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Allison Guerriero, 52, was found dead at her apartment in Boynton Beach, Florida, August 27 - triggering weeks of speculation over the mysterious circumstances surrounding her death.

Charlotte James, 29, and Amy Keely, 40, are accused of murdering Helen Bloomfield at her flat in Godrick Place, Braintree.

In footage captured by another passenger on the return flight to Birmingham from Larnaca, Cyprus, three women and a man are seen being ordered off by police.

Napoli on the Road, which has branches in Chiswick, Richmond and Soho, became the first British entrant to take the top spot at the 50 Top Pizza awards.

A sunbed brawl in Greece has left a pensioner dead after he allegedly refused to give up any of his six loungers.

Gone are the days of playground gossip and weekly coffees, with parents now receiving an influx of hourly messages ranging from World Book Day to teacher complaints.

There's at least 15 author-driven lawsuits underway against AI companies, while publishers have filed roughly 10 more coordinated suits of their own, notes Publisher's Weekly. Yet "While the lawsuits play out, some publishers are building bridges." Google recently announced a partnership with Bloomsbury, De Gruyter Brill, Johns Hopkins University Press, Macmillan, O'Reilly Media, and Penguin Random House to enhance e-books from its Google Play store with AI, allowing readers to interact with the text of the books directly, ask questions and get answers, and develop tools such as quizzes and slideshows... [The CEO of the Author's Guild called the partnership "a positive step forward in the legitimized use of books in the AI ecosystem to the benefit of readers, publishers, and authors alike."] Of even more significance is the growing number of licensing deals publishers are striking with AI companies. In 2024, HarperCollins became the first of the Big Five to publicly reveal that it had signed a deal to license its content for AI training. The three-year agreement paid $5,000 per participating title, split equally between HarperCollins and the authors. Wiley announced its first AI licensing deal in 2024 and has since made several more. For fiscal year 2026, it reported earning $49 million in revenue from the deals. The company also has a number of strategic collaborations with companies including Amazon Web Services, Microsoft, Anthropic, Perplexity, IQVIA, OpenEvidence, and others. And publishers are even building in-house AI tools for producing royalty statements, proofreading, and providing customer service: In its 2025 Salary and Jobs Report, Publisher's Weekly reported that 63% of industry professionals surveyed said their organizations were using AI... Keith Riegert, president of the Stable Book Group and CEO of Perfect Bound, has been a vocal advocate for the use of AI in publishing — despite calling himself a "hardcore techno-pessimist." He tells PW, "I do this because you use AI or you die at this point...." Like many in the industry, he maintains any use of AI must "start with a human and end with a human," and he draws a clear line, avoiding AI for core creative work, such as selecting titles, designing covers, or creating illustrations — reserving it for developmental editing, formatting, and admin instead... What is known is that each of the Big Five is developing proprietary AI systems for internal use, as proven by the numerous AI-related job openings the companies have posted... [And the parent company of Penguin Random House said in 2025 they used AI for marketing and to forecast demand.] There've been a few high-profile controversies about prominent authors accused of using AI. But Princeton University Press CEO Christie Henry "is less concerned about authors secretly using AI to write than about the time spent policing the situation." "It pulls us away from having focused time to think," she says. Princeton University Press is currently vetting companies that promise to be able to certify that a given book was written by a human, including Created by Humans, Human Authored, and Verify My Writing. Henry adds that the proliferation of plagiarized, copycat, and pirated books online, now supercharged by AI agents mass producing and reproducing content, is further draining resources, as it demands constant vigilance and takedown requests sent to Amazon, YouTube, and others.

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Modeling suggests liquid-cooled designs can halve water consumption, though the company has skin in the game

I can easily drink up to 56 units a week - four times the recommended intake for women. In cutting down to none, a GP friend assures me I will almost instantly see the results of alcohol abstinence.

Brooklyn Beckham and Paris Hilton led tributes to their friend Presley Gerber following his tragic death aged just 27.

James Groves, 51, who goes by the name April but was tried as a man, was convicted of 18 child sex offences and one count of attempting to pervert the course of justice at Bristol Crown Court.

A second fire has been tackled near the historic Worlds End pub in Tilbury in less than 48 hours.

A second fire has been tackled near the historic Worlds End pub in Tilbury in less than 48 hours.

Cindy Crawford shared a touching birthday message to her son Presley two months before his tragic death aged just 27. 

Leigh-Anne Pinnock caused quite the stir as her body became a fountain as she closed the Di Petsa London Fashion Week show on Monday. 

Strictly Come Dancing bosses have announced a new spin-off show fronted by TikTok star in a bid 'pull in younger viewers'.

More than two decades later, the newspaper print dress worn by Sarah Jessica Parker as Carrie Bradshaw in Sex & the City continues to command attention.

In a skit inspired by Earl Spencer's claim that Charles said Diana would soon be forgotten, the monarch believes he is meeting her for the first time despite their 15-year marriage

Forget trying to look like a 25-year-old bride. The secret to looking fabulous when you marry later in life is simple: look like the best dressed version of yourself.

This festive season, most of us in the UK will be hoping to spritz ourselves with the oriental floral fragrance of Chanel's Coco Mademoiselle, according to The Perfume Shop.