36 m. ago Eurostar chaos as cable theft cancels trains and leaves thousands of passengers stranded

Customers were told to delay or cancel journeys after 600m of cable was stolen on the high-speed line

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37 m. ago Emma Raducanu drops a subtle nod to her rumoured romance with Carlos Alcaraz

With the pair gearing up to compete as partners at the US Open in August, rumours their relationship may go beyond the tennis court first began swirling earlier this month.

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47 m. ago Millions told to act 'in next 5 days' or risk being overcharged on energy bills

Experts say households on standard variable tariffs could save £50 next month alone, with the average energy bill expected to fall from £113 in June to £63 in July

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53 m. ago Mirrors in space and underwater curtains: can technology buy us enough time to save the Arctic ice caps?

A conference in Cambridge this week will explore a raft of geoengineering ideas to cool the region down – and attempt to address the fears of those who argue the risks outweigh the benefitsWhen the glaciologist John Moore began studying the Arctic in the 1980s there was an abundance of suitable sites for him to carry out his climate research. The region’s relentless warming means many of those no longer exist. With the Arctic heating up four times faster than the global average, they have simply melted away.Forty years on, Moore’s research network, the University of the Arctic, has identified 61 potential interventions to slow, stop and reverse the effects of the changing climate in the region. These concepts are constantly being updated and some will be assessed at a conference in Cambridge this week, where scientists and engineers will meet to consider if radical, technological solutions can buy time and stem the loss of polar ice caps. Continue reading...

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53 m. ago From Chimpanzini Bananini to Ballerina Cappuccina: how gen alpha went wild for Italian brain rot animals

If you were born after 2000, or know someone who is, the chances are you’ve come across this ludicrous AI-generated meme. If not, be reassured that its chaotic, nonsensical banality is the pointWhen one of Tim’s year 8 pupils asked him about his “favourite Italian brain rot animal”, he thought he’d misheard. “My hearing is not great at the best of times – I had to ask her to repeat this probably four or five times,” he says.Tim (not his real name) was familiar with the term “brain rot”, used to describe the sense of mental decline after too much time spent mindlessly scrolling online (and voted Oxford University Press’s word of the year for 2024). But what was this about it being Italian? Continue reading...

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53 m. ago Parenting is not just for pronatalists: the progressive case for raising kids

Child rearing in our current world is a stubborn act of hope. If the left doesn’t see it that way, conservatives fill the voidA few months ago, I was at a playground just a couple of blocks from our home in Washington DC, when a mom I barely knew turned to me mid-conversation and said: “I think I might be the deep state.”It was mid-March. Doge was tearing through the city, dismantling federal agencies at dizzying speed. Donald Trump, re-elected on a promise to “shatter the deep state”, had fired thousands of longtime civil servants in his first weeks back in office. Continue reading...

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65 m. ago 'I have 12 months to live after worrying symptom was dismissed as heartburn'

Mum-of-one Georgia Gardiner thought she was 'invincible' at 28 with her whole life ahead of her before receiving an earth-shattering diagnosis. Now she is urging others to always push doctors with any concerns

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68 m. ago Parents launch fundraiser in bid to save London private school closing due to VAT pressures

Families devastated after Bishop Challoner School announces closure at the end of academic year

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71 m. ago Strictly partners Dan Walker and Nadiya Bychkova 'raise eyebrows' at TRIC Awards

They spent six months dancing closely together but it's commonplace for Strictly Come Dancing partners not to remain friends after the BBC show wraps, often they don't speak again.

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80 m. ago Eurostar cable theft and double fatality leaves thousands facing severe delays and cancellations with chaotic scenes at St Pancras

Thousands of Eurostar passengers are facing travel chaos over train cancellations and delays for the second day in a row.

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93 m. ago Eurostar chaos with thousands facing severe delays and cancellations after two people hit by trains and thieves steal vital cables from the track

Thousands of Eurostar passengers are facing travel chaos over train cancellations and delays for the second day in a row.

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1 hour ago Eurostar trains cancelled for thousands of passengers after two days of disruption prompts travel chaos

Customers were told to delay or cancel their journeys after 600m of cable was stolen on the high-speed line

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1 hour ago Eurostar facing severe delays after huge cable theft in France

Passengers urged to reschedule trips, with disruption affecting Nato summit in the NetherlandsBusiness live – latest updatesPassengers booked on Eurostar train services have been urged to cancel or delay their trips after a huge theft of cable in France, which threatened to disrupt the Nato summit in the Netherlands.Engineers are scrambling to repair the high-speed line after 600m of cable was stolen or cut at Lille Europe station, the key interchange for trains between London and Paris and between Paris and Brussels and Amsterdam. Continue reading...

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1 hour ago Eurostar chaos as passengers warned to cancel or postpone holidays after deaths

Eurostar passengers heading out of London St Pancras International have been advised to change their journey to a different travel date after severe delays in France

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2 h. ago Teenager disappears after boarding flight at Manchester Airport

An urgent appeal has been launched

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2 h. ago Petition launched to keep Madeleine McCann suspect Christian Brueckner behind bars

Christian Brueckner is due to be released in less than three months after completing a seven-year term for rape. Prosecutors believe he abducted and killed Madeleine in May 2007

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2 h. ago Eurostar services disrupted after ‘cable theft’ leads to delays and cancellations – business live

Six trains between London and Paris cancelled after theft of cables at Lille leave passengers strandedPeople in the UK: how is AI changing job-seeking for university graduates?The price of the world’s first malaria vaccine for children in endemic countries will be reduced by more than half, to less than $5, according to the drugmakers GSK and Bharat Biotech.The vaccine, called Mosquirix or RTS,S, was developed by GSK and the non-profit health organisation PATH, and was the first malaria vaccine to be recommended by the World Health Organization in October 2021. It is one of two malaria shots recommended by the WHO.“As an epidemiologist working in malaria vaccine development and delivery, I have seen the impact malaria vaccines are already having on children in high-burden regions of Africa. As a result of the collaboration between the research community in implementing endemic countries, industry, NGOs and multilateral organisations, the world’s first malaria vaccine is helping to r...

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2 h. ago India, Poland and Hungary make spaceflight comeback with ISS mission

Countries send their first astronauts in decades into space on Axiom Mission 4, along with US commanderA US commercial mission carrying crew from India, Poland and Hungary blasted off to the International Space Station on Wednesday, taking astronauts from these countries to space for the first time in decades.Axiom Mission 4, or Ax-4, launched from Nasa’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 2.31am local time with a brand-new SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule riding atop a Falcon 9 rocket. Continue reading...

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2 h. ago DVSA reveals 'best time' to book driving test as backlog remains at record high

The driving test waiting list exceeded 600,000 for the first time ever this month

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2 h. ago Eurostar chaos in London and Paris leaves Brits stranded in France after two people are hit by trains

Cancellations began last night with no services running between London St Pancras and Gare du Nord in Paris, leaving some passengers stranded for more than seven hours.

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