Still got a licence to thrill! Classic action stars like Bond and Rambo remain Brits' favourites - as poll shows we're all BORED of superhero flicks
The study of 2,000 people found that Brits enjoy more realistic heroics, with Sean Connery's James Bond coming out on top with 38 per cent of the vote.
MAIL ON SUNDAY COMMENT: Kemi needs more than Waitrose Woman - she needs Nigel Farage, too
Tory leader Kemi Badenoch can congratulate herself on the first stage of a job well done.
Ooh Betty, some pundits do 'ave 'em! Ian Wright dons beret for Samuel L Jackson look but ends up more like Frank Spencer
Wright's £69 black wool beret was a far more interesting talking point than England's straightforward 3-0 Nations League victory over Czechia.
UK must axe the pound if it wants to rejoin the European Union, senior MEP warns
Sandro Gozi MEP said he wanted to see Britain as part of a 'more integrated' European Union. But that would mean signing up to free movement of people and the euro
No weigh! Fury as Toby Carvery chef is filmed carefully weighing a slice of meat he was serving up
After being roasted by online critics, the restaurant chain insisted it was not taking a newly miserly approach to its usually generous portion size.
Revealed: Sam Fender is set to headline Glastonbury Festival next year
The official line-up for those paying at least £400 to attend will not be confirmed until the spring, but Fender is set to headline the festival's main Pyramid Stage.
Pressure grows on Andy Burnham to distance Labour from Manchester City financial scandal amid revelations politicians received £300,000 of freebies
Spread over a decade, the gifts came in the form of VIP match tickets, flights and luxury junkets to the Arab state where City's majority stakeholder Sheikh Mansour is deputy prime minister.
Erie gunman killed eight including pregnant woman and two children before barricading himself inside home in SWAT standoff as police say rampage is 'most heartbreaking scene they've ever encountered'
The suspected shooter barricaded himself inside a home before a police standoff ended with him dead, apparently after taking his own life with a gunshot.
DAN HODGES: A return of two-party politics... thanks to Greens turning toxic and a Reform party that has imploded
Two-party politics is back. Even just a few months ago that would have been a ludicrous statement to make. On March 23, Reform stood on top of the polls. Second were Zack Polanski's surging Greens.
Fed up with puddles on the floor and barks at the wind? Dog lovers can now pay £15,000 for a pre-trained six-month-old pup
Puddles on the floor, chewing the sofa and barking at the wind... it's all part of the joys, and frustrations, of training a new puppy. But dog lovers can now pay an £15,000 to avoid it altogether.
English Heritage rejects bid to honour Python star Graham Chapman with blue plaque amid drive to celebrate more ethnic minority figures
English Heritage has turned down a request to erect a blue plaque to celebrate the life and work of the former Python.
Up to 5,000 children in UK city to have social media limited for six weeks as part of new mental health study
The study, taking place across 12 schools in Bradford, aims to examine what impact restricting access to social media will have on the behaviour of children and teenagers.
How Disney's Dove Cameron found happily ever after with Måneskin frontman Damiano David after the brutal murder of her best friend, her dad's suicide and a depression battle
The actress, 30, tied the knot with Måneskin frontman Damiano David in a legal ceremony in Tuscany last Thursday.
Cocaine triggers mental health crises in record number of over-50s - as middle-class use of the drug spirals
Startling new statistics reveal hospitals in England treated 7,484 older people last year for problems linked to the Class A drug - up by a quarter in just 12 months.
Moment 'hated' cycling vigilante dodges traffic jam by following police car on a 999 call
Adrian Chapmanlaw is a Lib Dem councillor who cycles around Bournemouth, Dorset and uploads footage of what he considers bad driving to his social media page.
Nicolas Cage, 62, says he will 'probably not' work with 'AI-friendly' Amazon again as he claims he refused to sign their waiver for Spider-Noir
While speaking on a panel, Cage said, 'Amazon is a very AI-friendly company, to the tune of $50 billion invested in OpenAI,'
BBC orders James Blunt to remove post plugging £1,695 tweed suit he wore in opening episode of Celebrity Traitors
Days before the launch of the series, James Blunt, 52, uploaded on to his X account a BBC publicity shot of him in the suit.
AI Execs Game Out 'Political Revolt' after a Catastrophic AI Event
Top executives at Anthropic, OpenAI and other AI companies "are privately gaming out scenarios for a public and political revolt after a catastrophic AI event," reports Axios, one that turns "an already wary public further against the technology and its leaders..."
These AI company executives "anticipate a large-scale event, most likely a cyberattack, that shuts down access to financial services, internet connectivity, or even power and water..." the article points out.
"Many top AI researchers and executives believe a major incident is inevitable.
"OpenAI conducts preparedness exercises where teams discuss and work through a range of potential scenarios," a company spokesperson said. "These scenarios are not treated as inevitable, but are meant to help us prepare for a variety of circumstances." Anthropic declined to comment...
Top AI planners assume Democrats, ascendant after the midterms, will move fast to shut down AI but will face significant challenges... The planning involves red-teaming for worst-case scenarios. It focuses mainly on racing to educate members of Congress. Company executives know regulation has no chance of passing right now, but still want to shape the legislation and policies U.S. leaders will turn to after a first catastrophic event....
Many AI industry insiders told Axios they believe a major event will occur in the next six to 12 months.
"Even with Democrats in control of the House and Senate, the companies see fractured politics as the norm, including within the Democratic Party."
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Reform UK accuses prison of 'working against patriotic British people' after refusing to remove books that help foreign criminals gain British citizenship
Zia Yusuf claimed that 'the establishment is working against patriotic British people' after a designated specifically for foreign prisoners refused to remove the books and practice papers.
Family of murdered toddler James Bulger 'threaten legal action' after being barred from his killer Jon Venables' parole hearing
Two-year-old James was tortured and murdered by Jon Venables and his accomplice Robert Thompson at a shopping centre near Liverpool in 1993.