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Looking for a stunning autumn getaway? New York’s stunning Hudson Valley offers incredible leaf-peeping

Storm King Art Center is one of the country’s largest and most renowned outdoor sculpture parks. It showcases over 150 artists’ works spread over 500 lush fields and forests in the Hudson Valley, and this season’s fall foliage is peaking this weekend, making it a great time to visit.

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Kelly Brook reveals surprising career change after quitting modelling

SPARKLING Kelly Brook is toasting a new career by starting a wine range after quitting modelling.

The 44-year-old — well-known for bikini photo shoots and calendars — is trademarking her name.

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She’s following celebs like Kylie Minogue and Gary Barlow into the money-spinning plonk trade.

Documents reveal that she wants to flog “alcoholic wines, spirits and liqueurs, alcopops and alcoholic cocktails”.

Kelly also plans a range of pizzas after marrying Italian model and actor Jeremy Parisi, 39.

Intellectual Property Office papers show she is eyeing up weight-loss drinks, dietary supplements and “preparations consisting of vitamins and/or minerals”.

Kelly, who starred in the BBC’s Celebrity Race Across the World with Jeremy, told The Sun on Sunday last month she is quitting modelling after growing tired of posing for “the male gaze”.

She added: “It’s very hard having been a bikini model all through my 20s and then you hit 30 and they still want me to do calendars.

“I’m just not there for the male gaze any more.

“I’m married and I’m very happy being in my 40s.”

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Barmy woke council bans popular phrase from its offices because it claims it may confuse foreign staff

A WOKE council has banned its staff from calling simple tasks “a piece of cake” — because it could confuse foreign employees.

Diversity executives reckon the phrase excludes people whose first language is not English.

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The classic British idiom has been declared off-limits in Surrey Council’s eight-page inclusive language guide.

It states: “Avoid using phrases that people may not understand if English isn’t their first language.”

Another section says the term “dinner ladies” should be outlawed.

The guide says “it is preferable to use gender-neutral language” in case anyone should be offended and suggests “lunchtime supervisor” should be the term used for servers, cooks and cashiers.

“Firefighter” is also recommended instead of “fireman”.

Accounts filed earlier this year showed the council was at least £1.1billion in debt, equal to around £850 for each of the county’s 1.3 million residents.

Former minister Sir Alec Shelbrooke said: “Once again, this is a colossal waste of public time and money which should be spent on working out how to deliver services to residents.

“This does nothing to help further their services.

“I’m stunned by how bad this guide is.

“No wonder the council is in so much debt when their staff, apparently, can’t even understand basic English.”

Earlier this year we told how Sunderland Council planned to ban “working class” before U-turning when we intervened.

Surrey County Council was asked to comment.

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