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Officials suggested about 10 per cent of roles would be scrapped by 2030 as Ms Reeves and Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer look to shrink the size of the state.

The Love Island star, 25, is currently soaking up the sun at an unknown location, while Sam is back home preparing for both Soccer Aid and his latest challenge.

After he signed the agreement to hand over sovereignty of the islands to Mauritius last week, Sir Keir Starmer claimed that Russia, China, Iran were opposed to the deal.

No formal attribution made but two separate probes hint at the same suspect

Thousands of Asus routers are currently ensnared by a new botnet that is trying to disable Trend Micro security features before exploiting vulnerabilities for backdoor access.…

A lack of places means 15 children starting primary school in the town have to go else where

No, that's not someone on your team who doesn't pull their weight

Salesforce is promising every Slack user a "digital teammate" to help with tasks such as providing summaries of channels and taking notes from meetings. And responding to office banter on the user's behalf, The Register can only assume.…

Unloading a supermarket shop from the boot of his car outside his house a few months ago, Zeke Iddon panicked as a stranger approached, out of nowhere, and grabbed one of his bags of food.

Harriet has been keen to keep their relationship out of the spotlight since finding fame.

The male holidaymaker, travelling onboard a TUI flight from Gran Canaria, Spain to Birmingham , on Tuesday morning, left dozens of passengers and flight attendants terrified.

Hannah Smaile, 25 (pictured) was charged after officers were called to an address in Carlisle at around 9.30am yesterday.

President Donald Trump has threatened to withhold federal funding from states that permit young transgender athletes to compete against girls at the scholastic level.

'They went off and they got married at the church,' he said. 'They just had the two of them and the preacher. They had a quiet little thing. So, I think we'll have like a big party or something.'

California's battery power capacity rose from 500 megawatts in 2018 to nearly 16,000 megawatts in 2025. Nearly a quarter of America's battery capacity is now in California alone, according to Bloomberg. At their daily peak around 8pm, batteries can provide as much as 30% of the state's electricity. The batteries charge in the afternoon when solar power is cheap and release energy in the evenings when Californians get home and crank up their air conditioners. In the middle of the day, when the sun is strongest, as much as three-quarters of the state's electricity can come from solar. California relied on regulation to achieve this scale. In 2013, the California Public Utilities Commission ordered the state's three big investor-owned utilities to procure 1,325 megawatts of energy storage by 2020 to help meet renewable targets and stabilize the grid. That goal was easily met. Mark Jacobson, an engineering professor at Stanford University, told Economist that most days this year contained periods when solar, hydropower and wind, helped by batteries, met 100% of California's demand -- even though just 54% of the state's electricity generation comes from renewables.

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The officer was scalded with liquid straight from a kettle after he entered an inmate's cell at HMP Whitemoor in Cambridgeshire.

by George Whittaker

Linux is a treasure trove of powerful tools, many of which remain undiscovered by casual users. While staples like grep, awk, sed, and top dominate tutorials and guides, there's a second layer of utilities—lesser-known yet immensely powerful—that can dramatically improve your daily efficiency and control over your system.

In this article, we dive into 10 underrated Linux tools that can help you streamline your workflow, improve productivity, and unlock new levels of system mastery. Whether you’re a developer, sysadmin, or Linux hobbyist, these tools deserve a place in your arsenal.

1. fd: Find Files Fast with Simplicity

The traditional find command is incredibly powerful but notoriously verbose and complex. Enter fd, a modern, user-friendly alternative.

Why It Stands Out

• Cleaner syntax (fd pattern instead of find . -name pattern)

• Recursive by default

• Colorized output

• Ignores .gitignore files for cleaner results

Example

fd ".conf"

Finds all files containing .conf in the name, starting from the current directory.

Use Case

Quickly locate configuration files, scripts, or assets without navigating nested directories or crafting complex expressions.

2. bat: cat on Steroids

bat is a drop-in replacement for cat with superpowers. It adds syntax highlighting, Git integration, and line numbers to your file viewing experience.

Why It Stands Out

• Syntax highlighting for dozens of languages

• Git blame annotations

• Works as a pager with automatic line wrapping

Example

bat /etc/ssh/sshd_config

You’ll get a beautifully highlighted and numbered output, much easier to parse than with cat.

Use Case

Perfect for reading scripts, configs, and logs with visual clarity—especially helpful during debugging or code reviews.

3. ripgrep: Blazing-Fast Text Search

Also known as rg, ripgrep is a command-line search tool that recursively searches your current directory for a regex pattern, similar to grep—but much faster and more intuitive.

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Essex Police has announced that the neighbourhood policing team in the Braintree district will be strengthened.

A media personality who appealed a decision to keep lemurs at her farm near Braintree will receive a decision next week.

The heart-warming encounter included a one-week-old kid that quickly stole the show.

The first 100 customers will also get free wings

WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT. John Davies, 45, discussed in 'graphic detail' how he would carry out the abuse, with the parent even arranging for him to stay at her home to carry out the sordid act.