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A guest at Alton Towers was asked to go to the back of the line for the theme park's new Bluey ride after leaving the queue to take their child to the toilet and attempting to rejoin.

Barely known outside British tennis circles, the 23-year-old had only two Tour-level wins in his life before the grass season began - a total he has more than quadrupled in less than a month.

An acting school based at the theatre will be moving to a new home in Colchester

No USB stick required if your Win 11 box has a pulse and a network driver

Adan Spivey says it is a 'simple' fix if you 'time to teach your dog what you want them to do'

A team of north Essex dads of SEND children have conquered a Welsh mountain to give something back to their kids' special school.

Nigel Farage has triggered a dramatic political row after resigning as Clacton MP and forcing a by-election.

Nigel Farage has triggered a dramatic political row after resigning as Clacton MP and forcing a by-election.

The US were dumped out of the World Cup in a 4-1 thrashing by Belgium, but their final days in the competition were marred by a huge controversy surrounding star man Balogun and his ban.

An anonymous reader quotes a report from Wired: Meta launched its inaugural AI image model from the Meta Superintelligence Labs on Tuesday, its effort to compete with the likes of OpenAI's GPT Images 2.0 and Google's Nano Banana 2 in the AI image generation race. The new model, called Muse Image, rolled out with deep integrations woven into the Instagram app. As part of this update, public Instagram profiles are now automatically opted into being fodder for generative AI remixes. All someone has to do is tag your account's profile in a prompt -- if it's public -- and they can use Meta AI to generate an image using your likeness. Meta positions this feature as a cheeky way to personalize generations with images of real people. "Whether you want to design a custom event invitation, mock up a collaborative creative concept, or generate a personalized graphic, tagging a username lets Meta AI use public photos to build a visual that's ready to post," reads one of Meta's announcement blogs about the new AI tool. [...] Instagram's help center site includes more details about how this feature will impact users, saying that "people may be able to create content with your Instagram content using AI features at Meta" if you leave your account public and on the default settings. (A previously archived version of this page from 2025 does not include similar, AI-focused language.) Instagram users who want to stop others from using their public posts for AI images (without switching your account to private) must manually disable the options under the app's "Sharing and reuse" settings. However, turning off the setting only blocks future AI generations; any AI images already created from their content will remain. Meta also says users will not be notified when others create AI-generated content using their posts.

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Councillors told a meeting they are worried about value for money and whether enough of the public want the proposed centre

Pete, 37, looked enthralled by Olivia's rock chick new look as they passionately kissed at Cala Gracioneta in Ibiza on Monday evening.

The winners of The International Aerial Photographer of the Year have been revealed after judges sifted through 1,587 entries from all corners of the globe.

Even if it hadn't been a broiling 33C in Paris, Chanel's haute couture show would still have been the hottest ticket in the fashion world.

Faithless is based on a semi-autobiographical script by the great Swedish director Ingmar Bergman, written near the end of his life

Detective Inspector Emma Gardner joined North Wales Police in 2000, where she worked across various roles, including in the Protecting Vulnerable People Unit.

When Arthur Fery walked on to Wimbledon's Centre Court with millions watching and a former champion in the stands, many players would have felt the weight of the occasion.

As Britain faces another week of sweltering temperatures, analysis found electricity prices surged more than five-fold during last month's heatwave.

Staff Sergeant Hannes Marschalek was said to have committed the offences in a two-month period in 2022.

IAN LADYMAN IN ATLANTA: Here as this incredible story continues to evolve in America, the greatest many of us have ever seen doesn't want to let go of his World Cup.