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“I am thinking about how best to market them as a window which is a free billboard”.

“I am thinking about how best to market them as a window which is a free billboard”.

A tea room in a mid Essex high street is putting on a magical display next month.

Ofsted has evaluated the centres as inadequate

The UK's data-protecting Information Commissioner's Office has issued a warning about what it calls a worrying trend, reports the BBC: "students hacking their own school and college IT systems for fun or as part of dares." Since 2022, the the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has investigated 215 hacks and breaches originating from inside education settings and says 57% were carried out by children. Other breaches are thought to come from staff, third party IT suppliers and other organisations with access. According to the new data, almost a third of the breaches involved students illegally logging into staff computer systems by guessing passwords or stealing details from teachers. In one incident, a seven-year-old was involved in a data breach and subsequently referred to the National Crime Agency's Cyber Choices programme to help them understand the seriousness of their actions... In another incident three Year 11 students aged 15 or 16 unlawfully accessed school databases containing the personal information of more than 1,400 students. The pupils used hacking tools downloaded from the internet to break passwords and security protocols. When questioned, they said they were interested in cyber security and wanted to test their skills and knowledge. Another example the ICO gave is of a student illegally logging into their college's databases with a teachers' details to change or delete personal information belonging to more than 9,000 staff, students and applicants. The system stored personal information such as name and home address, school records, health data, safeguarding and pastoral logs and emergency contacts. Schools are facing an increasing number of cyber attacks, with 44% of schools reporting an attack or breach in the last year according the government's most recent Cyber Security Breaches Survey. "Youth cyber crime culture is a growing threat linked to English-speaking teen gangs," the article argues, noting breaches at major companies to suggest it's a kind of "gateway" crime. The ICO's principal cyber specialist tells the BBC that "What starts out as a dare, a challenge, a bit of fun in a school setting can ultimately lead to children taking part in damaging attacks on organisations or critical infrastructure."

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Lexi, 13, from Wrexham, North East Wales, was diagnosed with the disease just weeks after returning from a 'carefree and happy' holiday with her family this June.

The Jets, Dolphins, Titans, Saints, Steelers and Cowboys all halted proceedings before their kickoffs to remember the life of the 31-year-old MAGA star, but some did not.

OLIVER HOLT: That night in Manchester, that night in early June 2005, it felt as if Ricky Hatton were immortal. That night he fought the great Kostya Tszyu for IBF light-welterweight world title.

They will be flown back on Air France commercial flights, with removal notices having already been served on asylum seekers who arrived last month.

Britain is in the midst of a shoplifting epidemic with almost 800 crimes a day going unsolved, with one theft recorded every minute. Shoplifting levels have doubled since the pandemic.

While millions struggled to get around the capital as the network ground to a halt, Daniel Gibbons (pictured) was busy documenting his break in the sun on Facebook.

The game was 18 seconds old when Erling Haaland , with a flash of his left boot, sent the ball centimetres past Altay Bayindir's far post, writes JACK GAUGHAN.

Turn the clock back to those giddy days when the Sussexes were still royal and no one had heard of Covid. Suddenly, London suffered a major transport failure.Fractures spotted on Hammersmith Bridge.

The stars are out in force on Sunday as the celebrate the biggest night in television, the 77th Primetime Emmy Awards.

Rylan, the waxen-faced former X Factor contestant now on the roster of This Morning presenters, is in a class of his own. He doesn't shamelessly name drop celebrities he knows, he carpet-bombs them.

The 77-year-old underwent a staggering 100lbs weight loss process over the past few years, trimming the last 15 to 20lbs off with the help of Ozempic.

Owen Cooper looked smart in a black ensemble as he joined his Adolescence co-stars on the Emmy Awards 2025 red carpet in LA on Sunday night.

RestOfWorld.org reports on "a global crisis nobody anticipated when governments started subsidizing electric vehicles..." "EVs can lose almost half their driving distance when temperatures drop, and the billions spent on improving technology have failed to fix this fundamental limitation." In January, Seattle-based Recurrent, a company that tests and analyzes EVs, found an average range loss of 20% in extreme cold... Lithium-ion batteries rely on chemical reactions that slow dramatically in cold weather. When temperatures plunge, the electrolyte thickens, ions move sluggishly, and charging becomes not just inefficient but potentially dangerous. Charging in cold weather has been identified as a primary cause of thermal acceleration, which can lead to fires... The failure pattern repeats globally wherever cold weather meets inadequate infrastructure. Manufacturers, too, have acknowledged the problem. Chinese EV maker BYD's user manual, for instance, advises drivers to charge indoors, with the heating on. That advice is useless for farmers parking in open courtyards. In fact, research across 293 Chinese cities "found that many drivers in colder regions buy EVs only as supplementary vehicles," according to the article, "while still relying on gasoline-powered cars during winter." The article also tells the story of an apple grower chilly Kashmir, India who discovered that his Chinese three-wheeler lost 60% of its 10-hour charge overnight. This made it impossible to begin the 56-kilometer (35-mile) trip on a route with no charging stations — and prevented him from selling his produce while it was fresh (to earn the highest prices). And the problem affects the entire region: Desperate drivers have formed WhatsApp groups, such as "EV Apple Transporters" and "Battery Help Kashmir," sharing increasingly absurd workarounds. Some have wrapped batteries in quilts; others have hauled power packs weighing 90 kilograms (over 200 pounds) into their homes for the night. One driver parked his battery in the living room. "The blankets caused overheating on the road; water bottles leaked into the circuits," [orchard owner] Sajad Ahmad said. "We became mechanics, engineers, and fools all at once." EVs are also not considered cost-efficient. "Diesel vans are expensive, but they can do four or five trips a day," Mohammad Yaseen, a driver based in Shopian, told Rest of World. "With EVs, one half-trip and you're stuck." Norway, where winter temperatures average minus 7 degrees Celsius (19 degrees Fahrenheit), achieved 89% EV market share with its comprehensive infrastructure. It offers more than 200 models for year-round usage. "The ability to preheat batteries upon fast charging in winter is by far the most important improvement we have seen in the past five years," Christina Bu, secretary-general of the Norwegian EV Association, told Rest of World. "These features are standard in Norway's mature market, but remain absent from basic models exported to developing countries."

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One important question remains.

The British singer, 34, flaunted her jaw-dropping figure in a daringly plunging yellow and white gown which also boasted a racy thigh-high split.