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A mother-of-three is calling for anyone with an autoimmune disorder to be screened for cancer , after she initially dismissed her incurable disease for a common cold.

If I said to you, 'Henrietta is popping in at noon,' you'd be forgiven for imagining an ever-so aristo type swanning in, trailing a chic waft of Byredo fragrance behind her.

Amid a campaign to raise flags around Britain's streets which swept the nation this summer, Union Jacks have been hung on the side of South Lakes Islamic Centre.

Now you've gone and done it: Privacy lawyer says he's working on challenge to 2023 Data Protection Framework

The European Union General Court (EGC) has rejected a challenge to the US-EU Data Privacy Framework (DPF) allowing data to continue flowing across the pond, but the challenges are unlikely to stop there.…

The SAT is billed as "a great way to find out how prepared students are for college." If that's true, recent changes to its format offer an unflattering assessment of the country's aspiring scholars, Bloomberg's editorial board wrote Wednesday. From the piece: [...] Then the pandemic hit. As in-person exams became impractical, hundreds of schools dropped their testing requirements. The SAT and its main competitor, the ACT, lost millions of dollars in revenue. Although both recently started offering digital options, schools have been slow to reinstate their requirements. Today, more than 80% of schools remain test-optional. "If students are deciding to take a test," as one College Board executive put it, "how do we make the SAT the one they want to take?" To anyone familiar with American teenagers, the company's answer should come as no surprise: Make the test easier. The newly digitized format allows a calculator for the entire math section and drastically cuts reading comprehension. Gone are the 500- to 750-word passages about which students would answer a series of questions. Instead, test takers read 25- to 150-word excerpts -- about the length of a social media post -- and answer a single question about each. [...] An effort by the College Board to reemphasize the benefits of deep reading -- for critical thinking, for self-reflection, for learning of all kinds -- might go a long way toward restoring some balance. It should build on efforts to incorporate college prep into school curricula, work with districts to develop coursework that builds reading stamina for all test takers, and consider reducing the cost of its subject-specific Advanced Placement exams that continue to test these skills (now $99), in line with the SAT ($68). Schools, for their part, should recommit to teaching books in their entirety.

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From cloud IDEs to autonomous assistants, company says future is agentic

Gitpod, best known for cloud-hosted dev environments, has rebranded as Ona and is now pitching itself as an AI agent platform.…

Only one can be crowned the best in Essex!

Two autistic pupils are celebrating their progress as they prepare to leave a specialist school in Witham.

A healthcare assistant is on her way to a new career in nursing thanks to adult learning provider ACL Essex.

Frightened auctioneers, in Royal Wootton Bassett, Wiltshire, are desperate to sell a 'possessed pram' after CCTV caught it rolling across the store room 'on its own' - and vow there's 'no returns'.

It was the upstairs downstairs drama that became a hit with its class driven storylines.

Benioff boasts bots now handle half of customer chats as doubts over reliability linger

Updated  Speaking ahead of Labor Day – celebrated in the US to recognize the nation's labor movement – Salesforce CEO and co-founder Marc Benioff said the company had slashed 4,000 customer support roles through the application of AI agents.…

The alleged assassin was pictured beaming in a white, floral-patterned button-up shirt in the image on the Chinese fast fashion website.

Lyanne Kennedy, 44, was seen with tears in her eyes after spending over two hours with her 19-year-old in Women's Penitentiary Number Five.

A viral video on TikTok has set off a wild conversation online, with many claiming the footage proved the existence of ghosts.

Andrew Bailey said pressure being put on the central bank in America was a 'very serious situation'.

On September 1, the EU announced a precautionary ban on the use trimethylbenzoyl diphenylphosphine oxide (TPO) in cosmetic products like gel polish

Millions of pensioners will not receive the expected £551 triple-lock boost to their state pension payments next April.

LIVE UPDATES: Follow the latest developments as Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner admits she didn't pay enough tax on second home

Subway declared Britain to be a nation of 'jacket fanatics' as it announced the popular spuds with several options for toppings will now be available in all UK restaurants.