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Leading cultural figures are among more than 3,500 people who have signed a letter warning about the dire threat to the UK creative industries posed by AI .

The Trump administration continued its bloodbath gutting of the U.S. Agency for International Development, cutting 2,000 workers and placing all but a fraction of other staffers on leave.

Ava Wolfe, Jayden Butterfield and Violet Corrado were killed in a devastating car crash on Friday night.

West Yorkshire Police have said Lyndsey Craven, 45, and Daniel Becic, 8, are missing.

David Miller, who was sacked from the University of Bristol after Jewish students complained he made them feel 'intimidated', attended Hassan Nasrallah's funeral in Beirut on Sunday.

With his party topping Germany's snap election poll, Friedrich Merz looks set to fulfil his lifelong ambition of becoming Chancellor of Germany.

Drivers across the country are being fleeced by council chiefs filling streets with an increasing array of punitive and lucrative restrictions and penalties, campaigners say.

While the hunt for the elusive Sasquatch has usually focused on the least populated areas of the US, there has been an explosion in British-based Bigfoot sleuthing since 2015.

No one will make music in Britain any more if Labour's AI copyright proposal succeeds, Sir Brian May warned last night as he backed the Daily Mail's campaign against it.

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Pharmacists are facing a 'financial cliff edge' and will cut services for patients unless the Government provides funding, leaders have warned.

It is famous as a backdrop to one of the most iconic scenes in Trainspotting. But now one of Scotland's railway stations will play host to a retreat organised by Britain's largest naturist organisation.

"A line idle for decades has been accused of starting the LA area's deadly Eaton Fire," writes Bloomberg, describing California's abandoned power lines as "a fire risk hiding in plain sight." [Abandoned power lines] fall out of use, either because they've been replaced or because the power plants they once connected to the grid shut down... Sometimes the utilities that own idled lines disconnect them from the power grid, cutting off the flow of electricity through the cables. Other times, they don't, keeping them energized. California regulations require the companies to remove power lines they don't anticipate using again, but there's no set deadline. The companies can keep idled lines in place if they foresee needing them in the future, so long as they're regularly inspected and maintained. Even those that have been unplugged from the grid can potentially pose a danger. The line under scrutiny due to the Eaton Fire is owned by Edison International's Southern California utility and was retired in 1971. Under normal circumstances, it carries no electricity, according to the company. Lawyers suing Edison allege that a January 7 power surge on a nearby, active line created a magnetic field that briefly re-energized the dormant cable, setting off the sparks that ignited the blaze. Edison said in a state filing that it is investigating that theory. State investigators have yet to announce a cause for the fire. A 2019 fire that burned 77,700 acres (31,444 hectares) was started by an old power line for a plant that closed in 2001, according to the article. PG&E, the state's largest utility, "hadn't removed it, and it stayed connected to the grid, energized." [PG&E] agreed to remove 72 permanently abandoned transmission lines — representing about 260 miles (418 kilometers) of dormant cables. The work could cost as much as $268 million spread over 10 years, the company estimated at the time. PG&E had removed 64 of the idled lines by the end of 2024, according to a spokesman. "At the right conditions, failing idle facilities can pose significant wildfire and safety risks," PG&E said in its plan to remove the equipment. Thanks to long-time Slashdot reader larryjoe for sharing the news.

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The former Cabinet minister was accosted by Mary Rees-Mogg, the 16-year-old daughter of his former Cabinet colleague Sir Jacob, during an appearance on GB News's Chopper's Political.

Jimmy White, who is also known as 'The Whirlwind', revealed that he is now receiving medical treatment for the condition.

Billie Eilish has well and truly arrived in Sydney, making a busty fashion statement upon arrival.

IAN LADYMAN: Liverpool's superstar Mohamed Salah has long been a sublime scorer of goals, a terroriser of the very best defences, but now he is more than that.

Peter, 79, and Barbie Reynolds, 75, were arrested on February 1 after they returned to their home in the Bamiyan province in Afghanistan.

If you've taken a flight from London to New York in recent months, there's a chance your suitcase was loaded on to the plane with gold bullion. And gold by the tonne.

Declaring a 'climate emergency' in 2019, Lambeth Council painted an apocalyptic vision of a future shaped by flash floods, stifling heatwaves and choking air pollution