The strangest football employees in the lives of stars — jobs you wouldn’t imagine

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The lives of top-tier football stars have always been associated with vast wealth and extraordinary luxury. With multi-million dollar contracts, an entire world of employees is built around the player to ensure they focus on their primary mission on the pitch. However, the lives of some stars do not stop at luxury cars, opulent mansions, and expensive possessions. Their daily details sometimes turn into independent “jobs” handled by others, ranging from organizing clothes, caring for pets and fish, to regulating sleep and even accompanying the player during celebratory moments. According to British reports, the football world has witnessed remarkable examples of…

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UK lobbyists press Burnham for oil field that will create barely any jobs

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Oil and gas lobbyists are desperate to open a new North Sea gas field and are reportedly pressuring Andy Burnham for the go-ahead. Yet energy industry documents show the proposed new Jackdaw field will only create 27 full time jobs. These include an environmental impact assessment filed by the oil field’s owner Adura. Adura is a joint venture between Shell and Norway’s Equinor. The assessment says: Over the lifetime of the field there would be a consistent level of employment averaging at nearly 500 jobs a year in direct, indirect and induced employment – this includes 273 direct jobs which exist on…

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Starmer is cutting jobs in a fawning gesture to Trump’s call for increase in defence spending

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The UK’s ambassador to the USA, Christian Turner, penned an opinion piece this week by declaring that Trump is “correct” that allies must spend more and that Britain has “heard that message” and is “acting on it,” referring to Starmer’s new Defence Investment Plan (DIP). Starmer announced £298bn of investment, including £15bn of additional spending on top of last year’s Spending Review, over the next four years, saying the plan goes “further still” in response to growing threats and the changing nature of conflict. President Trump has been consistent, and he is correct: America’s allies must do more for their own defense and…

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