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A Post Office has reopened in Braintree at a convenience store just 120 metres from its previous location.

An anonymous reader shares a column: After nearly 30 years of USB-A connectivity, the market is now transitioning to the convenient USB-C standard, which makes sense given that it supports higher speeds, display data, and power delivery. The symmetrical connection is also smaller and more user-friendly, as it's reversible and works with smartphones and tablets. I get that USB-C is inevitable, but tech brands should realize that the ubiquitous USB-A isn't going anywhere soon and stop removing the ports we need to run our devices. [...] It's premature for brands to phase out USB-A when peripheral brands are still making compatible products in 2025. For example, Logitech's current wireless pro gaming mice connect using a USB-A Lightspeed dongle, and most Seagate external drives still use USB-A as their connection method. The same can be said for other memory sticks, keyboards, wireless headsets, and other new devices that are still manufactured with a USB-A connection. I have a gaming laptop with two USB-A and USB-C ports, and it's a constant struggle to connect all my devices simultaneously without needing a hub. I use the two USB-A ports for my mouse and wireless headset dongles, while a phone charging cable and portable monitor take up the USB-Cs. This setup stresses me out because there's no extra space to connect anything else without losing functionality.

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Kendra Licari, 44, appeared to be an ordinary school-gate parent. Yet behind closed doors she waged a secret two-year campaign of harassment against her daughter Lauryn, then 13.

Zilola Tulyaganova, 34, was filmed dropping her helpless child, Zarina, then aged three, some 16ft into a trench inside the cage in Tashkent Zoo in 2022.

Nigel Farage unveiled Danny Kruger as his latest recruit at a bullish press conference in Westminster - with the MP saying the Conservatives are 'over'.

The drugs significantly improved the youngsters' blood sugar control and weight but those using them suffered common side-effects.

Culinary enthusiasts or even newbies to the kitchen who want to learn more about cooking might be thrilled to learn they could share a hob with Jamie Oliver. 

Six people have been convicted for their parts in a conspiracy which aimed to release three prisoners in Essex.

Prince Harry held back tears as he visited a makeshift memorial to fallen soldiers in Kyiv this weekend.

It follows a concert that saw people stranded for hours

Ofsted said that pupils who go to the toilet during a lesson were being given a detention

Lara Basini-Millar, 45, built up a huge following when she began posting on social media about her concerns at the way the NHS maternity services were being run.

She has collaborated with Nivea for a soft launch back to the spotlight. 

Google has restructured Android's decade-old monthly security update process into a "Risk-Based Update System" that separates high-priority patches from routine fixes. Monthly bulletins now contain only vulnerabilities under active exploitation or in known exploit chains -- explaining July 2025's unprecedented zero-CVE bulletin -- while most patches accumulate for quarterly releases. The September 2025 bulletin contained 119 vulnerabilities compared to zero in July and six in August. The change reduces OEM workload for monthly updates but extends the private bulletin lead time from 30 days to several months for quarterly releases. The company no longer releases monthly security update source code, limiting custom ROM development to quarterly cycles.

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The risks of 'miracle' weight loss jabs have been laid bare after a mother was devastatingly diagnosed with an aggressive cancer , masked by fat jab side-effects.

Joseph Grogan, from Screggan, Tullamore, was 75 when he died - hours after attending a registry office to marry Lisa Flaherty, on April 15, 2025.

Montecito-based Prince Harry and Meghan Markle will star in The Happiest Story on Earth: 70 Years of Disneyland, which airs on Sunday.

Decarlos Brown Jr. comes from a family of career criminals with the start of crimes starting as far back as the 90s.

The mother of a young girl murdered in the Southport attack today sobbed as she demanded 'real change and accountability' so her daughter's death 'is not in vain.'

Doing a simple system reset may not be enough to save you from fines and lawsuits

With the end of Windows 10's regular support cycle fast approaching, and a good five years since the COVID pandemic spurred a wave of hardware replacements to support remote work, many IT departments are in the process of refreshing their fleets. But what they do with decommissioned systems is just as important as the shiny new ones they buy.…