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Official records show £12,000 of public money was given to PR giant Freud Communications, whose chairman backed Labour at the election.

Actor and comedian Russell Brand has spoken out after being charged today charged with rape, sexual assault against four women, stating he has 'never been a rapist'.

Panel finds plaintiffs should get a chance to prove docs not submitted too late

Updated  IBM may have seen off a lawsuit accusing it of using outdated mortality data to underfund retiree pensions, but an appeals court has now reopened the matter to further litigation.…

For the second time, President Trump has extended the deadline for ByteDance to divest TikTok's U.S. operations by 75 days. The TikTok deal "requires more work to ensure all necessary approvals are signed," said Trump in a post on his Truth Social platform. The extension will "keep TikTok up and running for an additional 75 days." "We hope to continue working in Good Faith with China, who I understand are not very happy about our Reciprocal Tariffs (Necessary for Fair and Balanced Trade between China and the U.S.A.!)," Trump added. CNBC reports: ByteDance has been in discussion with the U.S. government, the company told CNBC, adding that any agreement will be subject to approval under Chinese law. "An agreement has not been executed," a spokesperson for ByteDance said in a statement. "There are key matters to be resolved." Before Trump's decision, ByteDance faced an April 5 deadline to carry out a "qualified divestiture" of TikTok's U.S. business as required by a national security law signed by former President Joe Biden in April 2024. ByteDance's original deadline to sell TikTok was on Jan. 19, but Trump signed an executive order when he took office the next day that gave the company 75 more days to make a deal. Although the law would penalize internet service providers and app store owners like Apple and Google for hosting and providing services to TikTok in the U.S., Trump's executive order instructed the attorney general to not enforce it. "This proves that Tariffs are the most powerful Economic tool, and very important to our National Security!," Trump said in the Truth Social post. "We do not want TikTok to 'go dark.' We look forward to working with TikTok and China to close the Deal. Thank you for your attention to this matter!"

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Roughly 21 million leisure journeys are expected this weekend alone - and that's a fortnight before the Bank Holiday weekend.

The Wall Street Journal compares 'Liberation Day' to Richard Nixon's decision to blow up the Bretton Woods system of fixed exchange rates in 1971. The Economist calls it 'Ruination Day'.

The legendary musician, 78, contracted a severe eye infection in July which left him blind in his right eye, with 'limited vision' in his left.

An anonymous reader quotes a report from the Associated Press: It took only seconds for the judges on a New York appeals court to realize that the man addressing them from a video screen -- a person about to present an argument in a lawsuit -- not only had no law degree, but didn't exist at all. The latest bizarre chapter in the awkward arrival of artificial intelligence in the legal world unfolded March 26 under the stained-glass dome of New York State Supreme Court Appellate Division's First Judicial Department, where a panel of judges was set to hear from Jerome Dewald, a plaintiff in an employment dispute. "The appellant has submitted a video for his argument," said Justice Sallie Manzanet-Daniels. "Ok. We will hear that video now." On the video screen appeared a smiling, youthful-looking man with a sculpted hairdo, button-down shirt and sweater. "May it please the court," the man began. "I come here today a humble pro se before a panel of five distinguished justices." "Ok, hold on," Manzanet-Daniels said. "Is that counsel for the case?" "I generated that. That's not a real person," Dewald answered. It was, in fact, an avatar generated by artificial intelligence. The judge was not pleased. "It would have been nice to know that when you made your application. You did not tell me that sir," Manzanet-Daniels said before yelling across the room for the video to be shut off. "I don't appreciate being misled," she said before letting Dewald continue with his argument. Dewald later penned an apology to the court, saying he hadn't intended any harm. He didn't have a lawyer representing him in the lawsuit, so he had to present his legal arguments himself. And he felt the avatar would be able to deliver the presentation without his own usual mumbling, stumbling and tripping over words. In an interview with The Associated Press, Dewald said he applied to the court for permission to play a prerecorded video, then used a product created by a San Francisco tech company to create the avatar. Originally, he tried to generate a digital replica that looked like him, but he was unable to accomplish that before the hearing. "The court was really upset about it," Dewald conceded. "They chewed me up pretty good." [...] As for Dewald's case, it was still pending before the appeals court as of Thursday.

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The devastated family of Lydia La Polla, 47, from Wrexham, have paif tribute after she was killed in a suspected 'hit and run' during a police pursuit in Hightown, Wrexham, on March 24.

But analysts say tariffs could disrupt equipment supply chains

The US Department of Energy (DoE) is looking to co-locate datacenters with energy generation facilities to further America's AI ambitions, and is putting up its own land for this purpose.…

A leading payroll software company used by more than six million companies worldwide is down. Customers can't log into their accounts, suggesting paychecks could be delayed.

Stamp it out: Infostealer malware at German outfit may be culprit

Updated  Britain's Royal Mail is investigating after a crew calling itself GHNA claimed it was selling 144GB of the delivery giant’s customer data, perhaps after acquiring it with the same stolen credentials it used to siphon info on Samsung Germany's punters.…

After 17 years the heavy horses at Hylands, which took part in weddings and took thousands on carriage rides are to go for good

Markets around the world have slumped the dollar weakened and fears mount of a global recession.

Since moving to America, the Russell Brand has built a new life, embracing Christianity and becoming ingratiated into Trump's circle of wealthy, famous friends.

A woman convicted of chopping up her lover scowled furiously at her attorney in court before she pounced on him.

As the cast prepare to be locked up in the house for up to 19 days, they'll of course be compensated for their time, with some bagging a bigger paycheck than others.

A large fire broke out at Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, California as the skies over the 'happiest place on Earth' were filled with black smoke.

As they stared each other down, Eubank Jr grabbed an egg from his pocket and slapped it into his rival's face, with security then having to rush in to separate the two men.

A Coronation Street spoiler has accidentally leaked online two months before airing - and it's set to change the life of a Weatherfield legend forever.