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Shirley Ballas, Motsi Mabuse and Craig Revel Horwood all saved former Love Island contestant Amber Davies , 29, last week over former footballer Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink, 53.

Father Mark Rowles, 57, posted under the name 'skinheadlad1488' in a chatroom called Aryan Reich Killers, where he wrote racist and offensive messages, Cardiff Magistrates court heard.

The Wall Street Journal looks at swarm robotics, where no single robot is in charge, robots interact only with nearby robots — and the swarm accomplishes complex tasks through simple interactions. "Researchers say this approach could excel where traditional robots fail, like situations where central control is impractical or impossible due to distance, scale or communication barriers." For instance, a swarm of drones might one day monitor vast areas to detect early-stage wildfires that current monitoring systems sometimes miss... A human operator might set parameters like where to search, but the drones would independently share information like which areas have been searched, adjust search patterns based on wind and other weather data from other drones in the swarm, and converge for more complete coverage of a particular area when one detects smoke. In another potential application, a swarm of robots could make deliveries across wide areas more efficient by alerting each other to changing traffic conditions or redistributing packages among themselves if one breaks down. Robot swarms could also manage agricultural operations in places without reliable internet service. And disaster-response teams see potential for swarms in hurricane and tsunami zones where communication infrastructure has been destroyed. At the microscopic scale, researchers are developing tiny robots that could work together to navigate the human body to deliver medication or clear blockages without surgery... In recent demonstrations, teams of tiny magnetic robots — each about the size of a grain of sand — cleared blockages in artificial blood vessels by forming chains to push through the obstructions. The robots navigate individually through blood vessels to reach a clog, guided by doctors or technicians using magnetic fields to steer them, says researcher J.J. Wie, a professor of organic and nano engineering at Hanyang University in South Korea. When they reach an obstruction, the robots coordinate with each other to team up and break through. Wie's group is developing versions of these robots that biodegrade after use, eliminating the need for surgical removal, and coatings that make the robots compatible with human tissue. And while robots the size of sand grains work for some applications, Wie says that they will need to be shrunk to nano scale to cross biological barriers, such as cell membranes, or bind to specific molecular targets, like surface proteins or receptors on cancer cells. Some researchers are even exploring emergent intelligence — "when simple machines, following only a few local cues, begin to organize and act as if they share a mind...beyond human-designed coordination." Thanks to long-time Slashdot reader fjo3 for sharing the article.

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And Claudia's husband Kris Thykier, is likely to be just as thrilled over the news, as it will ensure he gets more time with his wife of 25 years.

Strictly Come Dancing fans hailed La Voix as she took over Tess Daly's hosting duties during the show's spooktacular Halloween Week.

When Tess Daly was asked to co-host a new BBC show called Strictly Come Dancing in 2004, she could perhaps never have imagined still being at its helm more than 20 years later.

Seeing as it's Halloween, aka the so-called season of the witch, it is worth noting that the commoner formerly known as Prince Andrew appears to have suffered what is known as a 'Tower' moment.

Sir Anthony Hopkins has reportedly listed his California estate for £5.1 million after it was destroyed by the wildfires that tore through Los Angeles earlier this year. 

The president shared his ire, apparently in response to a recent segment Meyers did on his show in which the comedian mocked Trump for his comments about steam catapults.

Migrants are cynically gaming the Home Office's 'Assisted Voluntary Return Scheme' where they are each given a one-off payment and a plane ticket home, The Mail on Sunday has found.

KATIE HIND: He's the larger-than-life rugby player who has long been the dark horse on Celebrity Traitors.

The iconic female duo, who have fronted the show together since 2014, announced their departure in an emotional social media video to fans last month.

Bob Vylan have called in lawyers after they were labelled 'antisemitic' and accused of 'incitement' by the Jewish Representative Council of Greater Manchester.

The Crown actress, 39, wowed in the plunging racy number which featured a black lace bodice and ruffled black skirt.

ITN has been branded hopelessly ' woke ' after it instructed its own staff to avoid 'heteronormativity' and 'pitying' in the workplace

Newnham College has created a gender policy stating it is open to all 'female' applicants - including those born as men.

Leighann McCready claims the Armed Forces has still not done enough to protect recruits after daughter Jaysley Beck was found dead in her barracks in 2021.

After another disastrous week for the PM -in which he had to battle to keep Rachel Reeves in post - despairing ministers are talking openly about moving against him.

Maisie Smith says she has grown closer than ever to her boyfriend Max George almost a year on from his heart surgery.

The princess's son, Peter Phillips, has applied to dissolve the company that organises the event, which has not run since 2023 - when the final day was abandoned because of bad weather.