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Andrew Hirst, a father of three young children from the market town of Newark in Nottinghamshire, was living life at breakneck speed - and loving every minute. Then he receive a life-changing diagnosis

To celebrate 2025's newest arrivals in the public domain, the Internet Archive held a special in-person event at their San Francisco headquarters, as well as a virtual celebration online. (It opens with an absolutely gorgeous rendition of "Happy Days are Hear Again" played on a musical saw.) And somewhere in the festivities they announced the winners of this year's annual "Public Domain Day Film Remix Contest." These remarkable films not only reimagined and transformed public domain works but also demonstrated the boundless potential of remixing creative works to create something new... Explore all 140+ submissions at the 2025 Public Domain Day Film Remix Contest collection at the Internet Archive... "The jury was deeply impressed by Queline Meadows's inspired mix of movies, images, music and text woven into a subtle and emotionally affecting video expressing a strong sense of nostalgia and the irretrievable passage of time," said film archivist Rick Prelinger... Filmmaker Samantha Close expresses both the breadth of 1929's production and the eternal bounty of the public domain, using images from 1929's films and public domain images from elsewhere and elsewhen. One honorable mention entry was described as "an audacious and yes, dopey exploration of the essential greatness of Internet Archive and the dread near-infinity of copyright."

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Lisa Berry tells DailyMail.com her story about being conned by cancer faker Amanda Riley - and reveals how it was her tip that led to the con artist's downfall.

The actor took home Best Actor in a Comedy Series for his role in the hit Netflix rom-com Nobody Wants This, which also stars Kristen Bell.

As with any live show packed with A-list stars there were some Hollywood surprises during the Critics Choice and now MailOnline have listed the biggest viral moments of the night.

The ITV Brits abroad sitcom - which followed a group of holidaymakers in the Spanish resort and their hilarious escapades - came to an end in May 2018 after 11 years.

Noel Gallagher was spotted in the stands at the Gaughan Group Stadium to watch Man City beat Leyton Orient 2-1 in the FA Cup fourth round.

The property did not have any working fire alarms

The former Top Gear host arrived while police cars where stilled parked outside his pub saying it was a 'good job' the travellers had come early before most of the punters tend to arrive.

All the food is gluten-free so has become a hotspot for locals and people further afield alike

Ranvir Singh has opened up about the 'anxieties' she faced when she first embarked on her relationship with her toyboy lover.

Cheerful Lauryn Goodman was seen for the first time on Friday following claims she's 'moving to Italy' to follow former flame Kyle Walker.

Just shortly before the video went viral again, Kim, 82, slammed under fire Gino D'Acampo over his 'disgusting' behaviour during their time on the ITV reality series.

The chorus of disapproval greeting Donald Trump's suggestion that the USA take over the reconstruction of Gaza and move Palestinians away from their homes was almost unanimous.

Rwanda's president stunned CNN's Larry Madowo with his response to President Donald Trump's brutal move to dismantle the US Agency for International Development.

Friday on a Washington Post podcast, their columnists discussed the hybrid/remote work trend, asking why it "seems to be reversing". Molly Roberts: Why have some companies decided finally that having offices full of employees is better for them? Heather Long: It's a loaded question, but I would say, unfortunately, 2025 is the year of operational efficiency, and that's corporate speak for save money at all costs. How do you save money? The easiest way is to get people to quit. What are these return to office mandates, particularly the five day a week in office mandates? We have a lot of data on this now, and it shows people will quit and you don't even have to pay them severance to do it. Molly Roberts: It's not about productivity for the people who are in the office, then, you think. It's more about just cutting down on the size of the workforce generally. Heather Long: I do think so. There has been a decent amount of research so far on fully remote, hybrid and fully in office. It's a mixed bag for fully remote. That's why I think if you look at the Fortune 500, only about 16 companies are fully remote, but a lot of them are hybrid. The reason that so much companies are hybrid is because that's the sweet spot. There is no productivity difference between the hybrid schedule and fully in the office five days a week. But what you do see a big difference is employee satisfaction and happiness and employee retention.... I think if what we're talking about is places that have been able to do work from home successfully for the past several years, why are they suddenly in 2025, saying the whole world has changed and we need to come back to the office five days a week? You should definitely be skeptical. "Who are the first people to leave in these scenarios? It's star employees who know they can get a job elsewhere," Long says (adding later that "There's also quantifiable data that show that, particularly parents, the childcare issues are real.") Long also points out that most of Nvidia's workforce is fully remote — and that housing prices have spiked in some areas where employers are now demanding people return to the office. But employers also know hiring rates are now low, argues Long, so they're pushing their advantage — possibly out of some misplaced nostalgia. "[T]here's a huge, huge perception difference between what managers, particularly senior leaders in an organization, how effective they think [people were] in offices versus what the rank and file people think. Rank and file people tend to prefer hybrid because they don't want their time wasted." Their discussion also notes a recent Harvard Business School survey that found that 40% of people would trade 5% or more of their salaries to work from home....

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Jessie, 35, spent 550 days at Northampton General Hospital, after arriving on April 14 2023 for treatment for cellulitis, which should lead to a temporary stay.

Callum's mother Dawn Searle and her partner Andrew, both in their 60s, were discovered on Thursday afternoon by a dog walker in Les Pesquiès, south of Villefranche-de-Rouergue.

Word darts champion Luke 'the Nuke' Littler has allegedly threatened to sue a pub in his hometown named in his honour using his moniker and likeness.

Archaeologists made the unusual discovery in the 90s