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The CIA's mind-controlling experiments have been thrust back into the spotlight, as lawmakers are demanding answers about the program

Footage showed smoke billowing out of the top of the cathedral on Hope Street as fire crews arrived at the scene.

A fresh warning for users of dodgy Fire Sticks and illegal TV boxes has been issued after five gang members were ordered to pay £3.75million or face years more behind bars. 

The Chancellor was publicly humiliated by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), which found in a study that margins at the pumps were 'broadly unchanged' since the conflict started.

The car park is due to close permanently later this month

Spotify is adding "Verified by Spotify" badges to distinguish human artists from AI-generated personas, using signals like linked social accounts, consistent listener activity, merchandise, and concert dates. The BBC reports: The world's most-used music streaming service said the 'Verified by Spotify' text and green checkmark icon would appear next to artist names when they meet "defined standards demonstrating authenticity." This could include having linked social accounts on their artist profile, consistent listener activity or other "signals of a real artist behind the profile," the company said, such as merchandise or concert dates. In its blog post, Spotify said "more than 99%" of the artists listeners actively search for will be verified, representing "hundreds of thousands of artists." It said the process would prioritize acts with "important contributions to music culture and history", rather than "content farms," with the platform rolling out verification and badges over the coming weeks.

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Emil Michael says agencies are evaluating the cybersecurity model, not deploying it

Pentagon CTO Emil Michael pushed back on reports of a thaw in the department’s relationship with Anthropic: The two are not getting back together, even as Mythos draws interest from government agencies.…

Scientists from National Yunlin University of Science and Technology have dispelled the myth that vertical stripes are slimming.

The scaled back May 9 event in Red Square marks a significant departure from the traditional display of military strength, coming more than four years into a conflict.

The 184ft vessel capsized off the coast of Sicily in August 2024, killing seven including the British tech billionaire and his 18-year-old daughter Hannah.

ANYONE who doubted that King Charles was up to the most demanding Royal job of all must surely be thinking again.

Venezuela Fury picked her wedding gown from Ava Rose Hamilton in Lancashire with help from mum Paris on Friday ahead of her wedding to fiancé Noah Price.

Carl O'Keeffe, aged 49 and from Lancaster, died at Carlisle's Cumberland Infirmary several days after being seriously injured at Kong Adventure in Keswick.

Only a week ago, Green Party leader Zack Polanski questioned the Jewish community's 'perception of unsafety'. But there is no 'perception' - just the reality of antisemitism's Damocles sword.

Britain lost an estimated 148.8 million working days to sickness absence last year, official figures reveal.

Since being introduced in 2024, the system has already led to more than 500 patients receiving potentially life-saving care, including transfers to intensive care or specialist units.

Paul Whiteman, General Secretary of the NAHT union, which represents mostly primary heads, hit out against those who gloat about their Ofsted score.

No, we're not joking - the comfiest of trousers are now also the coolest. If you know how to wear them, that is… The YOU team are here to help.

A quick scroll on TikTok will reveal a number of adults tending to their make-play house with the level of care and attention that one would pay to their actual abode.

From Margot Robbie's Wuthering Heights to the riveting true crime tale of Caroline Muirhead, what to watch this weekend.