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Pupils at a secondary school in Bognor Regis, West Sussex, were described by family as being left upset when kept inside and unable to call parents.

Finding yourself more sniffly than usual as the weather grows chillier? Don't just dismiss it as a common winter cold, say experts.

Olympic gender-row boxer Lin Yu-ting controversially romped to victory on her return to the ring on Tuesday night, knocking out a 19-year-old female university student in just 94 seconds.

The end is nigh, now get thee to 365

Microsoft will kill Office Online Server next year, creating a headache for anyone using on-premises Office web applications and the beleaguered holdouts sticking with Skype for Business Server.…

The girl's body was found at an address on Middle Street in Islip, Oxfordshire, yesterday.

Burcu Yesilyurt, from Kew, west London, said she tipped a small amount of the drink from her reusable cup down the road gully as she didn't want to spill it on the bus.

Anja has already been working as a model for Burberry and Vogue, and looks to have a promising career in front of her in Hollywood.

Always says safety is their 'top priority' after dozens of women claimed online that using their sanitary towels left them with painful, agonising burns.

Google announced Wednesday that its quantum computer achieved the first verifiable quantum advantage, running a new algorithm 13,000 times faster than a top supercomputer. The algorithm, called Quantum Echoes, was published in the journal Nature. The results can be replicated on another quantum computer of similar quality, something Google had not demonstrated before. The quantum computer uses a chip called Willow, which was announced in December 2024. Hartmut Neven, head of Google's Quantum AI research lab, called the work a demonstration of the first algorithm with verifiable quantum advantage and a milestone on the software track. Michel H. Devoret, who won this year's Nobel Prize in Physics and joined Google in 2023, said future quantum computers will run calculations impossible with classical algorithms. Google stopped short of claiming the work would have practical uses on its own. Instead, the company said Quantum Echoes demonstrated a technique that could be applied to other algorithms in drug discovery and materials science. A second paper published Wednesday on arXiv showed how the method could be applied to nuclear magnetic resonance. The experiment involved a relatively small quantum system that fell short of full practical quantum advantage because it was not able to work faster than a traditional computer. Google exhaustively red-teamed the research, putting some researchers to work trying to disprove its own results. Prineha Narang, a professor at UCLA, called the advance meaningful. The quantum computer tested two molecules, one with 15 atoms and another with 28 atoms. Results on the quantum computer matched traditional NMR and revealed information not usually available from NMR. Google's research competes against Microsoft, IBM, universities and efforts in China. The Chinese government has committed more than $15.2 billion to quantum research. Previous claims of quantum advantage have been met with skepticism.

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The 60 year old and Ashley James, 38, appeared on the ITV show to chat to hosts Ben Shephard, 50, and Cat Deeley, 48, about the latest headlines - but the mood soon soured.

'I don't think it’s good for anybody, it wouldn't be good for me'

Two men have been arrested after a man sustained a head injury at a Fleetwood Mac tribute concert.

Zelensky urged the European Union and the United States to put more pressure on Vladimir Putin after overnight Russian missiles killed six people, including two children.

Victoria Beckham was asked about her husband David's affair with Rebecca Loos in a no-holds-barred chat with Call Her Daddy podcast host Alex Cooper on Wednesday.

Hundreds of protesters clashed with police last night outside the CityWest Hotel in Dublin, which houses asylum seekers.

The 45-year-old was held in the commune of Saint-Molf, north of Guerande, by an 82-year-old man and a 60-year-old woman who have since been charged with 'abduction with torture or acts of barbarism'.

Researchers found that users felt 'shame' when they logged unhealthy foods and disappointment when not meeting their goals.

Kate Cassidy was heckled by a male admirer as she posted a bizarre video of her navel piecing on Instagram on Wednesday. 

Alex Lloyd, 51, head of sixth form at The Bishop of Winchester Academy in Bournemouth, Dorset, made the remarks during a lesson on honour killings.

The change appeared on updated details of Sarah Ferguson's company Planet Partners Productions Limited - days after her title was also scrubbed from the bio of her social media profiles.