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Housing targets will see one village double in size and another left “even worse” as developments are "swamping" the area.

POLICE have vowed to continue the crackdown on anti-social drivers after they brought a car meet at to an abrupt halt at Northern Gateway.

A fundraising event in memory of Gogglebox star George Gilbey has raised more than £2,500 for a children’s bereavement charity.

POLICE have vowed to continue the crackdown on anti-social drivers after they brought a car meet at to an abrupt halt at Northern Gateway.

Jason and Kylie Kelce have welcomed their fourth child, announcing the birth of their newest bundle of joy Tuesday night. 

A sign written into a dirt road likely saved the life of a man who went missing in remote Queensland.

An anonymous reader quotes an op-ed from Ars Technica's Scharon Harding: TVs offer us an escape from the real world. After a long day, sometimes there's nothing more relaxing than turning on your TV, tuning into your favorite program, and unplugging from the realities around you. But what happens when divisive, potentially offensive messaging infiltrates that escape? Even with streaming services making it easy to watch TV commercial-free, it can still be difficult for TV viewers to avoid ads with these sorts of messages. That's especially the case with budget brands, which may even force controversial ads onto TVs when they're idle, making users pay for low-priced TVs in unexpected, and sometimes troubling, ways. [...] Buying a budget TV means accepting some trade-offs. Those trade-offs have historically been around things like image quality and feature sets. But companies like Vizio are also asking customers to accept questionable advertising decisions as they look to create new paths to ad revenue. Numerous factors are pushing TV OS operators deeper into advertising. Brands are struggling to grow profits as people buy new TVs less frequently. As the TV market gets more competitive, hardware is also selling for cheaper, with some companies selling TVs at a loss with hopes of making up for it with ad sales. There's concern that these market realities could detract from real TV innovation. And as the Secretary Noem ad reportedly shown to Vizio TV owners has highlighted, another concern is the lack of care around which ads are being shown to TV owners -- especially when all they want is simple "ambient background" noise. Today, people can disable ambient mode settings that show ads. But with some TV brands showing poor judgment around where they sell and place ads, we wouldn't bank on companies maintaining these boundaries forever. If the industry can't find a way to balance corporate needs with appropriate advertising, people might turn off not only their TVs more often, but also unplug from those brands completely. Some of the worst offenders highlighted in the article include Vizio TVs' "Scenic Mode," which activates when the TV is idle and displays "relaxing, ambient content" accompanied by ads. Roku City takes a similar approach with its animated cityscape screensaver, saturated with brand logos and advertisements. Even Amazon Fire TV and premium brands like LG have adopted screensaver ads, showing that this intrusive trend isn't limited to budget models.

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Mail Online exclusively revealed police were told to omit the presence of one drug from their findings on the cricket legend's death. Now a new report states two other medications were present.

Democratic Senator Cory Booker has officially broken the Senate record in a 25-hour, 5-minute rant against the policies of President Donald Trump and billionaire Elon Musk.

With the signing of HB25-1040 on Monday, Colorado now defines nuclear as a "clean energy resource" since it doesn't release large amounts of climate-warming emissions. "The category was previously reserved for renewables like wind, solar and geothermal, which don't carry the radioactive stigma that's hobbled fission power plants following disasters like Chernobyl and Fukushima," notes Colorado Public Radio. From the report: In an emailed statement, Ally Sullivan, a spokesperson for the governor's office, said the law doesn't advance any specific nuclear energy project, and no utility has proposed building a nuclear power plant in Colorado. It does, however, allow nuclear energy to potentially serve as one piece of the state's plan to tackle climate change. "If nuclear energy becomes sufficiently cost-competitive, it could potentially become part of Colorado's clean energy future. However, it must be conducted safely, without harming communities, depleting other natural resources or replacing other clean energy sources," Sullivan said. By redefining nuclear energy as "clean," the law would let future fission-based power plants obtain local grants previously reserved for other carbon-free energy sources, and it would allow those projects to contribute to Colorado's renewable energy goals. It also aligns state law with a push to reshape public opinion of nuclear energy. Nuclear energy proponents promise new reactor designs are smaller and safer than hulking power plants built in the 20th century. By embracing those systems, bill supporters claimed Colorado could meet rising energy demand without abandoning its ambitious climate goals.

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The range is on sale now in all Primark stores

WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT: PC Nathan Attwell had responded to reports of an 'aggressive and intoxicated man' in Cwmbran hen he found the drunken Richard Nodwell.

John and Joan, both aged 76, were last seen in the seaside town of Clacton, Essex, on Thursday, March 27, where they had been with family.

QUENTIN LETTS: Shabana Mahmood's Tory shadow, Robert Jenrick, has had her in all sorts of difficulties over the Sentencing Council's 'two-tier justice' gambit.

A bizarre trend has emerged online, with UK- based mothers shaming their own filthy houses in a bid to increase their number of TikTok followers and advocate for 'messy' living.

Sophie Chandauka, who became chair in mid-2023, has accused the board of bullying, harassment, misogyny, and misogynoir - a form of prejudice directed at black women.

But his emails! Sharing them with Google!

Senior members of the US National Security Council, including the White House national security adviser Michael Waltz, have been accused of using their personal Gmail accounts to exchange sensitive information.…

Father Leon Loftus, 27, reached speeds of 108mph on country roads before he lost control of his Vauxhall Insignia on a bend and smashed into an oncoming van on the opposite side of the road.

The children are just a few feet away. I can hear them on the other side of the fence. They must be able to smell it: a mountain of leaking bin bags, foul-smelling waste sacks and suppurating wheelie-bins

DOGE Chief Elon Musk unveiled his plans to fight what he calls 'domestic terrorists' targeting Tesla cars and showrooms on Tuesday.