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Drivers will be subject to enhanced criminal record and medical checks under the plans, which are going out to consultation for six weeks from today.

The much-loved programme about a pink and white cloth cat was voted the nation's favourite children's show in a 1999 BBC poll, and this new incarnation will be a sequel to the 13-episode series.

Zoe, 54, was forced to take time off from her BBC Radio 2 breakfast show following Julia's passing in April 2024 with pancreatic cancer.

Ivanka Trump flaunted her physique on a yacht with her celebrity pals instead of joining dad Donald Trump at the US Open as Carlos Alcaraz took home the tennis trophy.

While Strictly winner Ore Oduba has been enjoying his newly single life by posting half-naked photographs of himself on social media, his estranged wife, Portia, has voiced her despair.

alternative_right shares a report from The Guardian: It has been estimated that during the height of the coronavirus pandemic 129bn disposable face masks, mostly made from polypropylene and other plastics, were being used every month around the world. With no recycling stream, most ended up either in landfill or littered in streets, parks, beaches, waterways and rural areas, where they have now begun to degrade. Recent research has reported a significant presence of disposable face masks in both terrestrial and aquatic environments. They left newly bought masks of several different kinds for 24 hours in flasks containing 150ml of purified water, then filtered the liquid through a membrane to see what came out. Every mask examined ... leached microplastics, but it was the FFP2 and FFP3 masks -- marketed as the gold-standard protection against the transmission of the virus -- that leached the most, releasing four to six times as many. And they made an even more worrying discovery. Subsequent chemical analysis of the leachate found medical masks also released bisphenol B, an endocrine-disrupting chemical that acts like oestrogen when absorbed into the bodies of humans and animals. Taking into account the total amount of single-use face masks produced during the height of the pandemic, the researchers estimated they led to the release of 128-214kg of bisphenol B into the environment. The findings have been published in the journal Environmental Pollution.

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Magistrate Judge Teresa Stokes freed Decarlos Brown Jr. in January, around seven months before police say he went on to slaughter Iryna Zarutska on August 22.

Marc Alegre of the Unité police union, which represents officers in Calais and Dunkirk, said cash had been spent on the wrong type of vehicles.

Snack bars aren't 'just' food - some promise to help you concentrate better, fight inflammation and even keep your skin looking young.

Is your evening meal having an effect on your personality? It might sound absurd, but the old idea, first popularised in the 19th century that 'you are what you eat' might be truer than we thought.

Labour is poised to revive plans to house migrants on ex-military bases less than a year after they were abandoned on cost grounds.

A blast of steam is being tested as a treatment for type 2 diabetes that could potentially banish the need for insulin jabs.

A high street bangle, a flea market ring, a watch, a novelty holiday souvenir and a Tiffany diamond band I paid for myself. The engagement 'rings' I've received are enough to make a woman weep.

The art dealer, 33, may not be in the spotlight himself but his huge fortune and famous friends connect to him to everyone from King Charles to James Bond.

British politicians have written to the US President raising concerns that the agreement is a 'deliberate act of strategic self-harm' by the UK.

The Metropolitan Police said it has launched a probe into the graffiti sprayed on to the Royal Courts of Justice after receiving a report of 'criminal damage' and that enquiries are continuing.

Michelle Johnston Holthaus' tenure as Intel Products CEO lasted just ten months

Intel’s CEO of Products, Michelle Johnston Holthaus, will leave the business, as part of the latest executive shake-up since CEO Lip Bu Tan seized the company's reins.…

In a new interview with The Telegraph (paywalled), William Shatner revealed he has never earned residuals from reruns of the original Star Trek series, since syndication royalties weren't in place until after the show ended in 1969. "Nobody knew about reruns," said Shatner. "The concept of syndication only came in after 'Star Trek' was canceled when someone from the unions said: 'Wait a minute, you're replaying all those films, those shows.' There was a big strike. But in the end, the unions secured residual fees shortly after 'Star Trek' finished, so I didn't benefit." The now 94-year-old actor said he's actually only seen a "few" episodes of his work and has "never seen" any of the spinoffs. "I'm gonna tell you something that nobody knows. I've never seen another 'Star Trek' and I've seen as few 'Star Treks' of the show I was on, I've seen as few as possible," he told Entertainment Tonight. "I don't like to look at myself, and I've never seen any other. I love it, I think it's great. I just don't, you know, I don't watch television, per se."

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This Morning host Cat, who is newly single following the announcement of her split to husband Patrick Kielty, stunned in a minidress.

Meta shrugs off allegations of improper dismissal, ignoring privacy and security

WhatsApp's former head of security, Attaullah Baig, has filed a lawsuit against its parent company, Meta, alleging that the social media megalith retaliated against him for reporting security failings that violated legal commitments.…