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For someone who had a knack for shooting himself in the foot that was by turns infuriating and strangely endearing, Paul Danan did not want for success - and yet his life was touched by tragedy.

The Runcorn & Helsby MP had already been suspended by the party after extraordinary CCTV footage emerged of him 'sucker-punching' father Paul Fellows.

The Met Office said northern Scotland will be the warmest part of the UK tomorrow with the mercury staying above average, but it will turn colder into the weekend across much of England and Wales.

Ali Walker hoped to bed the notorious OnlyFans star but insisted he was put off by the scenes that greeted him.

A person lay on the tracks for approximately 30 minutes before the alarm was raised

Google has cut code migration time in half by deploying AI tools to assist with large-scale software updates, according to a new research paper from the company's engineers. The tech giant used large language models to help convert 32-bit IDs to 64-bit across its 500-million-line codebase, upgrade testing libraries, and replace time-handling frameworks. While 80% of code changes were AI-generated, human engineers still needed to verify and sometimes correct the AI's output. In one project, the system helped migrate 5,359 files and modify 149,000 lines of code in three months.

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At midday on Monday, Washington time, Joe Biden will be put out of his misery. Not a moment too soon, for the free world.

The president-elect made great use of Gen-Z TikTok creators to reach young voters and is keen to see the app survive a federal ban set for January 19.

The monarch, who is still undergoing treatment for cancer , travelled to The Gate Charity, located in Alloa, which helps those who do not have a permanent residence.

Locals fear shops may run out of bottled water after a burst water pipe has forced five schools to close and may leave 40,000 homes without supplies in Conwy, North Wales. . 

You've got to spend money – like $36 billion+ – to make, er, AI chips

TSMC is bumping capital expenditure in 2025 to between $38 billion and $42 billion in anticipation of scooping up more chip manufacturing contracts in the field of AI processors.…

Microsoft has patched a Windows vulnerability that allowed attackers to bypass Secure Boot, a critical defense against firmware infections, the company said. The flaw, tracked as CVE-2024-7344, affected Windows devices for at least seven months. Security researcher Martin Smolar discovered the vulnerability in a signed UEFI application within system recovery software from seven vendors, including Howyar. The application, reloader.efi, circumvented standard security checks through a custom PE loader. Administrative attackers could exploit the vulnerability to install malicious firmware that persists even after disk reformatting. Microsoft revoked the application's digital signature, though the vulnerability's impact on Linux systems remains unclear.

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A veteran police inspector has been sacked after he called Just Stop Oil protesters 'spoilt special needs kids' in a series of critical social media posts directed at the environmental group.

A tech expert has revealed exactly how Mark Zuckerberg's Facebook and Instagram are mining your data and steps users can take to stop the behind-the-scene activities.

Police are not treating the death as suspicious

Violent 'bully' Ryan Wellings was previously cleared of the unlawful killing of Kiena Dawes, 23, who left a suicide note calling her partner a 'monster' who had 'killed me'.

Thu Nguyen, Massachusetts ' first openly non-binary elected politician, has taken a month off work after alleging transphobia from their colleagues.

Diptyque, Hermès, Aerin… Our go-to perfume brands easily set us back over £100 a bottle. Ahead, we've listed our favourite affordable fragrances to spritz right now.

A US intelligence agency has warned iPhones to change certain settings to stop third-party apps from tracking their every move. Hackers can also use the function to spy on users.

Donations are pouring in to help pay for Tony Slattery's funeral after the 65-year-old star suffered a fatal heart attack at his rented home in suburban north London.