81 m. ago New 25m pool, gym and fitness studio open as part of major Llanelli development

Canolfan Pentre Awel is the first phase of the £218m Pentre Awel project which will spread over an area equal to 40 rugby pitches

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81 m. ago Jon Rahm has last laugh as Rory McIlroy left in the dust after incredible £13m year

Rory McIlroy had the best year of his career by becoming the Masters champion and helping Team Europe win an away Ryder Cup, but Jon Rahm outearned him once again

Economics

3 h. ago 'I watched Katie Price name alleged celeb rapist – she looked ill and stressed'

A Katie Price fan who allegedly attended one of the reality TV star's live shows has claimed that she "looked tiny, almost like a little doll" and as though she was "under a lot of stress"

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4 h. ago Scientists FINALLY discover why women are more prone to developing dementia

A new study has pinpointed why women are more likely to develop Alzheimer's Disease-and it all comes down to sex chromosomes.

Politics

5 h. ago AI robotics firm raises funding with help from Scottish National Investment Bank

Launchpad opened a research and development centre in Edinburgh last year, solidifying ties with the city.

Economics

6 h. ago Blue, Yoda originally was, archival Star Wars sources reveal

Review of screenplay, novel, and comics suggests film-makers made late decision to make diminutive Jedi master green“You must unlearn what you have learned,” Jedi master Yoda instructed his stubborn apprentice, Luke Skywalker. And now Star Wars fans may have to do the same after confirmation that the beloved fictional alien was very nearly blue, or even purple.Reviews of archival sources – and new testimony from a special effects makeup artist who worked on the first Yoda puppets – suggest film-makers made a decision late in the development process to switch the character’s skin colour to green. Continue reading...

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6 h. ago Planning inquiry underway over controversial Brick Lane developments

Planning inspector to rule on long-running disputes in east London

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7 h. ago New Ayrshire homes move step closer as Church of Scotland sell land

Miller Homes have completed the purchase of 6.96 acres of land in Beith from the Church of Scotland as they progress with their Manse Field development

Politics

7 h. ago A tiny rhino foetus developed by IVF: Jon A Juárez’s best photograph

Only two female northern white rhinos are left – but neither can carry a pregnancy. So a surrogate was used. Tragically, the foetus didn’t reach full termThis photograph captures a moment of fragile hope: the world’s first IVF rhino pregnancy, a tiny foetus that reignited optimism among scientists fighting to save the northern white rhino from extinction. There are only two female northern white rhinos left on the planet – Najin and her daughter Fatu. Neither can carry a pregnancy due to health complications. The last male died in 2018 and that makes the species functionally extinct. For the past 15 years, the BioRescue Project – an international consortium dedicated to saving the species – has been collecting and preserving sperm from deceased males. Using this genetic material and egg cells from Fatu, they’ve created 38 embryos. It may sound like a lot, but it’s not. Since Najin and Fatu cannot carry a pregnancy, surrogate mothers are essential and it was decided to use southern w...

Culture

7 h. ago UK Government urged to ‘do the right thing’ and reject Rosebank development

Equinor, which owns the majority of the oil field, stressed it was committed to advancing the ‘Rosebank project’.

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7 h. ago Scientists assessed 267,000 children with developmental conditions. Here’s what they found

The study highlights the need for early intervention and support for children living with multiple neurodevelopmental conditions

Politics

8 h. ago ‘The city that draws the line’: one Arizona community’s fight against a massive data center

Questions grow over water and energy costs of warehouse of computers in Sonoran desert – but will Project Blue be stopped?A company’s opaque plan to build a massive data center outside Tucson, Arizona has roiled the desert city over the past few months, the latest US community to push back as tech companies aggressively seek to build out infrastructure for cloud computing and to power the AI boom.The proposed data center, known as Project Blue, would span 290 acres in Pima county, and become the biggest development ever in the county, or anywhere in the southern part of the state. Continue reading...

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8 h. ago ‘The city that draws the line’: one Arizona community’s fight against a huge datacenter

Questions grow over water and energy costs of warehouse of computers in Sonoran desert – but will Project Blue be stopped?A company’s opaque plan to build a huge datacenter outside Tucson, Arizona has roiled the desert city over the past few months, the latest US community to push back as tech companies aggressively seek to build out infrastructure for cloud computing and to power the AI boom.The proposed datacenter, known as Project Blue, would span 290 acres in Pima county, and become the biggest development ever in the county, or anywhere in the southern part of the state. Continue reading...

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8 h. ago Doctor with multiple sclerosis develops tablet making shoppers 'more focused'

One man said the tablets - developed by a doctor who studied at University of Edinburgh - have been a 'big help' for his procrastination issues

Economics

8 h. ago Environment impact report on controversial Rosebank oil field in North Sea revealed

Courts ordered the developers to resubmit plans with detail on emissions after the application was overturned earlier this year.

Politics

9 h. ago Experts pinpoint simple strength test can predict how at risk you are from liver disease and other illnesses

People who are overweight but have good muscle strength may be less likely to develop obesity-related heart, liver or kidney damage, new research has suggested.

Events

9 h. ago Groundbreaking ‘super vaccine’ could stop cancer from spreading entirely

Researchers say they have developed a novel ‘nanoparticle-based’ jab that can prevent melanoma, pancreatic and triple-negative breast cancer in mice

Politics

10 h. ago The significant but overlooked risk factor for developing breast cancer

Studies have found that women with dense breasts were nearly twice as likely to develop breast cancer than those with low breast density

Events

10 h. ago I always wondered about the little boy in the mysterious photo in my mother's house. Then, I found out he was my brother who was given up, now at 44, I've finally met him for the first time 

Mark Thorpe, 44, from East Norfolk, spotted a photograph of a baby beside his mother's bed as a child, and somehow knew it wasn't him.

Culture

10 h. ago More than 1,500 people displaced after typhoon remnants devastate Alaskan villages

At least one person was killed and two were missing after weekend storm battered two Alaska Native communitiesMore rain and wind were forecast Wednesday along the Alaska coast where two tiny villages were decimated by the remnants of Typhoon Halong and officials were scrambling to find shelter for more than 1,500 people driven from their homes.The weekend storm brought high winds and surf that battered the low-lying Alaska Native communities along the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta in the south-western part of the state, nearly 500 miles (800km) from Anchorage. Continue reading...

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