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The tech mogul is said to be weighing up with his allies on how the Labour government can be destabilised by the next general election.

Couples can divorce within six months of applying, but financial settlements are dealt with in a separate process that can take much longer. Here's what you need to know...

Of the current generation of 18-21 year olds, four million were not taught how to properly manage their finances according to Santander.

You wouldn't think this tiny hamlet raised one of pop's biggest names today

Scientists said the world just reached a grim milestone: the first full year where global temperatures exceeded 1.5C above pre-industrial times. Reuters reports: The milestone was confirmed by the European Union's Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), which said climate change is pushing the planet's temperature to levels never before experienced by modern humans. "The trajectory is just incredible," C3S director Carlo Buontempo told Reuters, describing how every month in 2024 was the warmest or second-warmest for that month since records began. The planet's average temperature in 2024 was 1.6 degrees Celsius higher than in 1850-1900, the "pre-industrial period" before humans began burning CO2-emitting fossil fuels on a large scale, C3S said. Last year was the world's hottest since records began, and each of the past ten years was among the ten warmest on record. Britain's Met Office confirmed 2024's likely breach of 1.5C, while estimating a slightly lower average temperature of 1.53C for the year. U.S. scientists will also publish their 2024 climate data on Friday. Governments promised under the 2015 Paris Agreement to try to prevent average temperatures exceeding 1.5C, to avoid more severe and costly climate disasters. The first year above 1.5C does not breach that target, which measures the longer-term average temperature. Buontempo said rising greenhouse gas emissions meant the world was on track to soon also blow past the Paris goal - but that it was not too late for countries to rapidly cut emissions to avoid warming rising further to disastrous levels. "It's not a done deal. We have the power to change the trajectory from now on," Buontempo said.

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Many A-list celebrities have lost their stunning multi-million dollar mansions in Los Angeles due to the Pacific Palisades and Hollywood Hills fires.

Someone online said we run a Mickey Mouse outfit. Angered beyond words, we consulted legal@disney.com and they threatened to find that guy and sue him. So to anyone else who thinks this column is Goofy, you should know that the world's definitive authorities insist that it absolutely is not.

But these guys? This website actually is kind of goofy, according to resolutioner Adam R. who crowed "Someone forgot to localize some text for the new year!"

 

Fellow resolutioner Brian says he "decided to learn some new skills for the new year, and this came up as part of the introductory lesson. Tip #1: pick a competent vendor."

 

"The unread email count was unusually high for a Sunday," noted an anonymous reader. Is "email inflation" a thing?

 

Greek Paul K. comes bearing this gift "Oh sure, lets leave debug on production, what's the worst it can happen? Greek museum fail."

 

"Maths is hard," muses Matthew S. "but the easy solution is just to make 42 be the answer to everything!"

 

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She even lost 18.5lbs in her first week at Slimming World

A coroner is writing to the Health Secretary urging him to boost pharmacists' prescription powers after a two-year-old girl's sepsis death.

Ministers have also put out a 'call for evidence' about the controversial practice of 'dynamic pricing' on official ticketing sites, which caused fury during the summer when tickets went on sale.

Producer Judy Craymer has been talking for nearly five years about making Mamma Mia 3 - following the billion dollar success of the first two films in 2008 and 2018.

The centre, the first in the UK, is aimed at ensuring addicts have medical back-up on hand when they take class A drugs, rather than risking overdose on the street.

Shaun Ryder, most famous for his time as the front man of Happy Mondays and Black Grape, with anthems like Step On, Twenty Four Hour Party People, Kinky Afro and Kelly's Heroes, will be bringing his countrywide tour to the town

Some closures from January 10 to 12 on the M25, A12 and Dartford Crossing may affect some Essex drivers this weekend.

Plunging donations have led to a ‘critical’ shortfall in cash

Some closures from January 10 to 12 on the M25, A12 and Dartford Crossing may affect some Essex drivers this weekend.

Everything in Australia is deadly, in this case giant eagles guarding eggs in places wireless broadband techs need to reach

Australia’s National Broadband Network has started building bird’s nests.…

Elon Musk's controversial tweets were likely to feature at last night's private dinner between Sir Keir Starmer and Emmanuel Macron.

Aerial views from the once-bustling neighborhoods of Los Angeles showed a sorry sight - lavish homes obliterated, soot-covered streets, and eviscerated vegetation.

Walter Buchanan, 66, appeared in the dock yesterday charged with killing 37-year-old Darrel Buchanan (pictured) at their flat in Hamilton on February 18, 2023.