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Northern Ireland’s economy is likely to have grown faster than the UK average this year, Ulster University economists suggest. The Ulster University Economic Policy Centre (UUEPC) has forecast that annual growth in NI will be 1.9% compared to a UK rate of 1.2%. However, that position is expected to be reversed next year with annual growth in NI forecast to slow to 1.5%. Meanwhile, Danske Bank’s quarterly survey suggests consumer confidence in NI weakened slightly in the third quarter of this year. The survey of 1,000 people suggests that confidence was still much higher compared to the same period in 2023. Danske Bank Economist Hannah Martin said: "It is worth noting that, despite the quarterly fall in confidence, the third quarter outturn from our index was still the second highest reading since the start of 2022, and it was also above the long-term average." "This suggests that there was more caution in quarter three, but a reasonable level of confidence was still evident among consumers," she added. 'Robust strength' The UUEPC report says that for the UK as a whole, the recent Westminster budget will give a temporary boost to growth due to increased public spending. However, it adds that growth is likely to slow in the medium term due to higher taxes and inflation that will be higher than it would have been without the budget measures. Dr Myles Patton, principal economist at the UUEPC, said:  "Despite considerable economic turbulence, the Northern Ireland economy has displayed robust strength and performed relatively well in 2024, largely due to the local labour market with increasing workforce jobs underpinned by expansion in the professional services, manufacturing, and health sectors. "Looking ahead, growth is expected to slow, but if the NI Executive make the right economic-focused investment decisions, recovery can be expected in the medium and longer term.” Link: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ce90j23kdnyo

The "appalling" conditions inside a Walsall home, where 34 animals were seized, are being used in an RSPCA campaign to highlight the support animals need at Christmas. Police alerted the charity after 24 dogs, seven cats, two rats and a hamster were found living in the house, surrounded by waste and hundreds of empty dog food cans. Officers had to wear protective clothing and face masks when entering the property, due to the overpowering smell of ammonia and faeces. The conditions are being used to highlight the rise in cases of animal neglect, with the number of abandoned animals during winter months rising by 51% over the last three years. RSPCA deputy chief inspector Vicki Taylor attended the scene and said officers faced a multitude of animal welfare issues. "The living environment was the worst I have ever seen in her 21 years with the charity," she added. Cats were crammed into "filthy" guinea pig cages with no sign of litter trays or fresh food or water, and one of the 24 dogs at the property had a broken leg. Inspector Taylor added: “None of the animals had been neutered and I think it was a situation where the owners had probably started off with a few pets which had bred and numbers had then got out of hand over many months." The animals were rehabilitated at various RSPCA rehoming centres, including the Birmingham Animal Centre, where seven of the rescued dogs were taken care of. Raya, a Staffordshire bull terrier cross, was one of the dogs rehabilitated at the centre. She was "very timid and frightened" when she arrived, but found her "brave side and gained confidence", before being rehomed in June 2024. Three people were living in the property when police entered in April 2023. Following an RSPCA prosecution, two people were disqualified from keeping all animals for life and given suspended 20-week custodial sentences after pleading guilty to offences including failing to provide the animals with veterinary care, a suitable living environment and taking reasonable steps to protect them from pain, suffering, injury and disease. A third person from the same area was fined £50 and ordered to pay £100 in costs. Link: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4gzd3yqg5qo

The Nissan Maxima is the O.G. four-door sports car—at least according to Nissan, which has attached that moniker to its largest sedan for decades. The current-generation Maxima's production run is slated to end this year, but the nameplate isn't headed to the scrap heap. Instead, it'll reappear in the next couple of years as an electric sedan that should borrow much of its styling from the lovely IMs concept that debuted back in 2019. The 2026 Nissan Maxima is also expected to receive powertrain components from the electric Ariya SUV, with the sedan believed to be built starting in 2025 in Canton, Mississippi. The next Maxima will be entirely new when it arrives for the 2026 model year. It will replace the current generation, which wraps up production this year. The Maxima name will go into a brief hibernation as Nissan begins the lineup shuffle. We expect very few parts of the current Maxima to transfer over for 2026, except for the number of doors. Some of its styling will come from the IMs concept, a collection of sharp angles and thin lights that Nissan called an "elevated sports sedan." Pricing and Which One to Buy Nissan has not yet discussed how the 2026 Maxima lineup may look. The trims will likely follow the same progression as the Ariya, which ditches the old capital-letter style (e.g. SR, SV) in favor of clever names like Engage and Evolve. We believe the Maxima will offer a small-battery variant to keep the base price low. Upper models will improve on power and range, with the latter carrying the "+" designation as part of the trim name. The 2026 Nissan Maxima will ride on the company's CMF-EV platform, which is shared with partners Renault and Mitsubishi and currently underpins the Ariya. While we're still some time out from knowing how the new Maxima will be configured, it would make sense for Nissan to create a base model from most of the Ariya's entry-level bits, including a single electric motor on the front axle producing 214 horsepower and 221 pound-feet of torque. The Ariya's beefiest all-wheel-drive setup bumps output to a solid 389 horsepower. Since the Maxima is all about sporty driving, or so Nissan says, what we'd really like to see are the same power figures from the IMs concept—483 horsepower and 590 pound-feet. A kid can dream. Link: https://www.caranddriver.com/nissan/maxima

George Russell says Max Verstappen "cannot deal with adversity" as the Mercedes driver responded to the world champion's comments that he had "lost all respect" for him. Verstappen was unhappy about the role Russell played in the Red Bull driver being given a one-place penalty which demoted him from pole position at the Qatar Grand Prix last weekend. Briton Russell said at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix on Thursday: "I don't know why he felt the need for this personal attack and I'm not going to take it. "This is me just setting the record straight, I am not going to stand here and let someone slam me personally." Russell said that after they left the stewards' room in Qatar after qualifying, Verstappen swore while saying he would "purposefully go out of his way to crash into me and put me on my head in the wall". Russell added: "I knew that was a spur of the moment thing, but the next day, we were joking around a bit with (Sergio) Perez and Carlos (Sainz), I saw it in his eyes that he meant it. "He's a four-time champion. Lewis (Hamilton) is the champion I aspire to be - hard but fair; never beyond the line. We have a duty as drivers. "For a world champion to come out and say he is going to go out of his way to crash into someone and put him on his head, that is not the example we should be setting." After Russell's comments, Verstappen spoke to Dutch publication De Telegraf and accused the Mercedes driver of being "a backstabber" and "a loser", adding: "He lies and pastes all kinds of things together that aren't true." Asked about Russell's claim that he said he would deliberately crash into him, Verstappen said: "That's not true. I didn't say it like that. He's trying to exaggerate it again." 'People have been bullied by Max for years' In Qatar qualifying, the two drivers tangled at Turn 12, forcing Russell on to the gravel. Verstappen was penalised for driving unnecessarily slowly and found to have been "well outside" the target time required of drivers when not on a flying lap. The stewards sided with Russell's argument that Verstappen should not have been on the racing line if he was going slowly. Afterwards, Verstappen said he "never expected someone to really try and actively get someone a penalty that badly and lying about why I was doing what I was doing". On Thursday, Russell denied setting out to get Verstappen a penalty. "There is nothing to lie about," Russell said. "He was going too slow, he was on the racing line and in the high-speed corner. I wasn't trying to get him a penalty. I was just trying to prepare my lap and you fight hard on track and in the stewards. "The same way as Max the very next day asked his team to look at Lando (Norris') penalty on the yellow flag. That's not personal. That's racing." Russell added: "I don't know why this topic has got him so angry. He cannot deal with adversity. I am not questioning his ability one bit. But the second he does not have the fastest car, Budapest, he crashes into Lewis, slams his whole team and loses the plot." Russell said "people have been bullied by Max for years now", and added: "He's been enabled because nobody's stood up to him. "Lewis stood up to him in '21 and lost that championship unfairly. Can you imagine the roles being reversed and Max losing that championship in the way Lewis lost it? (Then race director Michael) Masi would be fearing for his life." He added: "I'm not looking for any repercussion from this, I am standing up for myself to a guy who is questioning my reputation and slamming me in the media." In an unusual step, Mercedes F1 boss Toto Wolff attended Russell's news conference and criticised Red Bull team principal Christian Horner for calling Russell "hysterical", saying this "crossed a line". Wolff said: "Why does he feel entitled to comment about my driver? If you're thinking about it, yapping little terrier, always something to say. "His forte is not intellectual psychoanalysis, but that's quite a word. How dare you comment on the state of mind of my driver." Verstappen said on Thursday that he had "no regrets" about his comments in Qatar. "I meant everything I said," Verstappen said. "And it's still the same. If I had to do it again, maybe I would've said even more, knowing the outcome of the race results. I still can't believe that someone can be like that in the stewards' room. "For me, that was so unacceptable because, I mean, we're all racing drivers, we all have a lot of respect for each other, we even play sports together, you know, you travel together, and of course, you have moments where you get together, you crash, you're not happy. "In my whole career, I've never experienced what I have experienced in the stewards' room in Qatar. And for me, that was really unacceptable." Link: https://www.bbc.com/sport/formula1/articles/cn4x21xwp8go

Sweden has a global reputation for championing gender equality, so why are young women embracing a social media trend that celebrates quitting work? Vilma Larsson, 25, previously had jobs in a grocery store, a care home and a factory. But she quit work a year ago to become a stay-at-home-girlfriend, and says she’s never been happier. “My life is softer. I am not struggling. I am not very stressed.” Her boyfriend works remotely in finance, and while he spends his days on his laptop, she’s at the gym, out for coffee, or cooking. The couple grew up in small towns in central Sweden, but now travel a lot, and are spending the winter in Cyprus. “Every month he gives me a salary from his money that he made. But if I need more, I'll ask him. Or if I need less, I don't - I just save the rest,” explains Ms Larsson. She shares her lifestyle on Instagram, YouTube and TikTok, where she’s amassed 11,000 followers.Some of her posts have had almost 400,000 likes, although she says she’s not making an income from her content. She uses the hashtags “hemmaflickvän” and “hemmafru” (Swedish for stay-at-home girlfriend and housewife) and describes herself as a “soft girl” – an identity that embraces a softer, more feminine way of living rather than focussing on a career. The soft girl lifestyle has been a microtrend on social media in different parts of the world since the late 2010s. But in Sweden – with five decades of policies designed to promote dual income households behind it – the concept’s recent po[CENSORED]rity has sparked both surprise and division. Ungdomsbarometern – Sweden’s largest annual survey of young people – first put the national spotlight on Swedes embracing the soft girl trend a year ago, after it became a po[CENSORED]r choice when 15 to 24-year-olds were asked to predict trends for 2024. Another study released by Ungdomsbaromatern this August suggested it was even becoming an aspiration among younger schoolgirls, with 14% of seven to 14-year-olds identifying as soft girls. “It’s about leaning away from this ‘girl boss’ ideal that we've seen for a lot of years, where there are very, very high demands for success in every aspect of life,” explains Johanna Göransson, a researcher for Ungdomsbarometern. There is no official data on the number of young “soft girls” quitting work altogether and living off their partners like Ms Larsson, and Ms Göransson says it is likely to be a small proportion. But it’s nevertheless become a major talking point in Sweden, from opinion pieces in broadsheet newspapers, to panel discussions at Almedalen – a huge annual cross-party political event – and on Swedish public service television. Gudrun Schyman – the co-founder and former leader of Sweden’s feminist party Feministiskt initiativ - says she’s taken part in recent debates on the issue. She believes women living off their partners wealth is “very dangerous”, and “a step backwards” for gender equality. Ms Schyman argues that young Swedes have been influenced by the country’s right-wing coalition government, which collaborates with the nationalist Sweden Democrats party, as well as the “broader development” of populism in Europe and the United States. She also thinks there’s a lack of awareness about life in Sweden before it embraced policies designed to promote gender equality, such as heavily subsidised childcare and shared parental leave. “Young women today don't carry the history of how women had to fight for their rights - the right to work, the right to have a salary, and the right to economic independence.” At the other end of the political spectrum, the Sweden Democrats party has been positive towards the soft girls trend. “I think that people should get to decide over their own life,” says Denice Westerberg, national spokesperson for the party’s youth wing. “And if you have that economic possibility to do that [live off a partner] then good for you. “We still live in a country with all the opportunities to have a career. We still have all the rights, but we have the right to choose to live more traditionally.” Aside from ideological debates, discussions have focussed on the social and cultural factors that could be influencing young women to quit work - or at least aspire to a softer lifestyle. Sweden has a reputation for work life balance - most employees get six-weeks holiday a year, and less than 1% work more than 50 hours a week. Still, Ungdomsbaromatern’s research suggests rising stress levels amongst young people, and Ms Göransson believes soft girls trend may be an extension of recent global work trends such as “quiet quitting”, which encourages employees not to overextend themselves. Meanwhile, the Generation Z age group (the cohort born between 1997 and 2012) are making, and being influenced by, social media content that celebrates leisure time rather than career goals. Link: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0j1wwypygxo

Since Pavel Durov, the Russian-born billionaire and founder of the Telegram messaging app, was arrested on landing in Paris on Saturday evening, there has been more speculation than substance about his fate. The headline in a Russian newspaper summed up the story: “The arrest (or detention) of ‘Russia’s Zuckerberg’, Pavel Durov, is one of the most important, but mysterious global news stories,” declared Nezavisimaya Gazeta. True. Except that "mysterious" is a bit of an understatement. Why did French police detain him? What charges will he face? Has it anything at all to do with his recent visit to Azerbaijan, where he met (or didn’t meet) Russian President Vladimir Putin? For two days, reporters have quoted "sources close to the investigation" about the offences Pavel Durov may be charged with (allegedly, from complicity in drug-trafficking to fraud). Telegram put out a statement saying Mr Durov had "nothing to hide". On Monday evening, the Paris prosecutor said in a statement that Mr Durov was being held in custody as part of a cyber-criminality investigation. The statement mentioned 12 different offences under investigation that it said were linked to organised crime. These included illicit transactions, child pornography, fraud and the refusal to disclose information to authorities, the prosecutor said. The statement added that Mr Durov's time in custody had been extended and could now last until Wednesday. Without going into detail, President Emmanuel Macron posted on social media that he had seen “false information” regarding France following Mr Durov’s arrest, and added: "This is in no way a political decision. It is up to the judges to decide." In Moscow, the Kremlin is being cautious. “We still don’t know what exactly Durov has been accused of,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told journalists on Monday, in his first comments on Pavel Durov’s detention. “We haven’t heard any official statements. Before I can say anything at all about this, we need some clarity.” Clarity is not something of which everyone in Russia feels the need. On Monday, state TV’s flagship political talk show had plenty to say on the matter. Link: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cly9xqnn3v4o

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