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The TV doctor thought he had everything after exchanging vows with pharmacist Sulvinder Samra in 2005.

Homer Gere made his on-screen debut with Sydney Sweeney in a racy bedroom scene in the hit HBO show Euphoria.

A 37-year-old British man has died after being involved in a fight early this morning on Tenerife's most famous party strip.

I'm not the only woman to have stayed long after it had gone off the boil, believing this was how things were destined to be. Yet the feeling there might be something more kept gnawing away at me.

Abusali Rahman, 36, who taught English, was arrested after a parent contacted police over an image of their child in school uniform being circulated on social media.

Police recorded 154,161 residential burglaries across England and Wales in the 12 months to December 2025, a 12% drop on the previous year.

'Hasn't this weather been glorious?' That's what polite, delusional or otherwise unwise people say when summer rolls around in Britain. I couldn't disagree with them more.

by George Whittaker

The NixOS project has officially released NixOS 26.05, codenamed “Yarara,” continuing the distribution’s unique approach to Linux system management through declarative configuration, atomic upgrades, and reproducible deployments. The release introduces several important platform-level changes, modernized infrastructure components, and continued refinement of the Nix ecosystem.

As one of the most distinctive Linux distributions available today, NixOS continues attracting developers, DevOps engineers, and advanced Linux users who value predictable system behavior and highly reproducible environments.

What Makes NixOS Different?

Unlike traditional Linux distributions that install packages directly into shared system locations, NixOS is built around the Nix package manager, which stores software in isolated, versioned paths and generates complete system configurations declaratively.

This architecture provides several advantages:

• Atomic system upgrades
• Reliable rollback capabilities
• Reproducible environments
• Easier infrastructure automation
• Reduced dependency conflicts

These features have helped NixOS gain popularity among developers managing complex systems and cloud infrastructure.

Systemd-Based Initrd Becomes the Default

One of the most significant changes in NixOS 26.05 is the move to a systemd-based Stage 1 initrd by default. The older scripted implementation is now deprecated and scheduled for removal in NixOS 26.11.

The initrd (initial RAM disk) is responsible for preparing the system during early boot before the main operating system loads.

According to the release notes:

• Systemd now handles Stage 1 initialization by default
• The previous scripted implementation remains temporarily available
• Users can still revert using boot.initrd.systemd.enable = false
• Long-term migration toward the systemd-based approach is encouraged

This change is expected to improve consistency and simplify maintenance across modern NixOS deployments.

Continuing the Twice-Yearly Release Cycle

NixOS continues its established release cadence of publishing stable versions twice per year—typically around May and November. The 26.05 “Yarara” release follows the previous 25.11 “Xantusia” release and continues the project's steady development rhythm.

The 26.05 development cycle involved extensive staging, package testing, and release management work coordinated through the NixOS community.

Large-Scale Package and Infrastructure Updates

Like previous NixOS releases, 26.05 includes a massive collection of package updates across the software ecosystem.

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Essex County Council’s first full meeting under its new Reform UK administration closed with sweeping symbolic and policy shifts.

Commuters travelling to and from London from Essex are set to face major disruption with fresh tube strikes next week.

Essex County Council’s first full meeting under its new Reform UK administration closed with sweeping symbolic and policy shifts.

Commuters travelling to and from London from Essex are set to face major disruption with fresh tube strikes next week.

Braintree Festival in the Gardens has been hailed a huge success after thousands of people descended for a scorching bank holiday weekend.

The beauty spot has become a 'wildlife haven', but could be put up for sale

Robinhood is launching beta support for a new feature that will let AI agents make payments and trade stocks on users' behalf. The company is also rolling out a virtual credit card for AI agents, with spending limits and approval controls. TechCrunch reports: Robinhood said users on its platform can now create a separate account for their AI agents and connect them to a dedicated wallet. While these agents would be able to read and analyze users' portfolios to come up with trading strategies and suggest investments, they'll only be able to access the pre-loaded balance in the dedicated wallet to place orders. Users will get notifications of all trades their AI agent makes and will be able to monitor their activities within the Robinhood app. For some trades, agents will show a preview that users may have to approve before the order is executed. The company said it has also built in fraud detection protection, in which a team from Robinhood would review suspicious trades and help users resolve disputes. Robinhood says users can connect their AI agents to its Model Context Protocol (MCP) service to do things like analyze concentration risk and sector exposure, execute trades, or look through analyst notes to identify new investment opportunities across various sectors. The agentic trading feature is launching in beta and only allows stock trading right now. The company says it plans to add support for options, crypto, event contracts, futures, and prediction markets soon.

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'Enjoy pilates, honey,' my husband shouts as I scurry out the front door. The guilt is almost overwhelming... pilates is the excuse I've given him for why £56 leaves our joint bank account every month.

The addition of the Israeli Prison Service to the 2026 list has sparked outrage in Israel , as terror organisations such as Hamas and ISIS are also included in the catalogue.

Declan Berry, 18, died after his blue VW Polo crashed in Wisbech St. Mary, Cambridgeshire, on March 17, with five people onboard including fellow victim Eden Bunn, 16.

The BRC warns that 'Britain cannot afford to lose a generation of young talent and ambition' - but the High Street is under pressure from higher taxes and red tape.

The boys had lured two teenage girls to meet them, then raped them and filmed the attacks on their phones, with a knife used during the second assault.