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The nationwide poll revealed a growing frustration with motorists who flout parking regulations - particularly in busy urban areas where visibility, access, and safety are paramount.

DOMINIC KING: Racing on Wednesday stages its first voluntary blackout with trainers and leaders warning of the potential catastrophe that is putting the sport's future in jeopardy.

The actor, 46, was in Canada for the premiere of his directorial debut California Schemin' at the Toronto International Film Festival on Sunday.

Government wants to assess would-be immigrants' language skills remotely

Plans for an £816 million system to test the English skills of UK visa applicants have stalled, with the Home Office pushing procurement back at least five months after repeated consultations with suppliers.…

A U.S. congressional hearing today on Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAPs) featured testimony from military veterans and witnesses describing encounters with mysterious craft, including glowing red squares, tic-tac-shaped objects emerging from the ocean, and videos of missiles striking unidentified orbs. While NASA maintains there's no evidence of extraterrestrial life, lawmakers stressed the need for transparency, whistleblower protections, and further investigation. There were four witnesses at today's hearing: Jeffrey Nuccetelli: U.S. Air Force veteran and self-described UAP witness who investigated the reported "red square" sighting above Vandenberg Air Force Base. George Knapp: Award-winning journalist and chief reporter at KLAS-TV, known for his decades of UFO coverage and multiple Peabody Awards. Alexandro Wiggins: Navy veteran of 23 years who reported witnessing a "Tic Tac" UAP aboard the USS Jackson in 2023 and noted his father's work at Area 51. Dylan Borland: Air Force veteran and UAP witness with little public information or media exposure available. "The public senses that it's real and the people in authority dismiss them," said Knapp, arguing that the public can handle the truth. One of the clips he showed lawmakers was of a drone operator tracking a glowing orb off the coast of Yemen before a missile struck the object. "That's a Hellfire missile smacking into that UFO and just bouncing right off," he said. "What the hell is that?" Knapp said the clip is not unique, claiming multiple video servers with similar UAP footage are being kept from Congress. Borland testified: "This craft interfered with my telephone, did not have any sound and the material it was made of appeared fluid or dynamic."

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Award-winning Snowflake Gelato is opening new a stall in Essex

Six MPs threw their hat in the ring to replace Angela Rayner as nominations opened in the fast-tracked contest. Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson took an early lead on Tuesday night.

The pair had been unloading glass panels from a lorry when they suffered fatal injuries near the stadium off Fishpond Road, North Hertfordshire at around 2pm on Saturday.

Management software stumbles at start of term, leaving staff unable to track attendance or reach parents

UK school management information system (MIS) provider Bromcom has had a bad start to the academic year after its Azure-based service left staff struggling to track student attendance, let alone access contact details for parents and guardians.…

Henrik H sends us a short snippet, for a relative value of short.

We've all seen this method before, but this is a particularly good version of it:

public class CustomerController { public void MyAction(Customer customer) { // snip 125 lines if (customer.someProperty) _customerService.UpsertSomething(customer.Id, customer.Code, customer.Name, customer.Address1, customer.Address2, customer.Zip, customer.City, customer.Country, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, false, false, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, false, false, false, false, true, false, null, null, null, false, true, false, true, true, 0, false, false, false, false, customer.TemplateId, false, false, false, false, false, string.Empty, true, false, false, false, false, false, false, false, false, true, false, false, true, false, false, MiscEnum.Standard, false, false, false, true, null, null, null); else _customerService.UpsertSomething(customer.Id, customer.Code, customer.Name, customer.Address1, customer.Address2, customer.Zip, customer.City, customer.Country, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, false, false, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, false, false, false, false, true, false, null, null, null, false, false, false, true, true, 0, false, false, false, false, customer.TemplateId, false, false, false, false, false, string.Empty, true, false, false, false, false, false, false, false, true, true, false, false, true, false, false, MiscEnum.Standard, false, false, false, true, null, null, null); // snip 52 lines } }

Welcome to the world's most annoying "spot the difference" puzzle. I've added line breaks (as each UpsertSomething was all on one line in the original) to help you find it. Here's a hint: it's one of the boolean values. I'm sure that narrows it down for you. It means the original developed didn't need the if/else and instead could have simply passed customer.someProperty as a parameter.

Henrick writes:

While on a simple assignment to help a customer migrate from .NET Framework to .NET core, I encountered this code. The 3 lines are unfortunately pretty representative for the codebase

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British relationship expert Tracey Cox speaks to women about their experiences of dating short men.

Italy could be in for a very glamorous First Lady at the helm in the not too-distant future - as Prince Emanuele Filiberto has hinted he may relaunch his politics bid. 

A House vote on releasing the government's remaining files on Jeffrey Epstein is inevitable, the Republican pushing paperwork claims.

A young hoon accused of running down nine wombats in his ute has lashed out at media after being convicted of drink driving.

The road was closed in both directions

Prince Harry, who celebrates his 41st birthday today, was once known as the 'party prince', a nickname he gained after one too many Boujis nights out in his teens.

Sarah Russell, 33, routinely shares snippets from her life on TikTok where 33,000 people follow her updates.

The huge development also includes plans for a new primary school

A brazen Royal Caribbean passenger has been accused of hurling himself off the cruise ship to skip out on paying off more than $16,000 in gambling debt.

King Charles officially ascended the British throne three years ago today (September 10) and issued a heartbreaking address to the nation following the death of Queen Elizabeth II