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Anglian Water implemented a hosepipe ban for parts of Essex, including Colchester, on July 11.

Anglian Water implemented a hosepipe ban for parts of Essex, including Colchester, on July 11.

It's a huge scheme set to hit our roads in the next few years

An anonymous Slashdot reader writes: Surveillance cameras owned by Flock Safety have been cut down with electric saws in New York State, vandalized with paint in Oakland, California, and rammed with a truck in Idaho. Flock claims its services fight crime, but law enforcement agencies also use their services to track vehicles based on license plate numbers and reconstruct the their movements, even when the drivers and owners of these vehicles have never been accused or convicted of any crime. (Flock states it has 120,000 automated cameras that record license plate data, as well as pan-tilt-zoom cameras, across the United States.) A guerilla mindset among average citizens have seen these cameras forcibly disabled within recent weeks with sympathy directed toward the vigilantes. In June, a West Virginia man accused of destroying several Flock cameras was arrested. Under a Facebook post from the local NBC affiliate announcing his arrest are dozens of people volunteering to provide alibis. "He was out fishing with me that day, you got the wrong guy," one man wrote.

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Women have to work twice as hard as men to be considered half as good. I remember a colleague in her 50s telling me this when I was an obnoxious 21-year-old starting out in an office.

Beaming at one another, the pair appeared deeply in love, having rekindled their relationship after eight years apart.

Wes Streeting has admitted Labour can't commit to a crucial defence spending target by 2030 because they do not know how to fund it.

Romeo Beckham displayed his muscles as he enjoyed a solo jet ski ride during his family holiday to Ibiza on Thursday. 

England and other UEFA nations are prepared to boycott the next World Cup should FIFA go ahead with their plans to sell shares of their flagship tournament. 

Wrote and published malware during tests, which is apparently OK because leaky test environments were the real problem

Kathy Ireland, the 63-year-old Sports Illustrated pinup, was spotted keeping a low profile while out with her family in the affluent enclave of Montecito, California earlier this week.

The Beeb's free online study support service, Bitesize, has listed the plotter, who attempted to blow up Parliament and King James I alongside his Catholic accomplices, with the likes of Rosa Parks.

Real Housewives of Orange County's Vicki Gunvalson has defended Jeana Keough after Keough started a GoFundMe page to help pay for personal expenses while battling cancer.

The musician is among 12 artists nominated for the prestigious award which is given for the best album released by a musical act from the United Kingdom or Ireland.

Blake Lively was beaming with husband Ryan Reynolds as the couple stepped out in New York City this week amid their public comeback.

Joe Root yesterday said he'd taken on 'a difficult but hugely rewarding job' after being reappointed as Test captain. It's a far cry from when he quit due to the 'big weight' on his shoulders.

Diane Abbott was once again re-admitted to the Labour Party last night following her suspension over an anti-Semitism row.

Huda Ammori, co-founder of Palestine Action, has been given the green light to go to the Supreme Court and challenge a Home Office decision banning the group as a terrorist organisation.

Pamela Gwinnett, 63, fled to the Spanish island in April 2025 while she was on bail awaiting trial for her crimes against 89-year-old Joan Green, from Chorley, Lancashire.

Police issued a statement after the folk singer had reportedly been missing for eight months. The Daily Mail has the scoop on what really happened.