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The Reform UK leader described the coverings - whether that be a balaclava or an Antifa mask - as a menace designed to bully and intimidate.

In the UK alone, researchers estimated that second-hand smoke was responsible for 6,100 deaths in 2023 - making it deadlier than diseases such as bladder cancer.

I had always thought I would know when it was our last walk. But it never crossed my mind, as we ambled home from the Heath one early spring evening, that this could be our last walk.

Betty was a once a feral stray cat but now uses her expert hunting abilities at Sutton Coldfield Station on behalf of West Midlands Railway.

Bronwen James, 30, said she was 'easily influenced' and wanted to be 'perceived as a nice person' so kept their communication quiet.

She hasn't been on speaking terms with her brother for almost three months. But Bethany Peaty - Adam Ramsay-Peaty's 32-year-old sister - wanted to share some news with him.

That September we were there for eight days to see the spring/summer 2002 collections from the likes of designers Ralph Lauren and Michael Kors.

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Home Office civil servants were informed they can enjoy discounted massages from their in-house beauty parlour, on a day the department was rocked by crises.

A seal in a kelp forest and a juvenile whale shark surrounded by divers feature among winners and runners-up in the Underwater Awards Australasia 2026.

The British Social Attitudes survey found that those in favour of welfare spending are at nearly their lowest level since the question was first asked nearly 30 years ago.

An anti-fraud body has warned that scammers are exploiting British politeness, with a survey finding that 53 per cent of adults stay on unwarranted calls longer than they want to.

Switzerland has a population of 9,154,242. And its federal government just launched a pilot program to test open source alternatives to Microsoft 365 on 3,000 workstations, reports the blog It's FOSS. "That's about 7% of the federal workforce." The target is to complete the migration by end of 2027... On September 3, 2026, the Federal Council published results of "PoC BOSS", a feasibility proof-of-concept involving 172 federal employees who tested the openDesk suite, a German open-source collaboration platform. During the proof-of-concept phase, core office tasks like document processing and email received positive assessments, while large-scale video conferencing still showed technical limitations. Based on the 'success' of the PoC phase with 172 employees, the pilot is now launched for 3,000 employees... According to Matthias Stürmer, professor at the Bern University of Applied Sciences, Microsoft's supremacy in public institutions poses three problems that are driving this migration. First is the risk of foreign access. US cloud legislation could expose Swiss government data to foreign authorities. Second is the risk to service continuity, as dependency on a single foreign vendor creates operational risk. The third risk is the escalating costs as proprietary licensing fees are rising with no Swiss leverage. Switzerland's military cybersecurity unit, Cyber Command, is not waiting for the civilian pilot. It is already poised to replace Microsoft 365 entirely with openDesk by October 2026. It is pretty much the same reason. Military doesn't want foreign governments accessing sensitive Swiss data. The article notes that during the pilot phase, the new system runs in parallel with Microsoft 365 rather than replacing it. But the article's author speculates that "If the pilot is successful, we might expect the migration to continue on all the 54,000 workstations owned by the federal administrations."

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From meeting the Pope and his fourth Prime Minister to US President Donald Trump, Charles, 77, has continued his brisk and busy schedule despite ongoing, cancer treatment.

Daniel Hay, 47, began chatting with convicted arsonist Sophie Stonehewer on Valentine's Day in 2024 while he was meant to be guarding her at women's only Styal jail in Cheshire.

Members of the Armed Forces strategic reserve will be tested next year on being called into action as part of Government plans to test the nation's resilience.

However, most people do not believe those suffering from poor mental health are 'snowflakes', with three quarters (73 per cent) saying mental health is as important as physical health.

Coleen Nolan has revealed she initially dismissed her toyboy boyfriend Ryan Brockbank of being 'too young' for her.

John Healey, our new Chancellor, gave a speech designed to soothe the financial markets. Soothe or sedate? Mr Healey probably sent them to sleep faster than a doxepin bap.

A delegation from Jamaica visited Buckingham Palace on Monday to lodge a petition seeking acknowledgment that Britain owes compensation for its historic role in the transatlantic slave trade.