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They're TikTok's new obsession, sparking sellout rental bookings and years-long waiting lists to buy. Nicole Gray reveals why we do like to be beside… well, you know

Plans are under way for a new shuttle bus service to improve connectivity between Boreham and Beaulieu Park Station.

A Colchester business owner is set to take on a new challenge as he is confirmed as a cast member for season 3 of hit Netflix reality show, Love Is Blind K

A Colchester business owner is set to take on a new challenge as he is confirmed as a cast member for season 3 of hit Netflix reality show, Love Is Blind K

Firefox 154 "brings a number of usability improvements," writes PC World: The free built-in VPN, introduced with Firefox 149, continues to offer a selection of virtual locations — temporarily extended to 28 countries until the end of August... The free VPN is currently available to Firefox users in the US, Canada, the UK, France, and Germany. In addition, the free VPN can now also be used in Firefox for Android (rolling out gradually) with iOS to follow soon. Firefox 154 also begins adding the privacy-focused search engine Startpage to its address-bar search options for desktop users in Germany, France, Austria, Switzerland, and the Netherlands (the home markets for the Netherlands-based search engine). And Startpage is also coming soon to Android and iOS. "When so much of the web experience is decided by a handful of very large companies, a search option that's private by design and European by origin isn't a small thing," explains a Mozilla blog post, with Ajit Varma, Head of Firefox, saying this now gives millions of people in Europe one-click access to "real results, zero profiling, AI-free." Queries aren't stored or linked to you, and there are no AI answers pushed above your search results. In fact, there's no AI at all. Based in the Netherlands, Startpage built its product around a simple idea: great search and personal privacy can go hand in hand... Firefox users were choosing Startpage long before today — to the tune of more than a billion searches a year, every one of them required some assembly: an extension, a manual setting, a workaround... Startpage ranks among the most-requested search engines in the Firefox community. When demand is this clear, our job is to remove the friction... Most browsers have already decided how you're going to search. Firefox hasn't. Pick your search engine, control what happens to your queries, decide who sees data about you, even turn AI on or off. It should always be your call. Not everyone wants the same thing from search, and a browser shouldn't pretend they do. "Firefox has always been the browser for people who want to make their own decisions about the web," said Startpage President Stewart Marlborough, "which makes it a natural home for private search." Nvidia's GeForce NOW cloud-gaming platform is also now officially supported on Firefox, expanding access across even more devices," according to a Nvidia blog post: Members can outfox big downloads and jump into high-performance PC gaming directly from the browser — no waiting on lengthy game installs or updates. The experience delivers GeForce RTX-powered performance at up to 1440p and 120 frames per second for GeForce NOW Ultimate members. Simply download the latest version of Firefox, head to play.geforcenow.com and start playing. The cloud handles the heavy lifting, so games are ready to play without taking up valuable storage space on the device. Firefox joins Chrome, Edge and Opera in supporting GeForce NOW on Windows browsers. Mozilla's own blog post even includes an animation of the Firefox mascot playing games: Gamers put real effort into making their rigs their own, and Firefox gets that. Users can choose themes, custom colors, and tab settings to customize their setup, instead of sitting there like just another window. We also know online gaming doesn't happen in just one window. It's social and sometimes spontaneous. With Firefox, you can have a Discord call running in Split View, a guide open in another tab, or Reddit pulled up between matches. Then go full screen when you're ready to play, no need to switch browsers to stream games. "In the security report for Firefox 154, Mozilla lists 58 resolved security vulnerabilities, 54 of which were discovered and reported by external security researchers," notes PC World. ("Mozilla classifies 17 of these vulnerabilities as high risk.") With Firefox 155 (scheduled for September 1), Mozilla is switching to a fortnightly release cycle for major versions, like Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge.

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CHRIS WHEELER AT THE MKM STADIUM: Well, Michael Carrick did say it was ridiculous to suggest Manchester United had been given an easy start to the season away at Hull City.

The fatal collision occurred at just after 11pm in East Clandon, Surrey, last night and involved three Seat Leons - one white, one black and one grey.

The market for counterfeit designer handbags is booming, and getting ever more sophisticated. Laura Craik finds out how the experts authenticate the real deals

Chaos has reportedly descended backstage at Good Morning Britain's studios as awkwardly located toilets have led to 'embarrassing moments' for some of the show's stars.

Cristiano Ronaldo's wife Georgina Rodriguez is said to have 'adopted his three eldest children' just a week after they tied the knot.

The singer, 83 , who underwent surgery for lung cancer late last year, was set to perform at the Westgate International Theater on Friday and Saturday night.

Police warned the youngsters in Tenby, Pembrokeshire, that they were risking their lives by 'tombstoning', where thrill-seekers jump vertically into water from a high cliff or ledge.

With the new PM hoping Lord Jim O'Neill confirmed that he would not step in to help Labour tackle the UK's larger than expected July deficit of £1.8billion announced yesterday.

The tone of the call that came out of the blue seemed entirely at odds with its subject matter.

Why precisely are Meghan and Harry returning to Britain?

A Grade II listed cottage in the centre of one of Essex’s most sought-after villages has had £225,000 knocked off its asking price.

A Grade II listed cottage in the centre of one of Essex’s most sought-after villages has had £225,000 knocked off its asking price.

Agents are also the new attack surface - cue defenders' existential angst

Aircraft are now being monitored following the concerns

fjo3 shares a report from SFGATE: The San Francisco Bay Area, epicenter of the artificial intelligence boom, is home to a massive amount of tech workers employed by some of the world's most valuable companies, from Apple to Nvidia. But for the first time, New York has eclipsed the Bay Area as the home of the largest "tech talent workforce," a report by real estate and investment firm CBRE shows. The firm has published the annual report for 13 years. Last year, the New York Metro Area's tech talent workforce reached 394,300, surpassing the Bay Area's 375,730, according to the report. Fueled by mass layoffs, the Bay Area's tech talent workforce dropped by 6% from 2022 to 2025. New York's tech talent workforce, on the other hand, grew by more than 8% during that period "The Bay Area is likely to remain ... the central location for the AI industry and for innovation. But as we've seen during past cycles, as it tends to grow, that spreads out to all the key markets," Colin Yasukochi, executive director of CBRE's Tech Insights Center, said during a news conference Tuesday.

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