90 m. ago Inside Arsenal's academy grand plan to develop the next Ethan Nwaneri and Myles Lewis

Ahead of FA Youth Cup clash with Manchester United, Arsenal Under-18s coach Adam Birchall explains how the club is nurturing its young talent

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11 h. ago Starmer pledges to review AI plans after musicians and artists warn they face being ripped off

Pop legends Elton John and Paul McCartney are among a host of artists warning that proposed changes to copyright law could make it impossible for creatives to earn a living

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11 h. ago Critics' anger as Technology Secretary stands firm on plans to give AI developers copyright law exemption

Peter Kyle even took an apparent swipe at musicians and artists who have voiced dismay at his plan that they warn could destroy our £126billion creative industry.

Society

22 h. ago Labour MPs hammer Defence Secretary John Healey on foreign aid cuts at bruising meeting as he vows withdrawal of cash will be slow

A group of a dozen Labour MPs - mostly with backgrounds in development - led a backlash against the plans in the meeting with Defence Secretary John Healy.

Economics

30 h. ago Big Tech MUST pay to use artists' work for AI, MPs tell ministers

The Government's proposal to give AI developers an exception to copyright law was dealt a blow yesterday after the Commons culture and tech select committees criticised the plan.

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45 h. ago Trump faces Truth Social backlash over AI video of Gaza with topless Netanyahu and bearded bellydancers

Users of president’s own social media site criticise video showing reimagined Gaza featuring Trump and Israeli PM sipping cocktailsDonald Trump is facing a backlash on his Truth Social platform after sharing an AI-created video of him sipping cocktails with a topless Benjamin Netanyahu in Gaza, in a future imagining of the Palestinian territory devastated by Israel’s war.The video presented a computer-generated vision of Trump’s property development plan for Gaza, under which he said he wants to “clean out” the population of about 2 million people. Named the “Riviera of the Middle East” plan, the proposal has been criticised as a blueprint for ethnic cleansing. Continue reading...

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57 h. ago Failure to tackle digital exclusion 'risks abandoning communities like Thatcher', warns Peter Kyle

Technology Secretary Peter Kyle said that life in modern Britain was changing at a pace comparable to the industrial collapse in the 1980s - but he vowed no one would be left behind

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65 h. ago Planners double down on refusal for huge Ayr housing and retail development

Planners had opposed the 350 home develpment near Dobbies but councillors took a different view last year.

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2 d. ago Historic Edinburgh commuter town with coastal views to gain further 217 new homes

“Securing planning permission for phase four of the Bridgewater Village development is a crucial step in realising our long-term vision for this masterplan” – Derek Lawson, Cala

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3 d. ago Kate Bush, Imogen Heap and Damon Albarn among 1,000 artists featured on silent AI protest album

Project features recordings of empty studios and recording spaces, which musicians warn could become the reality should new AI proposals go ahead

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3 d. ago Allowing AI free access to exploit everyone's content will be catastrophic

Proposed changes to copyright law could give AI corporations the ability to use content not created by them for free - risking huge damage to the media and culture sectors.

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3 d. ago It’s grand theft AI and UK ministers are behind it. Oppose this robbery of people’s creativity | Andrew Lloyd Webber and Alastair Webber

The plan to weaken copyright law, allowing tech firms to profit for free from people’s talent, is an outrage, and the nation would sufferWe are father and son: one has written 16 musicals and counting, the other cofounded The Other Songs, a leading independent record and publishing company. Our work has employed thousands globally, nurturing the next generation of talent. Copyright is the foundation that protects this, and all creative work: from music, theatre and literature to film and art. Copyright ensures creators retain control and are fairly compensated. It underpins the creative economy. Put simply, it allows artists and creatives to make a living. Endless studies have shown what a benefit that creativity – music, theatre, dance, art, film, TV, the list is endless – has on the rest of society.Yet, today, the UK government is proposing changes that would strip creators of this protection. Under the data (use and access) bill, AI companies would be allowed to take works, past ...

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3 d. ago UK creative industries launch campaign against AI tech firms’ content use

A government consultation on weakening copyright law is due to conclude on Tuesday

Economics

4 d. ago All the key developments planned for Greater Manchester this week

These are all the significant planning developments recently submitted to councils across the city-region

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6 d. ago 'British people used to know how to protest': Fuming OAPs issue call to arms over plans for 150 newbuilds beside leafy cul

Home to mostly pensioners, residents of Corn Close in Fiskerton have been devastated that their retirement plans could be thwarted by years of development.

Events

6 d. ago If road deaths were a virus, we’d call it a pandemic. Safer transport helps us all – and we need it urgently | Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus and Jean Todt

Deaths on the road costs countries up to 5% of GDP. Centring transport around people, not cars, can propel developmentIf you had to guess the leading cause of death for children and young people around the world, what would you say? Malaria perhaps? Pneumonia? Suicide? They’re all high up there, but no, it’s road accidents.Cars have been around for more than 120 years, and we know how to prevent these tragedies. Yet road crashes still claim more than two lives every minute – killing nearly 1.2 million people every year. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago The abandoned Sainsbury's supermarket site which had big plans, but is now just a giant rubbish dump for fly

Since private developers pulled out of plans for 140 apartments at the site in 2016 it has remained empty and has become an eyesore which councillors say is an embarrassment and the 'bane' of the community

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8 d. ago 'We support president Zelensky': UK doubles down on backing for Ukrainian leader as Trump sparks Kremlin joy by repeating 'dictator' attack

Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy said the UK continues to stand firm alongside the government in Kyiv in the wake of the US president's astonishing comments.

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8 d. ago Trump defense chief orders Pentagon to make cuts as IRS workers face mass layoffs – live

Pete Hegseth orders leaders to develop plans to enact strict cuts while tax agency reportedly to lay off thousandsAs Donald Trump’s administration continues to fire thousands of federal workers and radically slash federal spending, some Republicans are growing unnerved, Axios reports.As the cuts start to hit GOP lawmakers’ districts and states, some have told Axios there is a larger conflict brewing over the constitutional issue of whether the president can bypass Congress on such decisions.I think you’re going to see a clash when they start abolishing [agencies]. Say like USAid, right? We authorized that. That’s a creature of Congress. If they try to do something like that, then you’re going to get into a constitutional argument or crisis.Before making cuts rashly, the administration should be studying and staffing to see what the consequences are. Measure twice before cutting. They have had to backtrack multiple times.We all want efficiencies, there is a way to do it, and the way ...

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8 d. ago Trump defense chief reportedly orders Pentagon to make cuts as IRS faces mass layoffs – live

Pete Hegseth orders leaders to develop plans to enact strict cuts while tax agency reportedly to lay off thousandsAs Donald Trump’s administration continues to fire thousands of federal workers and radically slash federal spending, some Republicans are growing unnerved, Axios reports.As the cuts start to hit GOP lawmakers’ districts and states, some have told Axios there is a larger conflict brewing over the constitutional issue of whether the president can bypass Congress on such decisions.I think you’re going to see a clash when they start abolishing [agencies]. Say like USAid, right? We authorized that. That’s a creature of Congress. If they try to do something like that, then you’re going to get into a constitutional argument or crisis.Before making cuts rashly, the administration should be studying and staffing to see what the consequences are. Measure twice before cutting. They have had to backtrack multiple times.We all want efficiencies, there is a way to do it, and the way ...

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