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Little Waltham Drama Group is set to bring laughter, warmth and a touch of Yorkshire flare to Essex in its latest production, ‘Ladies’ Day’.

Oracle cut roughly 21,000 jobs over the past year as it reorganized around AI and ramps up spending on data centers for customers such as OpenAI and Meta. The restructuring cost the company about $1.8 billion and, while Oracle says AI deployment may drive further reductions, it also warns the cuts could create skills shortages and hurt productivity. The BBC reports: The software and cloud computing firm says it had around 141,000 full-time employees as of May 31, 2026, down from about 162,000 workers at the same time last year. The "deployment of AI technologies across our operations have resulted, and may continue to result, in reductions to our workforce," the report says. The cuts, which amount to about 13% of Oracle's workforce, are part of a wider trend among tech firms as they spend hundreds of billions of dollars on building AI infrastructure like data centers.

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The bowling alley has undergone a huge transformation

A "do not travel" ban to Dubai, which is a popular holiday destination with flights from Stansted Airport, has been lifted.

The US F-15 pilot shot down by Iran in April has a very strange supernatural story about his flight.

Woods, 50, has not spoken out publicly since his arrest for DUI near his Jupiter Island home in late March and subsequent trip to rehab in Switzerland.

It's not just old phones – many smart meters and telecare alarms still use the ancient technology

Police are searching for a British man over the death of a 36-year-old model whose body was found inside a suitcase in an apartment in Colombia.  

The trio were held hours after it emerged the 88-year-old, named only as Ray, had passed away in hospital following last Wednesday's assault.

Hiking in Peru, Lucy Schoonhoven realised with some alarm that she couldn't make out the sides of the mountain path she was walking on.

Amanda Owen enjoyed some time away from the Yorkshire farm on Tuesday, travelling to London with her daughter Edith for a glam afternoon at the Television and Radio Industries Club Awards.

The married couple first met as students at Cambridge University in 1989 - but their early romance had to overcome one unusual hurdle that was broadcast to millions.

It is the latest in a series of takeover attempts by overseas bidders on British publicly listed companies in recent weeks.

Behind-the-scenes lobbying has been ramping up with a focus on who will get the prized roles in Cabinet.

For some a unique opportunity might sound like the perfect role but for others the prospect would be a nightmare of epic proportions.

Mr Lynch, his 18-year-old daughter Hannah and five others perished after the Bayesian went down close to the fishing village of Porticello, Sicily, in August 2024.

Radio 1 presenter Lauren Layfield has given birth to her first child after an IVF battle.

SHOPPING: Give lackluster strands a mega makeover and revamp your tool kit this Amazon Prime Day, with huge savings on a top-end hair dryer that shoppers say is 'better' than big names.

Solicitor Boris Telyatnikov, 42, denied grabbing the arm of pharmaceutical executive Sophie Voigt-Firon while demanding she transfer £4,000 to his account.

The UK is on course to see record-breaking June temperatures of 38C today, and those with pollen allergies - officially known as hay fever - are being warned to brace themselves.