8 h. ago Grand National 2025: Olympian sees 'unruly' horse banned from running at Aintree

James Manclark's horse Mr Incredible will not be allowed to race in the Grand National at Aintree this weekend after the British Horseracing Authority cited safety concerns

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28 h. ago Authors call for UK government to hold Meta accountable for copyright infringement

‘I am a crime writer, I understand theft,’ said Val McDermid – joining Richard Osman, Kazuo Ishiguro and Kate Mosse in their appeal to Lisa Nandy to act on their behalfA group of prominent authors including Richard Osman, Kazuo Ishiguro, Kate Mosse and Val McDermid have signed an open letter calling on the UK government to hold Meta accountable over its use of copyrighted books to train artificial intelligence.The letter asked Lisa Nandy, the secretary of state for culture, media and sport, to summon Meta senior executives to parliament. Continue reading...

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51 h. ago British authors respond to ‘infuriating’ allegations Meta used books to train AI models

British authors have responded to "upsetting" allegations that tech giant Meta used their books and others to train its AI models.

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4 d. ago Here is the exact day and time to book your train for the cheapest tickets

There are always people suggesting ways I could save cash on my train travel. Some say book months in advance, others say leave it until the last minute to grab a cheap deal.

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6 d. ago British father who saw family massacred by Hamas stands to receive £10.5 MILLION from Palestine Authority in landmark ruling

Rabbi Leo Dee, originally from London, lost his wife Leah and daughters Rina, 15, and Maia, 20, in April 2023, after a terrorist sprayed them with bullets in a drive-by attack.

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7 d. ago Richard Osman urges writers to ‘have a good go’ at Meta over breaches of copyright

The author was responding to news that the company used a notorious publicly available database of more than 7.5m books to train artificial intelligenceRichard Osman has said that writers will “have a good go” at taking on Meta after it emerged that the company used a notorious database believed to contain pirated books to train artificial intelligence.“Copyright law is not complicated at all,” the author of The Thursday Murder Club series wrote in a statement on X on Sunday evening. “If you want to use an author’s work you need to ask for permission. If you use it without permission you’re breaking the law. It’s so simple.” Continue reading...

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7 d. ago ‘No consent’: Australian authors ‘livid’ that Meta may have used their books to train AI

A searchable database showed titles from former prime ministers Malcolm Turnbull and John Howard, as well as journalist Tracey SpicerFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAustralian authors say they are “livid” and feel violated that their work was included in an allegedly pirated dataset of books Meta used to train its AI.The parent company of Facebook and Instagram is being sued by authors in the United States, including Ta-Nehisi Coates and the comedian Sarah Silverman, for copyright infringement.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Brit tourists face grilling at US border as Donald Trump cracks down on immigration

British tourists were told they could risk being detained by American authorities should they not have up to date visas or other documentation needed to enter the country

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9 d. ago Universality by Natasha Brown review – a fabulous fable about the politics of storytelling

A terrific second novel from the British author of Assembly examines what it means to be truthful – and who really benefits when facts come to lightMiriam Leonard, AKA Lenny, one of a tight core of characters at the heart of Natasha Brown’s terrific second novel, would probably dislike Universality intensely. Then again, she might love it, because an unpredictability of opinion is her stock in trade: a newspaper columnist who has recently sashayed from the comment pages of the Telegraph to those of the Observer, her views on class, race, sex, the economy and, latterly, the iniquity of diversity, equity and inclusion programmes are uncompromisingly held and vociferously broadcast, but only opaquely coherent. To keep moving is the trick.Lenny is making a better fist of survival than many of those around her, with her exceptionally neat formula for wooing readers, which involves alighting on a news story and making “a lofty comparison”: “Obscure elements of European history are best, b...

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1 week ago Bombshell warning the State Department IGNORED that could have saved JFK

In a never before seen letter released Tuesday, a man named Sergyj Czornonoh told the US British Ambassador how he warned authorities about Oswald's murder plot multiple times.

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1 week ago Man claims he rode for free on UK trains for a year using unusual method

Ed Wise, 29, predicted train delays on Avanti West Coast meaning that every ticket he booked in 2023 was refunded - and he claims to have saved at least £1,000 in less than three years

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2 w. ago Rachael Blackmore among jockeys given ban after rule break at Cheltenham Festival

Rachael Blackmore was among three jockeys who were handed suspensions by the British Horseracing Authority after breaching the rules at this year's Cheltenham Festival

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3 w. ago Visa warning after British tourist detained by US authorities for 11 days on 'once in a lifetime' trip

Rebecca Burke has been detained in ‘prison-like’ immigration detention facility during dream trip around North America

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3 w. ago British tourist detained by US authorities for 10 days over visa issue

Backpacker Rebecca Burke was handcuffed and taken to a detention facility in WashingtonA British tourist on a four-month backpacking trip around North America has been detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement in the US for 10 days after trying to enter the country via the Canadian border.Rebecca Burke, 28, a graphic artist from Monmouthshire, was on a four-month backpacking trip around North America, and had tried to cross into the state of Washington when she was refused entry. Continue reading...

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