunelm's Portloe Woven Gingham Double Duvet Cover and Pillowcase Set is already one of the more reasonably priced bedding sets on the market at £28.80 down from £36. However, you can get it for £13.30 if you buy it through TopCashback . The website is offering new customers £15 cashback, which means an impressive 54% off the price for new Dunelm customers. Existing Dunelm customers can still benefit from the deal, getting it for £13.55 after cashback. If you are an existing TopCashback member you can shave some money off getting it for £28.30 for new Dunelm customers and £28.55 for existing Dunelm customers. READ MORE: Boots launches huge January sale with 50% off top brands READ MORE: Next shoppers love 'so cosy' £40 fleece they 'wear every day' in winter Available in chic shade Mulberry , perfect for the winter season, these sheets are guaranteed to add a pop of style to any bedroom. Happy customers have been quick to dub the Dunelm collection as perfect for achieving a 'cosy country cottage' vibe, while others have boasted about the plethora of 'compliments' received from overnight guests. More than just aesthetically pleasing, the Portloe line is applauded for being 'soft and breathable', thanks to its 100% washed cotton composition. It also offers the perfect temperature balance, warm yet not overly so, with a linen-like texture that give it a deceptively pricey appearance - all whilst delivering both comfort and an effortlessly stylish look. And for those who loathe the chore of ironing sheets, the 'no-iron' Portloe set might be just what you've been looking for. Fans say it remarkably 'doesn't crease', with one particular shopper noting: "Good quality fabric and lovely shade. Cover does not wrinkle during the night and looks pristine all day everyday. Definitely recommend this duvet cover and pillowcase set." Several Dunelm customers have compared their bedding set to the more expensive Piglet in Bed range range that comes with a £189 price tag for a double. Over the moon, one shopper said: "Absolutely lovely bedding, looks just like the Piglet In Bed linen duvet that I have wanted for ages but couldn't justify the price! Washes like a dream too." Another wrote: "I've been looking for a gingham bedding set like this for so long since seeing adverts for the Piglet ones, these ones are super affordable and look the same. The colour is so pretty with soft fabric, and looks great in my room." It is important to note that while the Dunelm offering is crafted from cotton, the Piglet in Bed version is made of linen which is renowned for its luxurious feel, eco-friendly biodegradability, and long-lasting quality given proper care. Fans of Dunelm's Portloe bedding can't stop stocking up, with one chuffed customer stating 'this is the second set I've bought. Been really pleased with the quality and how well it's kept its colour'. However, some were let down by the colours, with a few shoppers expressing disappointment that real-life hues didn't live up to online images. Highlighting this issue, one customer reported: "It's a beautiful set however the mulberry colour doesn't look anywhere near as vibrant as it does in the photo - more of a grape colour in real life." Echoing this sentiment, another added: "Sorry, but I was a bit disappointed with this product. Great value, good quality but colour looked nothing like the web pic." Other customers have praised the bedding for being 'super soft and feels really high quality'. They also mentioned that it's a 'great addition to any bedroom as it looks more expensive than it is'. Alternatively, if you're looking for a similar style, the Catherine Lansfield Seersucker Gingham Check Double Duvet Cover Set is available on Amazon for £24.98, and the Debenhams Rapport Home Gingham Polycotton Check Polycotton Duvet Set With Pillowcase is priced at £22.05. Get the best of Be in your inbox Be is your home for all things lifestyle - from health and beauty, to work life and parenting, careers and cooking to fashion and features, and everything in between. So to make sure you don't miss out on the things that matter to you, we've created a brand-new newsletter pulling the best of Be's content together twice a week. To sign up, simply enter your email address here and we'll do the rest. For all the latest news, visit the Belfast Live homepage here and sign up to our Be lifestyle newsletter for all the latest showbiz, fashion, beauty, family features and more.Leading Driver in the Social Audit Services Market 2024: Growing Corporate Social Responsibility Fuels Market GrowthJets' next game could be the last for 'disastrous' Aaron Rodgers experiment | Sporting News
Baseball bats won't cut it A hot-tempered young man in Thon Buri met his match when a motorcycle taxi driver he attacked with a baseball bat went to the media after he failed to pay a damages bill on time. Nonthawat (no surname given), 20, swung at driver Krissana Lampa, 40, in a streetfront clash on Dec 12, in scenes captured by CCTV camera. The clash occurred near Mr Krissana's motorcycle taxi queue in soi Thoet Thai 19 in the Bang Yi Rua area. Passersby and other drivers intervened, but Nonthawat kept hitting the victim with the bat. Mr Krissana, who managed to dodge the worst of it as he scrambled for cover, was left with heavy bruising to his arms, back and leg and needed hospital care. He went to the police, who called both sides in for a chat. Nonthawat, who attacked Mr Krissana after the two exchanged words the day before, agreed to pay 30,000 baht in damages, which he negotiated down to 20,000 baht. He paid 7,000 baht upfront, and promised to pay the rest within a week, but when the deadline came due he failed to front up. A fed up Mr Krissana took the CCTV clip of the beating to the media, as details of the pair's escalating dispute came to light. Mr Krissana said the row started when he saw Nonthawat preparing to cut in front of a railway barrier and he suggested he cool down. The two did not know each other previously. Nonthawat, upset to get the warning, revved his motorcycle at him and sped off. Nonthawat, who lives locally, returned later and the two started arguing. Some news reports say he whipped out a knife. Mr Krissana challenged him to a knife fight, if that's what he wanted, as a CCTV camera was nearby and would catch him in the act. The motorsai driver is said to have remarked that he would have to arm himself for self-protection in future, as Nonthawat could return. Another driver who sits in the queue, Montra Toosaranon, 53, heard the remark and is said to have warned Nonthawat via a mutual friend to stay clear. Nonthawat took the warning as provocation and later attacked Mr Krissana with the baseball bat. The first blow knocked him off the bike and Mr Krissana dives inside a shop for cover. Nonthawat strides in and drags him out. The victim lies on the ground with his arms and legs raised to defend himself against the blows, but Nonthawat keeps swinging until locals pull him back. Some media reports said Ms Montra, the motorsai woman who passed on the warning, had a grievance against Mr Krissana. According to these reports, she told Nonthawat that he was armed to goad him into the attack. She denies it, however, saying she merely warned Nonthawat to avoid him. "I told both sides to avoid each other as I didn't want trouble, but now I am getting the blame," she told reporters. Contacted by the media, Nonthawat said he had failed to pay the last 13,000 baht owed as he could not find the money in time. Recounting their dispute, he said when they met at the railway crossing, Mr Krissana had spoken rudely, saying he may as well cross as a train arrived and kill himself in the resulting collision. He was not concerned for his safety as he claimed. He admitted threatening him later with a knife, but insisted he did not mean to stab him. Finally, he was upset to get the warning from Ms Montra via a friend, saying it was like Mr Krissana had gone behind his back to criticise. "I admitted the attack when we met at the station, but he did not return my wai," he grumbled. Following the baseball attack, Mr Krissana called a group of about 10 of his friends, he claimed. They beat up Nonthawat in reprisal for the baseball attack, with his injuries needing hospital care. "I thought the matter was settled. but now he's gone to the media," Nonthawat said, referring to Mr Krissana releasing the clip. Nonthawat said he would try to raise the money owed in a hurry so he could finally put the dispute to rest. Two cowardly drivers at once A Khon Kaen woman was struck twice by hit-and-run drivers in a horrific pre-Christmas accident, with each vehicle dragging her body 100m along the road and neither bothering to sound the alarm. Thanaporn "Nim" Singsee, 34, was hit by a speeding white pickup heading from the province's Nong Song Hong district towards Na Pho district in Buri Ram early on Dec 22 as she was heading out to meet her husband. Police suspect the vehicle knocked her off her Honda Click motorcycle into the opposite lane, where an oncoming red pickup struck her again. Both vehicles are thought to have dragged her about 100m before her body finally freed itself. CCTV cameras failed to catch the moment of impact, but police found oil stains and parts of her smashed motorcycle along a wide stretch of road. Her husband, Prawit Jaitiang, 33, said his wife had just been out to a traditional dance show and was staying at her mother's place in Ban Khon Ta Kaeng in Takua Pa sub-district, about 9km away from his own in Hua Nong in Ban Phai district. "My wife called to say she'd come to see me, but I warned her against it as it was too cold," Mr Prawit told the media. "Shortly before 4am I called my mother-in-law who said she had already left. I called my wife next, but there was no answer," he said. He went out looking for and found the accident scene about 3km from his place. Mr Prawit asked if he could take her body back to his place for funeral rites. She was to be cremated on Christmas Day. The grief-stricken husband appealed to both drivers to come forward and take responsibility. "They should come to say sorry to the body of my wife, before she is cremated," he said. Police know the identity of the drivers, who live locally, and were looking for them. When caught, the drivers would be charged with careless use of a vehicle causing death, and failing to help at the scene of an accident. Teen thieves flee plush hideout A Chon Buri motor dealer tracked down his stolen vehicle via GPS to the lair of a gang run by six or seven teens. Jomyuth Roskratok, 31, salesman at a caryard, said his Honda PCX bike was stolen from in front of an apartment in soi Na Kluea of Bang Lamung sub-district on Dec 24. He called police, but after failing to get a prompt response tracked down the vehicle himself via its GPs signal. He suspects the teens who stole the bike did not know it was equipped with GPS. CCTV images show two teens spiriting it away. Mr Jomyuth tracked down the bike to a rented house in Huay Yai, about 20km away, and called police when he arrived. Officers surrounded the house, but teens sitting outside the house saw the new arrivals and fled. Six or seven youngsters aged 15 to 20 escaped in a pickup and motorcycles parked outside, leaving one 14 year-old at the scene, who was arrested. Police found five other bikes at the house, including Mr Jomyuth's stolen bike, 50 spare parts, and an order book, deputy head of inspections at Huay Yai station, Pol Lt Col Pornprom Muangbangyung, told the media. The gang is headed by two local teens, but they are thought to be hired by a transnational gang which sends the vehicles across the border for re-sale. The gang's bank account has 200,000 baht in circulation, police said. Inside the house, police found a gun, a pot for making krathom juice, marijuana gear, and at least 10 vehicle registration plates, presumably belonging to previous theft victims. The teens had set themselves up nicely, with hi-end clothes in the bedroom, and a car converted for racing outside. Police are tracking down the owners of the plates. They say they know the identity of the teen gang members, and are searching for them.
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NEW YORK (AP) — Sean “Diddy” Combs ' lawyers tried for a third time Friday to persuade a judge to let the hip-hop mogul out of jail while he awaits his sex trafficking trial, but a decision won’t come until next week as prosecutors warned of his "concerted effort" from behind bars to disrupt the case. U.S. District Judge Arun Subramanian said he'll rule promptly on Combs’ bail request after the defense and prosecution file letters by noon Monday fleshing out some of the arguments they made during at a two-hour hearing in Manhattan federal court. Combs’ lawyers pitched having him await trial under around-the-clock surveillance either at his mansion on an island near Miami Beach or — after the judge scoffed at that location — at an apartment on Manhattan’s Upper East Side. Their $50 million bail proposal, secured by his Florida home, essentially amounts to keeping Combs on house arrest instead of in custody at the troubled Brooklyn federal jail where he’s been held for 67 days since his September arrest. Under their plan, Combs' lawyers said he'll be under near-total restrictions on his ability to see or contact anyone but them. But prosecutors argued that no bail conditions can mitigate Combs' “risk of obstruction and dangerousness to others.” Combs has routinely flouted jail rules while locked up at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn, prosecutors said, accusing him of attempting to interfere with witnesses and taint the jury pool. “Really, this amounts to the defendant paying his way out of custody,” Assistant U.S. Attorney Christy Slavik told Subramanian. Defense lawyer Anthony Ricco countered that the prosecution’s portrayal of Combs as "a lawless person who doesn’t follow instructions” or “an out-of-control individual who has to be detained” is inaccurate. Another Combs lawyer, Teny Geragos, added that given the strict release conditions they've proposed, “it would be impossible for him not to follow rules." Combs, 55, has pleaded not guilty to charges that he coerced and abused women for years with help from a network of associates and employees while silencing victims through blackmail and violence, including kidnapping, arson and physical beatings. His trial is slated to begin May 5. Two other judges previously concluded that the Bad Boy Records founder would be a danger to the community if he is freed, and an appeals court judge last month denied Combs’ immediate release while a three-judge panel of the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals weighs his bail request. Friday's hearing was the second time Combs was in court this week. On Tuesday, a judge blocked prosecutors from using as evidence papers that were seized from his cell during a jail-wide sweep for contraband and weapons. As he entered through a side door, Combs waved to relatives including his mother and several of his children in the courtroom gallery, tapping his hand to his heart and blowing kisses at them. He then hugged his lead attorney, Marc Agnifilo, before sitting at the defense table. Combs was not handcuffed or shackled and wore a beige jail uniform, occasionally pulling a pair of reading glasses from his pocket as he peered at papers in front of him. Prosecutors contend that while incarcerated the “I’ll Be Missing You” singer has orchestrated social media campaigns aimed at influencing potential jurors. They allege that he has also attempted to leak materials he believes would help his case and is contacting potential witnesses via third parties. “Simply put, the defendant cannot be trusted,” Slavik argued. In renewing their push for Combs' release, his lawyers sought to undercut the strength of a potential key piece of evidence: a March 2016 video showing him hitting and kicking his then-girlfriend, R&B singer Cassie , in a Los Angeles hotel hallway. Prosecutors contend the assault happened during a “Freak Off," an event in which they allege Combs used his “power and prestige” to induce female victims into drugged-up, elaborately produced sexual performances with male sex workers. Combs' lawyers said in court papers that newly unearthed evidence refutes that, and that the video, which first aired on CNN in May, was “a minutes-long glimpse into a complex but decade-long consensual relationship” between Combs and Cassie. Slavik, responding to defense claims that the recording was manipulated or taken out of context, said prosecutors don’t have the full version because Combs paid hotel staff $100,000 “to make the original video go away.” “This is a case about violence," Slavik told Subramanian in a final plea to keep Combs locked up. “The defendant has engaged in physical, sexual and emotional abuse of his romantic partners for years. ... He’s hit. He’s kicked. He’s dragged.”
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SOUTHAMPTON, England (AP) — West Ham goalkeeper Lukasz Fabianski is “alert” and conscious after being taken off the field on a stretcher during the team's 1-0 win at Southampton in the Premier League on Thursday, manager Julen Lopetegui said. The game was delayed for around eight minutes as Fabianski received treatment on the field at St Mary's Stadium. The 39-year-old Polish goalkeeper was hurt in a collision from a corner and was replaced by Alphonse Areola in the 36th minute. Southampton 'keeper Aaron Ramsdale had run the length of the field to check on Fabianski amid worrying scenes. Fabianski was then greeted by applause as he was taken off with an oxygen mask on, but did not need to go to the hospital. “He had one big knock around the head, around the neck and he was not very sure about his actions. Fortunately the news is he is talking, he is alert, he is conscious,” Lopetegui said. “I talk with him. The doctors say that he feels better and well. I am positive with him. He showed he more or less recovered his sense. I am not afraid. We feared but now he is better and it is a positive feeling because we were very worried.” West Ham, which also saw defender Max Kilman go off in the first half, scored through Jarrod Bowen in the 59th. AP soccer: https://apnews.com/hub/soccerChina's Economy is Confident to Continue Making Waves with Steady Progress
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Budgetary system & fiscal governanceCLEVELAND (AP) — Even after leaving Cleveland, Carlos Santana remained a fan favorite and was warmly welcomed back as a visitor. He's home again. Santana signed a one-year, $12 million contract and returned Monday for his third stint with the Guardians, who have an opening at first base after the AL Central champions traded Josh Naylor to Arizona on Saturday. Santana can earn an additional $1.2 million in bonuses for plate appearances: $200,000 for 500 and each additional 25 through 650. The 38-year-old Santana spent last season with Minnesota, batting .238 with 23 homers and 71 RBIs in 150 games. He also won his first Gold Glove, becoming the oldest position player to win the honor for the first time. Santana previously was with Cleveland from 2010-17. He returned in 2019, made his first All-Star team and spent two seasons with the club before signing as a free agent with the Kansas City Royals. The switch-hitter is second in club history in walks (881), tied for sixth in homers (216) and is eighth in extra-base hits (503). Over 15 major league seasons, Santana has 324 homers and 1,082 RBIs in 2,080 games. Santana has been remarkably consistent, driving in at least 60 runs and playing a minimum of 130 games in each of his 13 full seasons. He also has played for Philadelphia, Seattle, Pittsburgh and Milwaukee. The well-respected Santana will be Cleveland's primary first baseman in 2025 after the Guardians sent Naylor to the Diamondbacks for right-hander Slade Cecconi and a competitive balance draft pick. The Guardians have other options at first base, including Kyle Manzardo and Jhonkensy Noel. But there's no need to rush those players with Santana around, and it's entirely possible he could be signed beyond 2025. With the Naylor deal, the Guardians have completely overhauled the right side of their infield this winter. Cleveland previously traded Gold Glove second baseman Andrés Giménez to Toronto as part of a three-team swap with Pittsburgh. It feels somewhat risky — and maybe unnecessary — for an established team, but president of baseball operations Chris Antonetti was quick to point out that both Naylor and Giménez arrived in Cleveland via trades. “Very difficult trades,” he said. "In terms of how we have to operate moving forward, there are times when we have to make difficult decisions involving very good players, but our goal continues to be how do we find a way to field competitive teams both in the near term and long term and that sometimes necessitates difficult decisions. “To be clear, our goal in 2025 is to try to find a way to win the American League Central.” AP MLB: https://apnews.comCLEVELAND (AP) — Germain Ifedi became the fourth left tackle to start this season for the Cleveland Browns, lining up Thursday night against the AFC North-leading Pittsburgh Steelers. Ifedi moved up the depth chart and into the lineup after starter Dawand Jones broke his left leg last week at New Orleans and had surgery. He'll be responsible for blocking quarterback Jameis Winston's blindside.
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Lankan Automobile Component Manufacturers explore opportunities in ThailandHome | NW government HOD sentenced to 2-years in SA Express matter The former Head of Department at the North West Department of Community Safety and Transport Management Bailey Mahlakoleng has been sentenced to two years imprisonment or R200 000 fine. This is after he pleaded guilty before the North West High court today, for contravening the Public Finance Management Act relating to the SA Express matter. His sentencing emanates from an investigation by the Hawks into allegations of flouting procurement processes when the North West Department of Community Safety and Transport Management entered into a contract with SA Express in 2015 to provide airline services for the province. HAWKS North West Spokesperson Lieutenant Colonel Tinyiko Mathebula elaborates. “Upon entering into a five-year contract with the department, SA Express appointed three different management companies for ground handling services. In terms of the agreement, the department had to pay an amount of approximately R409 million to SA Express and management companies over a five-year period. The contract ended after three years. The department had suffered a loss of R186 million. Over R83 million was paid to the three management companies. It was discovered during the investigation that no ground handling services were rendered by the appointed companies.” Mahlakoleng reportedly confessed that he was only following political instructions. “The main reasons for accepting the plea offer were that he did not receive any of the stolen funds and he is a first offender and acted under pressure when he yielded to the instruction from his political bosses not to follow correct procurement procedures when SA Express was appointed,” adds Mathebula. SABC © 2024
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