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Gangland assassin Mark Fellows, known as 'The Iceman', Lee Newell and fellow convicted murderer David Taylor ambushed Kyle Bevan, 33, in his cell at HMP Wakefield on November 5 last year.

The European Commission is reportedly preparing to provisionally classify Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure as "gatekeepers" under the Digital Markets Act, bringing cloud infrastructure under the law's stricter competition rules for the first time. The designation could require greater interoperability and data portability, making it easier for customers to switch providers, with a final decision expected by the end of 2026. Heise reports: This investigation began in November 2025, when the EU targeted the cloud power of US tech giants. The trigger was outages in cloud services with sometimes significant impacts on other internet services. Shortly before, an approximately 15-hour outage of the AWS cloud in the US meant that not only Amazon's own streaming services but also Atlassian, Docker, Epic Games, and the Signal messenger were unavailable or severely restricted. Shortly thereafter, Microsoft Azure also struggled with an outage, preventing air passengers from checking in and interrupting votes in the Scottish Parliament. As a result, European antitrust authorities have also scrutinized cloud services under the Digital Markets Act for the first time. The major cloud providers, primarily from the US, have so far evaded the EU's Digital Markets Act because a large part of their business is handled through corporate contracts. This makes it difficult to determine the number of individual users. However, this is one of the EU's most important criteria for determining the market power of companies. [...] As gatekeepers, AWS and Azure would be obliged to ensure interoperability and data portability. This would, for example, simplify switching cloud providers and allow customers to link other services with AWS or Azure clouds, instead of being limited to AWS and Azure offerings. Significant fines could also be imposed if the cloud services are found to be in violation of existing regulations.

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It was reported in August 2023 that the Duchess of Sussex had acquired the rights to Meet Me at the Lake in an eye-watering $2.9million deal for a Netflix film adaptation.

Millie Mackintosh and Ferne McCann led the glamorous arrivals at the star-studded day four of Royal Ascot races on Friday afternoon.

Andy Burnham has promised to put 'a Makerfield test at the heart of British politics', saying the constituency is exactly the type of 'neglected' area which needed 'fairness' from Westminster.

Reports from independent Russian media and Ukrainian Telegram channels claim a Chinese tourist captured footage of a missile intercept attempt against a Ukrainian drone.

St John's Primary School in Colchester was earlier forced into action after a man climbed a perimeter fence.

St John's Primary School in Colchester was earlier forced into action after a man climbed a perimeter fence.

Earlier this week, Meghan unveiled her new matcha collaboration with Hannah Mendoza, who co-founded the wellness drinks brand Clevr Blends, which the Duchess invested in after quitting the Royal Family.

Around 6,500 postal workers are off sick every day at a cost of £200million a year, Royal Mail's chief executive has revealed.

We had been looking forward to our girls' holiday for months. My in-laws had offered their holiday villa in Puglia, southern Italy, to me and my three girlfriends while my husband was in Portugal.

A major search operation was launched, with drones and police dogs scouring the area, in a southwestern town of Baden-Württemberg.

Essex and Suffolk Water have issued a warning to residents planning to take a dip in one of the counties reservoirs ahead of the hot weather this weekend.

Essex and Suffolk Water have issued a warning to residents planning to take a dip in one of the counties reservoirs ahead of the hot weather this weekend.

A man accused of threatening Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor also researched the Princess of Wales, her children, and looked up methods of killing, it was reported.

For someone ever willing to promote his vile brand of toxic masculinity, Andrew Tate was strangely quiet when one of his 10million followers made shocking headline news in the summer of 2024.

Essex Police are on the hunt for a man who made off after a pursuit in Colchester.

Essex Police are on the hunt for a man who made off after a pursuit in Colchester.

The 21-year-old attended a MIND charity event on Thursday night, hours after it was reported his relationship with his ex-girlfriend Holly Swinburn was at an all-time low.