Southend council brings in £146k just from disabled parking fines
The council issued over 4,000 fines for people parking in disabled parking bays without a valid Blue Badge
Donald Trump pays tribute to Cristiano Ronaldo at White House dinner with Saudi Crown Prince
It marked the soccer star's first public appearance on US soil since being accused of rape by an American teacher in 2017.
Trump namechecked Ronaldo during his speech.
China recruiting spies in the UK with fake headhunters and ‘sites like LinkedIn’
MI5 sounds the alarm about attempts to source sensitive information
Chinese spies are using social media and fake recruitment agents to recruit sources with access to sensitive information in the UK.…
'My £1500 luggage looked like it had been dragged down the runway - Ryanair offered me £50'
Passenger left disappointed with compensation offered to him by Ryanair after finding bag looked like it had been 'mauled by tiger'.
Family describes 'devastation' of losing son in crash for Road Safety Week
A family has talked about the devastation of losing a loved one in a road traffic collision for Road Safety Week.
Road experts say A120 is 'high risk route' on Road Safety Week
Roads experts have said that the A120 has been a “concern for many years” and has been categorised as a “high risk” route.
Road experts say A120 is 'high risk route' on Road Safety Week
Roads experts have said that the A120 has been a “concern for many years” and has been categorised as a “high risk” route.
Family describes 'devastation' of losing son in crash for Road Safety Week
A family has talked about the devastation of losing a loved one in a road traffic collision for Road Safety Week.
Residents claim 'irreplaceable' woodland must be saved from development plan
The developer has said its plan will provide homes of a variety of different sizes
Inside HPE’s Blueprint For Next-Generation Supercomputing
SPONSORED POST Hewlett Packard Enterprise sets out its latest advances in large-scale computing at the SC25 high performance computing conference in November. …
Inside HPE’s Blueprint For Next-Generation Supercomputing was written by David Gordon at The Next Platform.
Microsoft reveals new cloudy AI PC that’s not a Copilot+ PC
And a cloud PC that's for AI agents only
Microsoft has created a new type of AI PC – the “Windows 365 AI-enabled Cloud PC”.…
Naomi Watts looks careworn as she breaks cover after amicable ex Liev Schreiber was hospitalized
Although they split in 2016, the former couple retained a friendly co-parenting relationship as they brought up their children Sasha, 18, and Kai, 16.
US Backs Three Mile Island Nuclear Restart With $1 Billion Loan To Constellation
An anonymous reader quotes a report from CNBC: The Trump administration will provide Constellation Energy with a $1 billion loan to restart the Crane Clean Energy Center nuclear plant in Pennsylvania, Department of Energy officials said Tuesday. Previously known as Three Mile Island Unit 1, the plant is expected to start generating power again in 2027. Constellation unveiled plans to rename and restart the reactor in Sept. 2024 through a power purchase agreement with Microsoft to support the tech company's data center demand in the region.
Three Mile Island Unit 1 ceased operations in 2019, one of a dozen reactors that closed in recent years as nuclear struggled to compete against cheap natural gas. It sits on the same site as Three Mile Island Unit 2, the reactor that partially melted down in 1979 in the worst nuclear accident in U.S. history. The loan would cover the majority to the project's estimated cost of $1.6 billion. The first advance to Constellation is expected in the first quarter of 2026, said Greg Beard, senior advisor to the Energy Department's Loan Programs Office, in a call with reporters. The loan comes with a guarantee from Constellation that it will protect taxpayer money, Beard said.
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I'm being chased for £763 by the DWP after criminals claimed benefits in my name: SALLY SORTS IT
Since May, the Department for Work and Pensions has been forcing me to make monthly repayments of £50 towards a £763 debt I never incurred.
Brit is among five tourists killed in blizzard in Patagonia
Initially reporting two dead and seven missing, regional government official Jose Antonio Ruiz updated the toll to five later in the day, made up of one Brit, two Mexicans and two Germans.
Police make admission about fugitive dad Tom Phillips who spent four years on the run with his kids before being killed by police
Officers have shed light on a method fugitive father Tom Phillips used to evade authorities for years.
Ariana's parting barb to crowds sparks fears for her health at New York Wicked premiere
Ariana Grande sparked concerns after becoming overwhelmed with photographers' attention at the Wicked: For Good New York premiere this week.
Girl, 11, dies one day after being 'taken unwell' in coastal Scottish town: Mother pays tribute as police probe 'unexplained' death
Olivia Curley, 11, was taken to the Royal Hospital for Children in Glasgow on Sunday after falling ill. She died the following day. The youngster became unwell at home before being raced to hospital.
Ant and Dec risk reigniting feud with Kelly Brook after making cheeky jibes about her stomach churning confession on I'm A Celeb
Ant and Dec risked reigniting their old feud with Kelly Brook after making cheeky on-air jibes about her stomach churning confession about flatulence on Tuesday night's I'm A Celeb.
Chinese Spies Are Trying To Reach UK Lawmakers Via LinkedIn, MI5 Warns
MI5 has warned U.K. lawmakers that Chinese intelligence operatives are using LinkedIn and recruitment fronts to target them for information gathering and long-term cultivation. PBS reports: Writing to lawmakers, House of Commons Speaker Lindsay Hoyle said a new MI5 "espionage alert" warned that Chinese nationals were "using LinkedIn profiles to conduct outreach at scale" on behalf of the Chinese Ministry of State Security. "Their aim is to collect information and lay the groundwork for long-term relationships, using professional networking sites, recruitment agents and consultants acting on their behalf," he said. MI5 issued the alert because the activity was "targeted and widespread," he added.
The MI5 alert cited LinkedIn profiles of two women, Amanda Qiu and Shirly Shen, and said other similar recruiters' profiles were acting as fronts for espionage. Home Office Minister Dan Jarvis said that apart from parliamentary staff, others including economists, think tank consultants and government officials have been similarly targeted. Jarvis said the government is rolling out a series of measures to tackle the risk, including investing 170 million pounds ($224 million) to renew encrypted technology used by civil servants to safeguard sensitive work. Opposition parties say authorities are not doing enough and are too wary of jeopardizing trade ties with China.
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