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The Liverpool City Region mayor is among those warning Andy Burnham and Chancellor John Healey against 'irreparable damage' to the UK's science capabilities.

Charity confirms slew of security improvements as it waits for UK.gov's go-ahead

Christmas markets across the country have been called off as local festive events struggle with funding issues and dwindling volunteer numbers.

The budget airline has struck a deal with the tech billionaire, in a move that comes months after he became embroiled in a very public war of words with the boss of one of its biggest rivals.

The child had been “deliberately starved” and “kept prisoner” in a room which he described as “little more than a cupboard with a window”

This year's downsizers are shunning the traditional spots for the commuter belt and cheaper coastal settings.

I've had tinnitus since contracting Covid five years ago but it's got worse. My doctor says nothing can be done. Can you help? Dr Martin Scurr replies...

The Office star Lucy Davis has decided to make the most out of life after being diagnosed with incurable breast cancer. 

SRAM-like bandwidth, DRAM-like density, and NAND-like manufacturing: Z2RAM makes big promises, but the road ahead is arduous and littered with the ruins of failed memory vendors

The Christmas market is dubbed 'the ultimate destination for festive family fun'

Changing the sheets is a chore that many of us dread. However, scientists are urging people who live in busy cities to increase the frequency of their washes - to cope with the bedbug crisis.

Battery replacement gets the thumbs up, but it all hinges on dust. A conventional phone might be better bet for home repairers

When Scott Mills was sacked from the BBC in April, Radio 2 bosses turned to their veteran presenter, Sara Cox, to take his coveted seat on the Breakfast Show.

Mayer said that late last year she was struggling to come up with three bullet points to summarize what made her daughter special to give to her teacher.

Kotaku reports: r/opensource, Reddit's primary "subreddit for everything open source related," has banned all AI-assisted and AI-related projects.... As reported by The Verge, the subreddit's October 24 post, titled "Your tokens aren't valuable: No more AI," features four new main rules: all projects must now be at least "1 year old," have "multiple contributors," be posted by someone who must "speak English," and cannot be "made by" or "intended for" AI... [T]he ban on AI is simple; as the subreddit's moderators explain, "AI, as it exists today, is incongruent to this Open Source community." Unsurprisingly, this is the part that's upset the majority of the users in the thread.... [T]he moderator who posted the new guidelines stated in a separate comment that the overwhelmingly negative response is due to "some guy on twitter claiming to be alternative news" who posted an "opinionated editorial pointing hundreds of people to the thread." Given the timing of when the thread was posted, alongside the fact that the X post in question mentions "the Linux kernel," they are presumably referring to this post by The Lunduke Journal. The moderator may be correct, as almost all of the top comments on the post are from users who have never posted in r/opensource before. The use of AI "doesn't change whether something is open source or not," complained one commenter, who added "I guess Linux is no longer allowed here? Linus uses AI for kernel development now." The moderator has since updated their post to acknowledge that Redditors have now already created a rival community called r/OpenSourceAIAllowed — plus three more alternatives: r/TrueOpenSource r/OpenSourceWare r/ActuallyOpenSource UPDATE (10/26): Monday saw a new comment from the moderator stressing that "Adjustments will be made." "Linux is not, nor could conceivably ever be banned. Interpreting any set of rules as such is simply bad faith. Someone's pet project pumped out in two claude code session limits will not be welcome. The line is somewhere between those, and it will likely move over time from continuous feedback. "We will cater to humans, and as many and as inclusively as possible. No rule will ever target or favor any ethnicity or social strata."

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Analysis has revealed 15 criminal prosecutions brought against 25 rural workers, farmers and hunt volunteers have collapsed or ended with an acquittal in the last six years.

The judge, 52, has recalled the 'brutal' moment he was sacked from MasterChef The Professionals.

 A 10-year-old girl in Argentina was found to be six months pregnant after she was taken to hospital with a stomach ache.

Travellers to Tanzania and Kenya will now have to pay a mandatory insurance fee before entering the countries.