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A warning has been issued for beachgoers along the Essex coast concerning the venomous weever fish.

Ongar Garden Centre unveils Christmas events including Breakfast with Santa, festive dinners and afternoon tea for families across Essex this Christmas season.

Colchester Zoo is hiring two senior animal keepers for its Carnivore and Familiar Friends sections, with £29,432 salaries and November 20 and 27 deadlines.

A warning has been issued for beachgoers along the Essex coast concerning the venomous weever fish.

The Witham and Braintree Hubs will again serve free soup and a roll through their Warm Space initiative thanks to funding from councillors.

They are filming a new docu-drama

SUSE plans to cut roughly 10% of its 1,900-person workforce, with CEO Dirk-Peter van Leeuwen saying "automation and AI" are reducing the need for some roles and allowing the open source software company to operate with less overhead and flatter management structures. "We are announcing a reduction of SUSE's global workforce of approximately 10 percent," said Van Leeuwen in an email. "These decisions are painful for our people, our culture, and our open source community, but they are necessary for us to adapt and build a sustainable, resilient SUSE for the long term." The Register reports: Van Leeuwen says the business, bought by Swedish private equity provider EQT, decided to cut jobs after scrutinizing its "future strategy, required capabilities, and team structures." The rest of the organization will get a look at the fiscal year 2027 strategy on November 16. He said in the message to staff: "What is clear is that automation and AI are fundamentally shifting how software companies operate. AI capabilities are advancing exponentially, forcing us to radically reimagine our work. We have seen this trend already both inside our sector and in the wider economy. This means that the organizational design and cost base that SUSE is built on today will not carry us forward successfully. "We are adapting. Across SUSE, modern tooling is already changing our daily workflows, enabling teams to move faster with less operational overhead and flatter reporting lines. The requirement for some existing roles has greatly diminished. Other roles will evolve over the next few years. This means we are accelerating investments in high priority areas, and deprioritizing others. These are hard, painful decisions to make, but necessary for our future." [...] The specific roles at risk of redundancy were not outlined but SUSE claims it has considered where the people in those positions are "able to evolve, what they can stop doing, what they need to do more of - and decisions have been made on that basis." Staff caught up in the redundancies will be informed by November 4, employee representatives nominated the following day, and one to one meetings will begin at the start of next week. Van Leeuwen says in the internal memo that the job cuts are a "reflection of shifting organizational needs, not your talent or commitment. You have tackled hard infrastructure and open source challenges that power critical enterprise systems around the world. "Any organization will be fortunate to have your expertise."

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Forget designated drivers! Hungary's brilliant new wine bus lets you hop between 20 vineyards in one of Europe's most gorgeous lakeside wine regions.

The head of the Army today apologised to the family of a soldier killed by a defective vehicle - after accepting a formal reprimand for health and safety failings.

The soap star, 55, has risked the fury of ticket-holders who have paid to see her on stage by quietly pulling out of her eight scheduled performances in Woking this month.

John Kiriakou, who worked at the Central Intelligence Agency from 1990 to 2004, warned the US President was seeking to 'break' the 'final taboo' around dropping nuclear bombs.

Drivers in south Essex and Thurrock face a 23-mile diversion as Lower Thames Crossing works run from November 4 to November 10, National Highways warns.

Drivers in south Essex and Thurrock face a 23-mile diversion as Lower Thames Crossing works run from November 4 to November 10, National Highways warns.

Lucy Knapp, 17, was killed after her Seat Ibiza Xcellence left the road and hit a tree on Headcorn Road between Staplehurst and Headcorn about 8.25pm on June 11.

Lisa Bennett was halfway through her lunch recently when a piece of chicken became lodged in her throat.

Why some people have startling visions on the edge of death has baffled experts for decades. Now, a study has revealed that these encounters have an uncanny pattern.

Wayne Rooney was ever the proud father as he watched his son Kai playing a Manchester United youth game on Tuesday. 

Donovan Marx (pictured) was attacked at his property in Syferfontein, near Ventersdorp in the North West province after three armed men wearing balaclavas confronted a farmworker.

While people applauded him for 'speaking out' about the topic, while others scrutinized the Watermelon Sugar crooner for complaining after he charged so much for his own ticket prices.

Wondering when's too soon to unbox the festive season and dress up your house? Amanda Holden hasn't held back - and more and more of us are doing the same.