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The city's councillors unanimously voted on Thursday in favour of a motion to revoke the honour following the latest revelations over her friendship with paedophile Jeffrey Epstein.

Royal Navy pilot hopeful Hannah McCann told an employment tribunal, held in Bristol, that her military career was left in tatters because she could not get her wings.

I relied on nasal sprays to breathe - until I realised I was stuck in a cycle of rebound congestion. Here's what I wish I'd known sooner.

Use of AI coding assistants has surged, but so has the number of vulnerabilities in AI-generated code

As more people use AI tools to write code, the tools themselves are introducing more vulnerabilities.…

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) says that a once-in-a-lifetime SRY gene test will help 'protect fairness, safety and integrity in the female category'.

Maybe that's why Tim didn't get an invitation to the President's tech bro club?

Apple's American Manufacturing Program (AMP) is expanding, with new suppliers signed on to produce iPhone components - though those parts will still be shipped overseas for final assembly. Tim Apple may continue avoiding tariffs but he probably won't win a lot of brownie points with President Trump.…

Huge portions, golden crispy batter and fluffy chips, this Essex chip shop was exactly what we needed

BrianFagioli writes: Mozilla just teamed up with Mila, the Quebec Artificial Intelligence Institute, to push open source AI -- and it feels like a direct response to Big Tech tightening its grip on the space. Instead of relying on closed models, the goal here is to build "sovereign AI" that's more transparent, privacy-focused, and actually under the control of developers and even governments. They're starting with things like private memory for AI agents, which sounds niche but matters if you care about where your data goes. Big question is whether open source can realistically keep up with the billions being poured into proprietary AI, but at least someone's trying to give folks an alternative. "Canada has what it takes to lead on frontier AI that the world can actually trust: the research depth, the values, and the will to do it differently. The next frontier in AI isn't just capability, it is trustworthiness, and Canada is uniquely positioned to lead on both. This partnership is a concrete step in that direction. Open, trustworthy AI isn't a compromise on ambition. It's the higher bar," said Valerie Pisano, president and CEO of Mila.

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I couldn't resist writing a spoof column imagining how the battle could ever have been fought under modern terms of engagement. It's been doing the rounds on the internet ever since.

SPECIAL REPORT BY MIKE KEEGAN: Shock figures highlight the desperate state of play outside the promised land of the Premier League, with the staggering sums lost each year laid bare.

Pete Wicks has been under investigation by liquidators for three years after racking up debts of £120,000.

Videos showed Kate, 44, gripping onto her straw hat as she arrived in Kent for the enthronement of Dame Sarah Mullally, the first female Archbishop of Canterbury, in Kent.

Mother-of-one Catherine Wieland, 33, has been given a 28-week suspended sentence at Hove Crown Court in East Sussex.

The Prince, who grew his own much-discussed beard in summer 2024, admired the moustaches of men in 1st Battalion The Mercian Regiment at Bulford, Wiltshire.

Wikipedia has banned the use of generative AI to write or rewrite articles, saying it "often violates several of Wikipedia's core content policies." That said, editors may still use it for translation or light refinements as long as a human carefully checks the copy for accuracy. Engadget reports: Editors can use large language models (LLMs) to refine their own writing, but only if the copy is checked for accuracy. The policy states that this is because LLMs "can go beyond what you ask of them and change the meaning of the text such that it is not supported by the sources cited." Editors can also use LLMs to assist with language translation. However, they must be fluent enough in both languages to catch errors. Once again, the information must be checked for inaccuracies. "My genuine hope is that this can spark a broader change. Empower communities on other platforms, and see this become a grassroots movement of users deciding whether AI should be welcome in their communities, and to what extent," Wikipedia administrator Chaotic Enby wrote. The administrator also called the policy a "pushback against enshittification and the forceful push of AI by so many companies in these last few years."

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Prince William , 43, is 'determined that his second and third-born children are well-prepared and well-financed for independent lives,' Tina Brown has revealed.

Keir Starmer insisted this morning it is 'far-fetched' to suggest Morgan McSweeney pretended to have his phone stolen in October to avoid disclosing private exchanges with the peer.

Camille Mary McGonigle, 37, shot herself dead in the efficiency-style apartment in Oakland Park, Florida that she shared with her boyfriend Miguel Hernandez on January 24.

Emily Atack has revealed the devastating loss of her ex Charlie Edwards as she shared a heartbreaking tribute on Instagram on Thursday. 

In a flurry of written statements before MPs' Easter break, Labour ministers launched fresh consultations on building controls, planning, fire safety, and trail hunting.