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There is a grass verge to the side of my house, which is council-owned land. I live in a cul-de-sac and cars often use it to turn around, leaving it covered in tyre tracks.

Plans include 30 per cent affordable homes and 'significant' areas of public open space

An anonymous reader quotes a report from KrebsOnSecurity: Until this past weekend, a contractor for the Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) maintained a public GitHub repository that exposed credentials to several highly privileged AWS GovCloud accounts and a large number of internal CISA systems. Security experts said the public archive included files detailing how CISA builds, tests and deploys software internally, and that it represents one of the most egregious government data leaks in recent history. On May 15, KrebsOnSecurity heard from Guillaume Valadon, a researcher with the security firm GitGuardian. Valadon's company constantly scans public code repositories at GitHub and elsewhere for exposed secrets, automatically alerting the offending accounts of any apparent sensitive data exposures. Valadon said he reached out because the owner in this case wasn't responding and the information exposed was highly sensitive. The GitHub repository that Valadon flagged was named "Private-CISA," and it harbored a vast number of internal CISA/DHS credentials and files, including cloud keys, tokens, plaintext passwords, logs and other sensitive CISA assets. Valadon said the exposed CISA credentials represent a textbook example of poor security hygiene, noting that the commit logs in the offending GitHub account show that the CISA administrator disabled the default setting in GitHub that blocks users from publishing SSH keys or other secrets in public code repositories. "Passwords stored in plain text in a csv, backups in git, explicit commands to disable GitHub secrets detection feature," Valadon wrote in an email. "I honestly believed that it was all fake before analyzing the content deeper. This is indeed the worst leak that I've witnessed in my career. It is obviously an individual's mistake, but I believe that it might reveal internal practices." "Currently, there is no indication that any sensitive data was compromised as a result of this incident," a CISA spokesperson wrote. "While we hold our team members to the highest standards of integrity and operational awareness, we are working to ensure additional safeguards are implemented to prevent future occurrences." The GitHub account in question was taken offline shortly after CISA was notified about the exposure. However, according to Caturegli, the exposed AWS keys remained valid for another 48 hours. "What I suspect happened is [the CISA contractor] was using this GitHub to synchronize files between a work laptop and a home computer, because he has regularly committed to this repo since November 2025," Caturegli said. "This would be an embarrassing leak for any company, but it's even more so in this case because it's CISA."

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Preston Davey died four months after being placed in the care of John McGowan-Fazakerley, 32, and Jamie Varley, 37, in July 2023.

Nader Awad, 57, heroically raced toward the teen shooters outside a San Diego mosque on Monday, where he was killed alongside mosque worker Abu El Ezz and security guard Amin Abdullah.

I wonder what's in 'external-secret-repo-creds.yaml' and 'AWS-Workspace-Firefox-Passwords.csv'?

Tyson, now 59, was asked if anyone had ever stolen his girlfriend. He recalled the time he spotted his ex-wife Robin Givens with Pitt - before the actor became a Hollywood sensation.

ITV have confirmed their star-studded line-up for the World Cup - with the broadcaster looking to upstage the BBC for this summer's tournament.

Donike Gocaj, 56, was killed on Monday evening after parking her car outside Cartier's flagship store on Fifth Avenue after falling down the open hole.

Employers increasingly blind to unauthorized AI use and where their staff are sending proprietary files

Katie Price's desperate attempts to get Lee Andrews to their joint Good Morning Britain interview last week have been revealed in a new chaotic behind the scenes video.

Relatives of Idris Qayyum, from west London, blame travel firm Love Holidays after he appeared to suffer a fatal anaphylactic reaction in Antalya in June 2024.

The actor, best known for his role as Jamie in Netflix's gritty drama Top Boy, denies two counts of rape, two of assault by penetration and one of sexual assault against a woman in January, 2023.

Ryan Hammond, 39, has been sentenced after admitting to a string of shop thefts in the city centre.

He is set for a new title in recognition of his work to an Essex borough

Microsoft is launching three new Intel-powered Surface devices for businesses: the Surface Pro 12, Surface Laptop 8, and a smaller 13-inch Surface Laptop model. These new machines come equipped with newer Intel chips, a few business-focused upgrades, and notably higher starting prices. "The high pricing of these three new Surface devices is a sign of things to come for whatever consumer models Microsoft is planning this year," notes The Verge. From the report: This time around Microsoft is refreshing its Surface Pro and Surface Laptop models with Intel's latest Core Ultra Series 3 processors first, ahead of similar models with Qualcomm's new Snapdragon X2 processors later this year. The new Surface Pro 12, or as Microsoft calls it the Surface Pro for Business 13-inch (12th Edition), will be available for businesses today, starting at an eye-watering $1,949.99. The base model will include an Intel Core Ultra 5 processor, 16GB of RAM, 256GB of storage, and the regular 13-inch PixelSense LCD display. Businesses will have to pay extra for models with Intel's Core Ultra 7 processor, up to 64GB of RAM, and up to 1TB of storage. The top spec Surface Pro 12 with a Core Ultra 7, 64GB of RAM, and 1TB of storage will be priced at $4,399.99, and there are also OLED screen options and models with 5G connectivity. The Surface Pro 12 5G starts at $2,249.99, with a Core Ultra 5, 16GB of RAM, and 256GB of storage. [...] Microsoft is also launching two new versions of the Surface Laptop for businesses today. The Surface Laptop 8, or Surface Laptop for Business 13.8 or 15-inch (8th Edition) as Microsoft calls it, will also be available with a range of Intel's Core Ultra Series 3 chips. It launches alongside a smaller 13-inch model, which is confusingly labeled the Surface Laptop for Business 13-inch (1st Edition). The 13.8-inch model starts at $1,949.99, and includes Intel's Core Ultra 5 processor, 16GB of RAM, and 256GB of storage. While Surface devices for businesses have typically had higher pricing than consumer models, the $1,949.99 starting price for a Surface Laptop 8 is almost double the original price of the Surface Laptop 7. RAMageddon really has come for Microsoft's Surface Pro and Surface Laptop devices, after recent price increases meant the existing consumer models are now $500 more expensive than their original starting price. The max configuration for the 13.8-inch Surface Pro 8 will include a Core Ultra 7, 64GB of RAM, and 1TB of storage for $4,299.99. A similar version of the 15-inch model (with an x7 processor) will be priced at $4,499.99.

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The gritty Channel 4 series will follow two neighbours, played by acting legends Alan Cumming and David Morrisey, who end up becoming enemies as the world becomes less tolerant and more divisive.

London Stansted highlighted its focus on health, safety and wellbeing during UK Airports Health and Safety Week.

Tobey Maguire's heavily-pregnant ex Jennifer Meyer revealed she is finally about to deliver her baby on Tuesday after going a week over her due date.

The Government it will make a deferral scheme available, meaning that some eligible homeowners won't have to pay the £2,500 a year-plus tax until they sell the home.