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Which weather app is the most accurate? According to scientists from the University of Reading, the answer depends on what you're looking for.

Sean Downie has become the 'most talked about person on the street' since he started leaving his two-ton Volkswagen Crafter van outside the neat homes in Chelmsford, Essex.

The actor's death was announced by his management on Thursday who said: 'It is with heavy hearts that we share the tragic news of the passing of @pauldanan at just 46 years old.'

Raw drinking water sources across England are polluted with toxic forever chemicals, new analysis has revealed, prompting the water sector to demand that ministers ban the substances and polluters pay for the astronomical cleanup costs. The Guardian: The areas covered by Affinity Water and Anglian Water were found to be particularly badly affected, and experts have said they fear "we are drastically underestimating the size of the problem." There are more than 10,000 PFAS in use, known as forever chemicals because they do not break down in the environment. [...] In an unprecedented move, the industry body Water UK has said it "wants to see PFAS banned and the development of a national plan to remove it from the environment which should be paid for by manufacturers." It described PFAS pollution as a "huge global challenge" and said: "The UK's tap water is rated as the safest in the world, and companies are already taking action to reduce PFAS levels further." In an attempt to tackle the problem, the EU is considering a proposal to regulate all 10,000 or so PFAS together, but the PFAS industry is lobbying against it and the UK has no plans to follow suit.

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CONTENT WARNING: Juan Bernabe was sacked by the Italian top flight club earlier this week after he underwent prosthetic penis surgery and shared pictures online.

A court in Manchester has replaced its answerphone message after callers were left in stitches because of the 'deranged' voice used for the recording.

Grandfather Ronald Barker, 85, died after setting his trousers on fire while using a garden weed burner in Lancashire, an inquest has heard.

Nautica Malone, 27, was caught in a Bikini Beans drive-thru with no pants on in Tempe, Arizona on January 8, a video filmed by a manager showed.

Although the moon always stays the same, its appearance changes drastically depending on what hemisphere you are in.

Brody Jenner opened up about his complicated relationship with his father Caitlyn Jenner on the latest Special Forces. The MTV alum reflected on feeling 'abandoned' during childhood.

The clip from 2017 showed the 49-year-old TV chef preparing his version of a carbonara, with Oliver describing his variation as a 'truly authentic' and 'traditional' dish.

Power-induced glitches, lasers, and electromagnetic fields are all tools of the trade

Raspberry Pi has given out prizes for extracting a secret value from the one-time-programmable (OTP) memory of the Raspberry Pi RP2350 microcontroller – awarding a pile of cash to all four entrants.…

Joey Barton has appeared in court for allegedly sending offensive messages to presenter Jeremy Vine and commentator Lucy Ward.

Ahead of her appearance in Molly-Mae's docuseries on Friday, MailOnline takes a look at everything you need to know about her mother Debbie.

She claims it is to compensate for the hardships women face

A FRESH cold-health alert has been issued for Essex as temperatures are set to drop again across the country

A FRESH cold-health alert has been issued for Essex as temperatures are set to drop again across the country

After spending time in LA to become a Hollywood star, Paul spent his final years focusing on a cause very close to his heart - in a final touching act of kindness.

The crash between Junction 23 (Kelvedon) and Junction 22 (Witham North) has caused severe delays.

Replit, an AI coding startup platform, has made a dramatic pivot away from professional programmers in a fundamental shift in how software may be created in the future. "We don't care about professional coders anymore," CEO Amjad Masad told Semafor, as the company refocuses on helping non-developers build software using AI. The strategic shift follows the September launch of Replit's "Agent" tool, which can create working applications from simple text commands. The tool, powered by Anthropic's Claude 3.5 Sonnet AI model, has driven a five-fold revenue increase in six months. The move marks a significant departure for Replit, which built its business providing online coding tools for software developers. The company is now betting that AI will make traditional programming skills less crucial, allowing non-technical users to create software through natural language instructions.

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