39 minutes ago F1 Las Vegas GP LIVE: Max Verstappen seals 2024 title as George Russell wins thrilling race

F1 live updates from Vegas on a day where Verstappen claimed the 2024 drivers title

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39 minutes ago Max Verstappen wins 2024 F1 title in Las Vegas to join elite list of drivers

The Red Bull driver claimed his fourth consecutive crown under the bright lights of Sin City

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52 minutes ago Hundreds of alerts after three died in Storm Bert and weather continues

Weather warnings remain in place with some set to see up to 15cm of rain today

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61 minutes ago Carlos Sainz loses patience with Ferrari at Las Vegas GP: ‘Wake up guys!’

The Ferrari driver, who is leaving at the end of the season, was angry with his team in Vegas

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70 minutes ago AI increasingly used for sextortion, scams and child abuse, says senior UK police chief

The fast-developing technology is providing opportunities in ‘any crime type’ – and police must ‘move fast’ to catch upPaedophiles, scammers, hackers and criminals of all kinds are increasingly exploiting artificial intelligence (AI) to target victims in new and harmful ways, a senior police chief has warned.Alex Murray, the national police lead for AI, said that the use of the technology was growing rapidly because of its increasing accessibility and that police had to “move fast” to keep on top of the threat. Continue reading...

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1 hour ago F1 Las Vegas GP LIVE: Race updates, stream and times as Max Verstappen closes in on title

F1 live updates from Vegas on a day where Max Verstappen could claim the 2024 drivers title

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2 hours ago Crisis 'nowhere near over' as one in three Scots families need to borrow for emergencies

Scots have listened to Keir Starmer’s warning the economy will get worse before it improves as it emerges that families with children are struggling to fix emergencies without borrowing.

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2 hours ago UK jobcentres not fit for purpose, says Liz Kendall ahead of major reforms

The work and pensions secretary is to overhaul benefits system, pushing young people into work or educationBritain’s network of jobcentres has become a hollowed-out “benefit administration service” that is shunned by employers and jobseekers alike, a cabinet minister has warned before a government overhaul of out-of-work support that will oblige young people to take up education or employment.In an interview with the Observer, Liz Kendall, the work and pensions secretary, warned that the nation’s 650 jobcentres are no longer “fit for purpose” and need to become hubs for those looking for work or a better position, as well as those dependent on welfare. Reforms to integrate the jobcentre network with healthcare and careers services in England will be unveiled this week, as part of a long...

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2 hours ago For now, let’s revel in Bluesky’s promised land and kid ourselves it will never get like X | Tim Adams

Watching the numbers migrate from Elon Musk’s toxic platform is addictive, but the best social media is finiteThe fabulous Carol Vorderman got me briefly hooked last week in watching a particular number increase by the second. The number was the user count for the social media site Bluesky, the chosen distraction engine for those who can no longer stomach the toxic inanity of Elon Musk’s X. Most days, the ticker on the screen suggested the number of new Bluesky users had grown by about a million. And, of course, the newbies, inevitably myself included, revelled in the latest online promised land, a place where things would be done differently – with kindness and respect – without quite acknowledging the fact that, as yet, no platform which confuses a venture capitalist’s favourite metri...

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2 hours ago Celtic Invincible's pain at missing Parkhead return as he warns Club Brugge are on for a Champions League shock

Former Hoops Dedryck Boyata is now with Brugge and admits Celtic stint was best of his career.

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