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Clacton has had its fair share of criticism, but I actually think it deserves a much better reputation

At the Royal Ascot in 2017, footage captured the Princess of Wales appearing to be far from welcoming towards Beatrice when she attempted to join the chatter.

Justin Bieber and wife Hailey Bieber's Friday night dinner at Sushi Park in West Hollywood ended on a sour note. 

Dame Uta Frith, who pioneered research that underpins autism, warned the expansion of the label to include people who suffer from conditions such as anxiety has brought the framework to 'collapse'.

When 42-year-old Frazer Downes moved into his new-build home in September, he couldn't have been happier. He'd bought the house for £350,000 - a fair price, or so he thought.

How many Node.js users are running unsupported or outdated versions. Roughly two thirds, according to data from Node's nonprofit steward, OpenJS. So they've announced "the Node.js LTS Upgrade and Modernization program" to help enterprises move safely off legacy/end-of-life Node.js. "This program gives enterprises a clear, trusted path to modernize," said the executive director of the OpenJS Foundation, "while staying aligned with the Node.js project and community." The Node.js LTS Upgrade and Modernization program connects organizations with experienced Node.js service providers who handle the work of upgrading safely. Approved partners assess current versions and dependencies, manage phased upgrades to supported LTS releases, and offer temporary security support when immediate upgrades are not possible... Partners are surfaced exactly where users go when upgrades become unavoidable, including the Node.js website, documentation, and end of life guidance. The program follows the existing OpenJS Ecosystem Sustainability Program revenue model, with partners retaining 85% of revenue and 15% supporting OpenJS and Node.js through Open Collective and foundation operations. OpenJS provides the guardrails, alignment, and oversight to keep the program credible and connected to the project. We're pleased to welcome NodeSource as the inaugural partner in the Node.js LTS Upgrade and Modernization program. "The goal is simple: reduce risk without breaking production or trust with the upstream project."

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Mr. T was one of the most unforgettable stars of the 1980s, famous for his towering muscles, trademark mohawk and stacks of chunky gold chains that weighed 40 pounds. 

Cristel Camila Garcia, 28, suffered fatal injuries after falling 15ft to the ground when she crashed off an amusement park slide, which opened just two weeks ago, to the ground below.

Nobody will face prosecution over the deaths of young soldiers at the Deepcut army barracks, after a six-year investigation into allegations of abuse.

Activist Kellie-Jay Keen was ordered to leave the Albert Hall in Nottingham on Friday following reports that members of the public were 'upset'.

As a mother to three daughters, I can confirm there is no fashion critic harsher than a teenage girl. My daughters could sometimes give Anna Wintour a run for her money.

The former glamour model, 47, shocked fans last month when she married the businessman, 43, following a whirlwind one-week romance.

Where did towns and villages within the Braintree district get their names from? History and origins revealed.

A round-up of the latest cases heard at North Essex Magistrates Court in Chelmsford.

She was last seen getting off a bus in Brightlingsea

My wife is a stay-at-home mom and she's never hinted at being dissatisfied by that fact. But lately, I think she's grown bored of her day-to-day.

Residents from Abbey Wood, London , say they have been unable to park outside their homes, with cars being left on pavements.

The tragic love story of John F Kennedy Jr and his wife Carolyn Bessette has recently reached new audiences thanks to Ryan Murphy's TV adaptation. 

The demonstration was fuelled by local anger over fears Britain's sovereign bases have jeopardised the safety of Cypriots following a drone attack on RAF Akrotiri last Sunday.

When Block cut 4,000 jobs — nearly half its workforce — co-founder Jack Dorsey "pointed to AI as the culprit," writes Entrepreneur magazine. "Dorsey claimed that AI tools now allow fewer employees to accomplish the same work." "But analysts see a different explanation: poor management." Block more than tripled its employee base between 2019 and 2022, growing from 3,835 to 12,430 workers. The company's stock had fallen 40% since early 2025, creating pressure to cut costs. "This is more about the business being bloated for so long than it is about AI," Zachary Gunn, a Financial Technology Partners analyst, told Bloomberg. The phenomenon has earned a nickname: "AI-washing," where companies use artificial intelligence as cover for traditional cost-cutting. Goldman Sachs economists estimate that AI is eliminating only 5,000 to 10,000 jobs per month across all U.S. sectors, hardly enough to justify Block's massive cuts. "European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde told lawmakers in Brussels last week that ECB economists are monitoring for signs that AI is causing job losses," reports Bloomberg, "and are 'not yet seeing' the 'waves of redundancies that are feared'..." And "a recent survey of global executives published in the Harvard Business Review found that while AI has been cited as the reason for some layoffs, those cuts are almost entirely anticipatory: executives expect big efficiency gains that have not yet been realized." Even a former senior Block executive "is questioning whether AI is truly the reason behind the cuts," writes Inc.: In a recent opinion piece for The New York Times, Aaron Zamost, Block's former head of communications, policy, and people, asked whether the layoffs reflect a genuine "new reality in which the work they do might no longer be viable," or whether artificial intelligence is "just a convenient and flashy new cover for typical corporate downsizing." Zamost acknowledged that the answer is unclear and perhaps unknowable, even within Block itself... Looking more closely at the layoffs, Zamost argued that the specific roles affected suggest more traditional corporate cost-cutting than a sweeping AI transformation... Many of the responsibilities being eliminated, he argued, rely on distinctly human skills that AI systems still cannot replicate. "A chatbot can't meet with the mayor, cast commercial actors, or negotiate with the Securities and Exchange Commission," Zamost wrote. "Not all the roles I've heard that Block is eliminating can be handled by AI, yet executives are treating it as equally useful today to all disciplines." Ultimately, Zamost suggested that the sincerity of companies' AI explanations may not really matter. "It matters less whether a company knows how to deploy AI and more whether investors believe it is on track to do so," he wrote. Indeed, whatever the rationale for Dorsey's statement, " Wall Street didn't seem to mind..." Entrepreneur magazine — since Block's stock shot up 15% after the announcement.

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