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The award-winning community choirs aim to raise vital funds for veterans and their families during this 80th anniversary of VE Day.

The Bank of England has voted to cut interest rates by 0.25 basis points, which will be welcome news to those with a mortgage.

Hailing from 70 different countries, the 133-strong group of cardinals gathered in the Vatican for the centuries old-ritual to elect the 267th pontiff following the death of Pope Francis last month.

Wikipedia is taking legal action against the UK's new Online Safety Act regulations it says could threaten the safety of its volunteer editors and their ability to keep harmful content off the site. From a report: The Wikimedia Foundation -- the non-profit which supports the online encyclopaedia -- is seeking a judicial review of rules which could mean Wikipedia is subjected to the toughest duties required of websites under the act. Lead counsel Phil Bradley-Schmieg said it was "unfortunate that we must now defend the privacy and safety of Wikipedia's volunteer editors from flawed legislation." The government told the BBC it was committed to implementing the act but could not comment on ongoing legal proceedings. It's thought this is the first judicial review to be brought against the new online safety laws - albeit a narrow part of them - but experts say it may not be the last. "The Online Safety Act is vast in scope and incredibly complex," Ben Packer, a partner at law firm Linklaters, told the BBC. The law would inevitably have impacts on UK citizens' freedom of expression and other human rights, so as more of it comes into force "we can expect that more challenges may be forthcoming," he told the BBC.

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For lots of people, summer dressing can be a bit daunting. In the warmer months, high street shops fill up with skimpy tops, tiny shorts, and barely-there summer dresses.

The TV presenter, 35, revealed last month that she could lose her beloved dog Teddy, a cocker spaniel, in the coming weeks.

A 68-year-old father accused of drugging his two daughters with drugs and systematically raping them for a year has been arrested by Brazilian police.

Former President Biden gave a halting and mumbling performance on The View as he and Jill Biden gave their first joint interview since leaving the White House.

Nvidia co-founder and chief executive officer Jensen Huang did not do his OEM and ODM partners, who are the company’s main route to bring the infrastructure underpinning GPU systems to market, any favors when he suggested its “Hopper” GPU platforms would be blown away by their “Blackwell” kickers. …

Supermicro Hiccups On Hopper, Pulls $40 Billion Guidance For Fiscal 2026 was written by Timothy Prickett Morgan at The Next Platform.

A Yorkshire man who is terminally ill with two brain tumours completed the London Marathon in an astonishing three hours and 16 minutes, less than a year after he lost the ability to walk.

Steven Deobald certainly talks the talk

The GNOME Foundation has hired a new executive director to lead the organization, acting as GNOME's public face and leading the non-profit's fundraising efforts.…

The Love Island host, 30, and the rap star, 31, announced their shock split in July after taking to Instagram with a joint statement

Plastic producers have pushed "advanced recycling" as a salve to the plastic waste crisis despite knowing for years that it is not a technically or economically feasible solution, a new report argues. The Guardian: Advanced recycling, also known as chemical recycling, refers to a variety of processes used to break plastics into their constituent molecules. The industry has increasingly promoted these technologies, as public concern about the environmental and health effects of plastic pollution has grown. Yet the rollout of these technologies has been plagued by problems, according to a new analysis from the Center for Climate Integrity (CCI), a fossil-fuel accountability advocacy group. "The companies make it sound like it's pretty great, like it's something we should pursue," said Davis Allen, investigative researcher at the CCI and author of the report. "But they know the problems, the limitations." The new analysis follows a 2024 CCI report which alleged that plastic producers concealed the problems with traditional recycling, and argued that they could face legal ramifications for doing so. That earlier research was cited in a September lawsuit filed by California's attorney general, Rob Bonta, against ExxonMobil for its role in the plastic pollution crisis. "The new report focuses on this modern deception with advanced recycling, which has become a real focus for the industry in recent years," said Davis.

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Don't get me wrong. Drunk men are awful, too; they fight, fall over and get lairy. But they don't draw my ire because I can't recognise myself in them. In drunk women, I see a mirror of a past I'd rather forget.

Cocky drug boss Damon Greenslade, who operated a line that flooded the streets of Cheshire with cocaine, MDMA, cannabis and other illicit substances, has been jailed for 16 years.

The Leader of the Commons sparked fury by suggesting during a radio show last week that group-based child abuse was a 'dog whistle' issue.

Just as well I'm not an immigrant, or I'd be on the first plane out. Under Labour 's latest gimmick, anyone coming to work in the UK will have to attain a command of English to A-level standard.

Follow Mail Sport's live blog for the latest score, team news and updates as Andy Farrell is set to name his full squad for the  2025 British and Lions tour of Australia.

When shopping for a fashion-forward wedding guest outfit, your first thought probably isn't John Lewis. Perhaps if you're the mother of the bride, but a chic occasion outfit? Less so.

by George Whittaker

Ubuntu has long relied on APT and DEB packages for software management, with Snap becoming increasingly prevalent in recent releases. However, a third contender has risen to prominence in the Linux world: Flatpak. Designed as a universal software packaging and distribution framework, Flatpak offers a fresh, sandboxed approach to application management that works seamlessly across distributions. In this article, we’ll dive into how to manage software with Flatpak on Ubuntu, providing everything you need to get started, optimize your workflow, and compare it with existing solutions.

What is Flatpak?

Flatpak is a modern application packaging system developed by the Free Desktop Project. Its goal is to enable the distribution of desktop applications in a sandboxed environment, ensuring greater security, consistency, and compatibility across Linux distributions.

Key Benefits of Flatpak

• Cross-distribution compatibility: A single Flatpak package works on any Linux distribution with Flatpak support.

• Sandboxing: Applications run in isolation, reducing the risk of affecting or being affected by other software or the host system.

• Bundle dependencies: Flatpak packages include all necessary dependencies, reducing compatibility issues.

• Version control: Developers can ship and maintain multiple versions easily.

Limitations

• Storage overhead: Applications may use more disk space due to bundled runtimes.

• Redundancy: Ubuntu users already have Snap, which can lead to confusion or duplication.

Installing Flatpak on Ubuntu

Although Flatpak isn't pre-installed on Ubuntu, setting it up is straightforward.

Step 1: Install Flatpak

Open a terminal and run:

sudo apt update sudo apt install flatpak

Step 2: Install GNOME Software Plugin (Optional)

To integrate Flatpak apps into the Ubuntu Software GUI:

sudo apt install gnome-software-plugin-flatpak

This step allows Flatpak apps to appear alongside APT and Snap apps in GNOME Software.

Step 3: Reboot or Log Out

Restart your session to apply system changes and enable Flatpak integration fully.

Adding the Flathub Repository

Most Flatpak applications are hosted on Flathub, the central repository for Flatpak packages.

To add Flathub:

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