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For most able-bodied people, a trip to Jimmy’s Farm might be a normal fun day out. For 31-year-old Harry Doe, it was a breakthrough six years in the making.

The founder of the Witham Hub has urged people to ensure they have a working carbon monoxide alarm after saving the life of an elderly woman.

Volunteers in Kelvedon have been praised for helping to keep their village blooming.

An 18-year-old student is climbing the world’s highest freestanding mountain to help bring clean water and safe toilets to communities in Kenya.

Two security staff pulled the man out of the water by a boat in the Puerto Banus marina in Marbella after he reportedly lost his balance and fell in, having gone to be sick.

Royal author Norman Baker says royals, including those without public duties, have managed to escape questions, including on rent for rarely used second homes, for too long.

Washington has spent billions reducing much of Iran to rubble, yet it is hard to see any final outcome that is not worse for America and its allies than the situation before the first bomb was dropped.

The Greater Manchester Mayor is set to speak at a conference organised by Left-leaning think-tank Compass after reasserting his belief that the asset-rich middle classes should be taxed more.

The tech tycoon backed the party on his social media platform X with the message 'Restore Britain' in response to a post by the outfit's leader.

The lesson is: don't go on vacation with friends unless you're absolutely, completely certain they really are your friends.

A son who spent decades working on his family's NSW farm believing he would inherit it has won a bitter court battle - but the victory comes with a major catch.

Former party leaders and councillors warned the contest must be approached with 'trepidation' - as Andy Burnham's appointment could offer a 'unique opportunity'.

A former US Army sergeant claimed he spent most of his life in telepathic contact with an alien companion before his death.

The hypocrisy of London's Labour mayor Sir Sadiq Khan seems to know no bounds. In an interview last week, Khan was critical of the first elected mayor of the capital, Ken Livingstone.

The Royal College of Nursing said it has entered into a landmark pay review with 'good grace' but its members are 'not afraid to strike' if managers fail to act fairly.

Paddy Kenny, who has played for Queens Park Rangers and Sheffield United, shared his thoughts on social media at the Hog's Head pub.

Bella Hadid showed off her jaw-dropping figure in a plunging black dress as she stepped out in Saint-Tropez during a sun-soaked getaway on Sunday. 

CRYSTAL PALACE 2-1 ARSENAL: Arsenal have lifted the Premier League trophy - the ceremonial end to their 22-wait for an English league title after a final-day win.

Christine McGuinness flaunted her jaw-dropping figure as she slipped into a thong bikini during a sun-soaked beach day on Sunday. 

AI "crashed the party" at this year's Cannes Film Festival, writes The Hollywood Reporter. The festival exposed "the fault lines reshaping cinema," their article argues, including how "AI is here — and the industry has stopped pretending otherwise." A humanoid robot spotted marching up and down the Croisette seemed to sum up the worst AI fears of the film industry — the machines have arrived and they are taking your place. But inside the Palais and the market tents, the conversation over artificial intelligence had moved beyond fear into something more like uneasy acceptance. Fighting AI "is a battle we will lose," said Demi Moore, a Cannes jury member this year, at the festival's opening press conference, suggesting the film industry needs to "find ways in which we can work with it." That's not the official Cannes line. The festival has banned films using generative artificial intelligence from its competition lineup. But at the Cannes film market, and in discussions at industry events over the past two weeks, the tone has shifted. AI-friendly tech giant Meta signed on as an official partner to the festival in a multiyear deal. Its AI tools were used to help produce an [out of competition] festival entry: Steven Soderbergh's documentary John Lennon: The Last Interview. [Meta's press release announcing the partnership touts "our creator partnerships," their Meta AI assistant, and "our latest AI and wearable technologies" including Ray-Ban Meta AI features for smartglasses like "AI-powered translations that break down language barriers in real-time".] At the Marché du Film [film market], there was an "AI for Talent Summit" that took the AI revolution as given, focusing instead on ethical AI use, data sovereignty and on the ways the technology can be used to enhance, rather than replace, creativity. For the indie film industry, it felt like a turning point.

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