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The financial struggles have seen local authorities resort to 'essentially payday loans' through the sale of schools, care homes and sports clubs, one expert said.

Vincen Miller, four, drowned in rural Ohio Saturday after he was tossed into the water at the end of a boat dock at a campground on Atwood Lake.

The former housemate took part in the fly-on-the-wall show all the way back in 2015 when it aired on Channel 5 and was presented by Emma Willis.

The Document Foundation, which operates the popular open source productivity suite LibreOffice, is positioning the suite's newest release, v25.8, as a strategic asset for digital sovereignty, targeting governments and enterprises seeking independence from foreign software vendors and cloud infrastructure. The Document Foundation released the update last week with zero telemetry architecture, full offline capability, and OpenPGP encryption for documents, directly addressing national security concerns about extraterritorial surveillance and software backdoors. The suite requires no internet access for any features and maintains complete transparency through open source code that governments can audit. Government bodies in Germany, Denmark, and France, alongside national ministries in Italy and Brazil, have deployed LibreOffice to meet GDPR compliance, national procurement laws, and IT localization mandates while eliminating unpredictable licensing costs from proprietary vendors. "It's time to own your documents, own your infrastructure, and own your future," the foundation wrote in a blog post.

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The number of British pupils being suspended for racism has dramatically increased since before Covid.

by George Whittaker Introduction

Container technology has matured rapidly, but in 2025, two tools still dominate conversations in developer communities: Docker and Podman. Both tools are built on OCI (Open Container Initiative) standards, meaning they can build, run, and manage the same types of images. However, the way they handle processes, security, and orchestration differs dramatically. This article breaks down everything developers need to know, from architectural design to CLI compatibility, performance, and security, with a focus on the latest changes in both ecosystems.

Architecture: Daemon vs. Daemonless Docker's Daemon-Based Model

Docker uses a persistent background service, dockerd, to manage container lifecycles. The CLI communicates with this daemon, which supervises container creation, networking, and resource allocation. While this centralized approach is convenient, it introduces a single point of failure: if the daemon crashes, every running container goes down with it.

Podman’s Daemonless Approach

Podman flips the script. Instead of a single daemon, every container runs as a child process of the CLI command that started it. This design eliminates the need for a root-level service, which is appealing for environments concerned about attack surfaces. Containers continue to run independently even if the CLI session ends, and they can be supervised with systemd for long-term stability.

Developer Workflow and CLI Familiar Command Structure

Podman was designed as a near drop-in replacement for Docker. Commands like podman run, podman ps, and podman build mirror their Docker equivalents, reducing the learning curve. Developers can often alias docker to podman and keep using their existing scripts.

Run an NGINX container

Docker

docker run -d --name web -p 8080:80 nginx:latest

Podman

podman run -d --name web -p 8080:80 nginx:latest GUI Options

For desktop users, Docker Desktop remains polished and feature-rich. However, Podman Desktop has matured significantly. It now supports Windows and macOS with better integration, faster file sharing, and no licensing restrictions, making it appealing for enterprise environments.

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Two electrical substation buildings nearby were destroyed

A MUM stopped her car in the middle of the school run to attack her former hairdresser because of a long-running feud over cat bag.

Larchwood Care Home in Braintree has created a dementia-friendly garden as part of the HC-One Gardens in Bloom competition.

Ukrainian guests gathered in Braintree to mark Ukraine Independence Day, in a celebration organised by Braintree Council.

To promote the second series of her Netflix show, With Love, Meghan, which dropped on Tuesday morning, the Duchess appeared on Bloomberg's The Circuit in conversation with Emily Chang.

The group posed as police in a ruse in order to steal jewellery from Chacha Jewellers on Great Horton Road in Bradford.

The shepherdess, 50, loves to keep her fans up to date with the shenanigans at Ravenseat Farm in North Yorkshire since shooting to fame Channel 4 's Our Yorkshire Farm in 2018.

The former presenter, 54, became a household name when she joined the show in 1995 as the fearless girl next door, hurling herself out of planes and flying with the Red Arrows.

Motorists parked on the sand at a Cornish beach could not believe their eyes when they discovered a rising tide had swamped the area - leaving vehicles partially submerged in the sea. 

Peter Phillip's fiancee has joined the Royal Family to take part in the notorious 'Balmoral Test'.

The UK's best eateries have been revealed - as delivery app Uber Eats has unveiled the finalists for its 2025 Restaurant of the Year Awards.

Critics have delivered scathing reviews of Meghan Markle's new Netflix series, labelling the Duchess of Sussex 'needy' and 'narcissistic' in her second attempt at small-screen stardom.

Rio Ngumoha announced himself in style on Monday night as he scored a 100th-minute winner for Liverpool against Newcastle to earn the Reds a 3-2 victory.

One minute actress Genevieve Chenneour was waiting for her coffee, the next she had pinned down a thief who'd stolen her phone - and the CCTV footage went viral