48 h. ago CRAWFORD | For Louisville, London's calling, but not checking in. And that's OK

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50 h. ago Man 'restrained by eight police officers' while taking bins outside Edinburgh home

Gabriels Ochnolichs was filmed being restrained by Police Scotland officers who had been called to do a welfare check.

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4 d. ago Nationwide fights back against scammers with a checker tool to highlight dodgy phone calls

Britain's biggest mutual has launched a scam checking tool which will tell customers if they are on the phone to a genuine Nationwide employee or a scammer.

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1 week ago The perfect way to switch off from work: the secret to a daily de

The boundaries between work and leisure are being blurred, but it’s vital for your health to learn how to turn off. Whether you do your job from home or not, here’s how to reset and reclaim your private time • Sign up here to get the whole series straight to your inboxMarilyn Monroe once said: “A career is wonderful, but you can’t curl up with it on a cold night.” Only these days, you can. The march of technology, the rise of hybrid and remote working, and an increasing culture of presenteeism (working longer than contractually required, or when sick) have blurred the boundaries between work and leisure.Research by Business in the Community (BITC), a UK-based responsible business network, shows that 55% of employees feel pressed to respond to calls or check emails outside work, while high workloads drive two in five to work overtime. Yet switching off from work when you aren’t working (psychological detachment, to give it its scientific name) is vital not just for your health, but f...

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1 week ago More than 5,600 homes and businesses in Cambusnethan and Newmains now have access to Full Fibre broadband

The £1.6m investment by Openreach has brought gigabit-capable broadband to around 70 per cent of properties in the area. However, many are yet to switch, prompting calls for residents to check their eligibility for upgrading.

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3 w. ago ‘Bob Odenkirk called to check on me after he saw it’: Rhea Seehorn on the intensity of making hit show Pluribus

The star has hit the big time as a total grump in her new Apple TV drama – no mean feat, given how delightful she is. She talks Lego therapy, freaking out her Better Call Saul co-star and her frustration with the Guardian crosswordRhea Seehorn has had a hell of a year. For years she had garnered a reputation as a great underappreciated talent, but that has all changed now thanks to Pluribus. A series about one of the only people on Earth not to have their minds taken over by an alien virus, Pluribus is not only critically adored, but recently became Apple TV’s most-watched show. And Seehorn is front and centre through it all. However, today she has bigger things on her mind.“You gotta tell me how to crack the code,” she pleads before we’ve even said hello. “I’m an avid crossword puzzler, but I cannot beat the Guardian crossword. I cannot crack it, and I need to figure out what the problem is.” Continue reading...

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