Schools to close early for A66 crash funeral
Parents across South Bank and surrounding neighbourhoods received notice this week that their children's schools would end the school day well before the
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Burnham and Macron agree to scale up action on small boats
The handshake outside Number 10 on Thursday carried symbolic weight that few observers missed: for the first time since Andy Burnham assumed…
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Volkswagen board approves plan to cut another 50,000 jobs
German automotive conglomerate Volkswagen has given formal board approval to eliminate an additional 50,000 positions across its global operations, pushing
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AI tools that take notes for GPs could miss vital information, study suggests
General practitioners across Britain are increasingly relying on speech-to-text software that listens to consultations and transcribes them into written
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AI data centres are booming in Australia – but at what cost?
In the quiet streets of Lane Cove, a leafy suburb on Sydney's lower north-shore, residents are learning to live beside a sound…
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How Gloria Steinem changed the lives of generations of women
For nearly seven decades, a woman with aviator sunglasses perched on her nose and long, blonde-streaked hair became the unmistakable visual signature…
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‘Gromit was nearly a cat!’: Secrets from 50 years of Aardman
In 1976, two school friends in Bristol decided to make films out of plasticine. Fifty years later, that impromptu pastime had grown…
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Weekly quiz: What has been named TikTok’s song of the summer in the UK?
The past seven days delivered a peculiar cocktail of political milestones, continental geopolitical shifts, and celebrity business turning points that would
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From cake to pizza: How to get the best birthday freebies (and why there’s a catch)
Every year, the same ritual unfolds: a notification pings your phone, an email lands in your inbox, and suddenly your date of…
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Trump hints US would not back UK over Falkland Islands due to lack of Iran war support
Trump hints US would not back Britain in a renewed Falklands confrontation, Donald Trump told GB News, explicitly tying Washington's military guarantee…
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