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As the police inquiry into Andrew's links with Jeffrey Epstein gathers pace, Edward has become increasingly concerned about the wellbeing of the older sibling with whom he once shared a close bond.

The SS Richard Montgomery WWII shipwreck in the Thames Estuary, still carrying tons of explosives, will have its masts reduced by the DfT.

The SS Richard Montgomery WWII shipwreck in the Thames Estuary, still carrying tons of explosives, will have its masts reduced by the DfT.

Customers of major firms such as BT, Sky and TalkTalk will be able to get more money when things go wrong, without even having to ask for it under the Ofcom scheme.

Essex Growth Agency has launched an updated support programme for businesses in the area.

Essex Growth Agency has launched an updated support programme for businesses in the area.

She has lived a life in the spotlight for over four decades, ever since she first gained prominence in the eighties.

Now serving as an MP for Richmond and Northallerton, he reassured constituents his apparently minor injury would not get in the way of his work.

Benjamin Netanyahu was invited to make his case for war in the Situation Room, the New York Times reports, a venue rarely used for in-person briefings with foreign leaders.

Richard Tice used a press conference in Aberdeen to unveil Reform's four-point plan to cut Brits' household bills and ensure the UK 'can have cheap energy once again'.

In a first-of-its-kind trial, patients will receive a one-off gene therapy jab designed to help the body control blood sugar levels on its own.

When you think of stores loved by Middle England, the likes of M&S, Waitrose and John Lewis come firmly to mind. But now, there's competition from the most unlikely of brands.

The Fair Work Agency (FWA) is being established as part of Labour's overhaul of workers' rights via the Employment Rights Act.

Dubai-based businessman Lee Andrews wants to forge ahead with a 'crazy and ambitious' plan to buy into the current World Club Cup holders.

In February, the now-former BBC presenter had been announced as one of the stars set to enter the tent.

He is wanted on recall to prison

Locals say the endless lorries have turned their little village into the 'Wild West'

An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Apple earned the lowest grades in a report on laptop and smartphone repairability released today by the consumer advocacy group Public Interest Research Group (PIRG) Education Fund. The report, which looks at how easy devices are to disassemble and how easy it is to find repairability information, gave Apple a C-minus in laptop repairability and a D-minus in cell phone repairability. For its "Failing the Fix (2026): Grading laptop and cell phone companies on the fixability of their products" report, PIRG analyzed the 10 newest laptops and phones that were available via manufacturers' French website in January. [...] Apple leads the list of laptop repairability losers, largely due to it having low disassembly scores. Apple, along with Dell and Samsung, also lost a full point for being members of TechNet and the CTA. Lenovo had the second-worst grade with a C-minus. Like Apple, Lenovo had low disassembly scores. It also lost 0.5 points for failing to properly post PDFs explaining the French repair scores for some of its newest laptops sold in the region, as required in France. This is especially noteworthy because Lenovo got an F in last year's report for missing this information on at least 12 laptops. At the time, Lenovo director of communications David Hamilton provided a statement to Ars saying that the missing information was "due to a backend web compatibility issue that temporarily prevented the display of repairability scores on our Lenovo France website" that was "widely resolved." However, it appears that over a year later, Lenovo still isn't providing sufficient information to meet France's requirements "While Lenovo has improved somewhat with their compliance with French consumer law by providing more repair score PDFs on their website, we urge the company to resolve this multi-year issue," this year's report says. PIRG's report concluded that "laptops are pretty stagnant in terms of repairability" across many of the eight most popular laptop brands in the US. However, Proctor noted to Ars that consumers' access to parts, tools, and information that vendors have has improved, but improvements around ease of disassembly "take longer to realize." He also praised vendors' efforts to release more repairable designs, such as Apple's MacBook Neo. For its repairability index, PIRG weighed physical ease of disassembly most heavily, while also considering the availability of repair documentation, spare parts, spare-parts affordability, and other product-specific criteria. It then adjusted company grades by deducting points for membership in trade groups that oppose right-to-repair laws and adding small bonuses for manufacturers that supported right-to-repair legislation. Acer stood out as the only laptop vendor that avoided the 0.5-point trade-group penalty, since it was not listed as a member of TechNet or the Consumer Technology Association.

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British student Orla Wates, 19, died after an accident on the Hà Giang Loop, a 250-mile mountain route popular with young travellers.

Dylan Dawes, 50, was working for BBC Wales in Cardiff when he allegedly downloaded thousands of illegal images of children on four separate devices.