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This country's most senior prosecutor sensationally blamed Labour's national security advisers yesterday for the failure of a case against two men accused of spying for Beijing.

However while the youngest Beckham son's bold fashion choice may have appeared out of the blue, it seems instead he could be hinting at his upcoming music venture.

One under-the-radar friendship Meghan Markle has with a certain Kardashian has been quietly simmering away unnoticed.

These men, grey-suited or not, stand in the way of Harry and his father Charles's chance of a reconciliation, he reckons. It's all their fault, not his.

His partner played her part in the network by selling cocaine and laundering money

An anonymous reader quotes a report from the New York Times: Over the course of a nearly four-decade career, Cory Doctorow has written 15 novels, four graphic novels, dozens of short stories, six nonfiction books, approximately 60,000 blog posts and thousands of essays. And yet for all the millions of words he's published, these days the award-winning science fiction author and veteran internet activist is best known for just a single one: Enshittification. The term, which Doctorow, 54, popularized in essays in 2022 and 2023, refers to the way that online platforms become worse to use over time, as the corporations that own them try to make more money. Though the coinage is cheeky, in Doctorow's telling the phenomenon it describes is a specific, nearly scientific process that progresses according to discrete stages, like a disease. Since then, the meaning has expanded to encompass a general vibe -- a feeling far greater than frustration at Facebook, which long ago ceased being a good way to connect with friends, or Google, whose search is now baggy with SEO spam. Of late, the idea has been employed to describe everything from video games to television to American democracy itself. "It's frustrating. It's demoralizing. It's even terrifying," Doctorow said in a 2024 speech. On Tuesday, Farrar Straus & Giroux will release "Enshittification: Why Everything Suddenly Got Worse and What to Do About It," Doctorow's book-length elaboration on his essays, complete with case studies (Uber, Twitter, Photoshop) and his prescriptions for change, which revolve around breaking up big tech companies and regulating them more robustly. Further reading: The Enshittification Hall of Shame

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Rob Mason, who embarked on the dangerous expedition to raise money for a charity in memory of his daughter Kezia, said his group were 'so lucky' to have survived the unexpected blizzard.

Yoni Finlay, 39, was left injured when police shot at Islamic terrorist Jihad Al-Shamie, 35, who attacked Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation Synagogue, in Manchester, last Thursday.

Young Berra Dizi was spotted floating motionless in the pool at the nursery in the Suleymaniye neighbourhood of Inegol in Bursa Province, Turkey, on August 12.

Kink societies exist within several student unions across the UK, however their purpose isn't always entirely clear.

Zoe Ball has candidly opened up on her 'horrific' menopause after experiencing excruciating symptoms.

Android Authority notes the start of a new trend we're seeing in some new smartphones: devices shipping without USB cables. It follows the earlier industry shift away from bundled charging bricks, which Apple started back in 2020 with the launch of the iPhone 12. While manufacturers cite environmental benefits, "the main driver behind these decisions for companies like Apple and Sony is, of course, profit," writes Android Authority's Taylor Kerns. From the report: Now, it looks like we may be in for a similar shift with bundled USB cables. As shared on the Linus Tech Tips subreddit, user Brick_Fish's recently purchased Sony Xperia 10 VII came without a charger or a charging cable. In a photo included with the post, you can see iconography on the back of the phone's box that spells out these omissions. Sony's not really a major player in the smartphone space these days, but this seems like the type of trend we should expect to see gain traction over the next couple of years. [...] Apple actually beat Sony to the punch here, in a way. The company's latest earbuds, the AirPods 4 and AirPods Pro 3, both ditched bundled USB cables, as well. Still, Sony's the first manufacturer I've heard of to omit charging cables with its smartphones.

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Archie died in his sleep after suffering an intracerebral haemorrhage caused by acute lymphoblastic lymphoma - an incredibly rare condition which kills around 800 people a year.

There's a new breed of tourist wandering through Asia. No, not the middle-aged men with sweaty foreheads and wedding rings stuffed into their wallets, but something just as self-serving.

Dashcam footage shows Darren Marshall, 48, come off the M40 to Handy Cross roundabout near High Wycombe in Buckinghamshire.

With the Ashes looming, Daily Mail Sport delves deep into the unique, long and sometimes ugly Australia-England cricketing rivalry to bring you a team of villains from Down Under.

Anybody who was in the beautiful German spa town during the Golden Generation's doomed attempt to win the 2006 World Cup is drawn back to the subject like a moth to a flame.

Shoppers love how 'stylish, comfortable and flattering' it is

The man who murdered a 21-year-old woman in her home over 50 years ago died in prison two weeks after he was caught for the crime.

The Tracy Beaker star, 36, told how she has been forced to cancel an upcoming job because she's still not well enough to work.