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The chilling email was sent by Hotel Zum Hirschen, in the Bavarian town of Lam, in response to a booking enquiry from Jewish tourist Michael Winokur.

Throughout my time as Chancellor of the Exchequer, the unravelling of Liz Truss's mini-Budget, the chaos of the markets and her subsequent fall were never far from my mind.

The actress, who recently gave birth to her third child, appears to have become engaged to her actor boyfriend Oli Green after almost five years together.

Radio and TV star Jeremy Vine has revealed he is too afraid to talk openly about his belief in God while at work at the BBC.

Ilyas Khan, a 63-year-old tech entrepreneur, was hailed for investing in his local football club Accrington Stanley FC and saving it from bankruptcy.

Friday the Open Source Initiative welcomed the EU's new tech sovereignty package, noting that "over a third of the 29-page document is devoted to Open Source." The nonprofit OSI — maintainers of the Open Source definition — submitted their official feedback in February, and notes that "many" of their key requests were addressed, "as well as some exciting new announcements!" One of the biggest barriers to Open Source adoption has been public procurement. Too often, tenders have been designed around proprietary solutions, ignoring the benefits of Open Source and locking public institutions into closed ecosystems. The OSI called for procurement rules that prioritize interoperability, reusability, and vendor independence. The package takes a major step forward in this area. The EU pledges to make the public sector an anchor consumer for Open Source solutions. The Commission plans to reform procurement rules to remove barriers for Open Source, provide better guidance to EU countries on procurement criteria to avoid excluding Open Source, and uphold the "public money, public code" principle when procuring software development. Both proposals align with the OSI's feedback. The next critical step is the EU's public procurement law reform. The OSI will continue advocating to ensure these pledges translate into action. Beyond procurement, the OSI highlighted challenges faced by Open Source communities in Europe, particularly difficulties accessing investment and expertise to commercialize and scale projects. The Commission has responded by committing to ensure Open Source companies are considered for funding under the European Competitiveness Fund (ECF). It also plans to create "Open Source business accelerators" that will offer mentorship, training, legal and licensing consulting, and business development support, including marketing. Additionally, the Commission will work to raise industry awareness of Open Source solutions by leveraging the EU's existing business support networks. These measures directly address the OSI's concerns and could significantly boost the Open Source ecosystem in Europe... [I]n our feedback, we called for the continuation of the Next Generation Internet (NGI) initiative that has funded many Open Source projects, and for the creation of a European Sovereign Tech Fund to fund ongoing maintenance and features development to meet the EU's needs. We also highlighted the need to mainstream Open Source in other funding opportunities (like the €100bn+ Horizon Europe programme). The Commission's strategy addresses these requests. The NGI will be scaled up under the new name "Open Internet Stack." A new Open Source Maintenance Instrument will fund the "maintenance and security upkeep of essential components." The Commission will also create a list of critical and security-relevant Open Source dependencies to inform funding decisions and promote Open Source solutions as the default approach in Horizon Europe funding. Friday's announcement from the Open Source Initiative notes that the EU is already leading by example in Open Source adoption. It applauds the EU for "deploying a Matrix-based communications system and the openDesk collaboration environment internally, trialing an alternative operating system to replace Windows, which is currently widely used in EU institutions, and expanding its presence on the Fediverse, with Commissioners and key departments already joining the EU's Mastodon server.'

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The Princess Royal, 75, beamed as she arrived at All Saints Church in Kemble alongside the King and Queen and other members of the Royal family to watch her only son tie the knot.

Why is the Chief of our Defence Staff beating war drums on the BBC, while making incorrect public statements about Russia? His job, surely, is to defend our seas, coasts and skies.

This question arises because, in his justification last week for removing depictions of famous Britons from our banknotes, Sir Andrew said we, the public, had voted for this.

The Mail on Sunday understands that Ian Katz - currently head of content at Channel 4 - has been interviewed for the top job by new director-general Matt Brittin.

The couple held their breath as they watched the women's final singles match of the French Open tennis tournament on Saturday.

The Root reports: A New Mexico jury has found the Gila Regional Medical Center negligent in the death of Nichelle Nichols, who famously played Lieutenant Nyota Uhura on the hit television series "Star Trek." According to KRQE News 13, Nichols' family filed a lawsuit against the hospital last year following her 2022 admission for shortness of breath. Nichols' family claimed that she should have received a full cardiac examination, but the medical personnel sent her to the observation unit, and she was discharged the next day. After being transported to her assisted living home, the 89-year-old passed away just seven hours later. In response to Nichol's tragic passing, the lawsuit alleged that Gila Medical Center "hired, credentialed, and inappropriately supervised unqualified medical providers" who treated the actress. The lawsuit also alleged that the hospital failed to secure a bed for Nichols or transfer her to a facility that had one. Furthermore, the attorney argued that the staff should have known that the assisted living center was not equipped to handle a patient with her medical needs. On Thursday (June 4), a jury found the hospital negligent and awarded Nichols' estate $13 million. KRQE got this quote from the estate's attorney about the death of the 89-year-old acctress. "At the end of the day, Nichelle Nichols had a heart attack that was missed. Thatâ(TM)s why she died." The jury deliberated for "just two hours."

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Prince William was seen giving his cousin Princess Beatrice a kiss on the cheek today as the royals descended on All Saints Church in Gloucestershire today to celebrate Peter Phillips' second wedding. 

More than 30 double-decker buses have been destroyed after a fire was started 'deliberately' at a depot in Muckingford Road, Essex, shortly before 7pm on Friday.

The 48 teams that will compete in the summer's tournament are playing friendly matches in preparation, and Portugal, among the favourites to go all the way in North America, took on Chile.

The daughter of Tyson and Paris, 16, hit back at trolls who slammed her for leaving school when she was 11 as she revealed she could have attended a grammar school.

While some audience members hailed her set as 'surprisingly good', others urged Cara: 'Don't give up the day job!'.

For more than 40 years, Lorraine Kelly has been at the helm of the channel's daytime programmes and has grown a following of millions of fans.

Kirk, who has taken over as CEO of TPUSA in the wake of her husband Charlie's assassination, was giving her address when interrupted.

Tributes have been paid to John Edward Carr, 68, a 'big hearted' former Merchant Navy cook who died after colliding with a stationary van in New Brighton, Merseyside on Friday morning.