11 h. ago Funds to tackle Europe’s forest fires poorly targeted, says EU watchdog

Report raises concerns that money allocated to combat fires not reaching areas where it could make biggest differenceEuropean funds to prevent forest fires have been poorly targeted and sometimes distributed in a hurry, according to a report from the EU’s spending watchdog.The number of forest fires in EU countries has increased dramatically over the last two decades as the climate crisis fuels ever bigger conflagrations. An area twice the size of Luxembourg has been consumed by flames in an average recent year, killing people, destroying homes and wildlife and sending megatonnes of planet-heating emissions into the air. Continue reading...

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11 h. ago Mike Lynch’s sunken superyacht to be lifted in late June as debris is found

Maritime and investigatory authorities in Sicily approved the final recovery plan on Tuesday.

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67 h. ago UK campaigners raise alarm over report of Meta plan to use automation for risk checks

Ofcom ‘considering the concerns’ raised after claim that up to 90% of risk assessments will be carried out by AIInternet safety campaigners have urged the UK’s communications watchdog to limit the use of artificial intelligence in crucial risk assessments after a report that Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta was planning to automate checks.Ofcom said it was “considering the concerns” raised by the campaigners’ letter, after a report last month that up to 90% of all risk assessments at the owner of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp would soon be carried out by AI. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago UK campaigners raise alarm over report of Meta plan to use AI for risk checks

Ofcom ‘considering the concerns’ raised after claim that up to 90% of risk assessments will be carried out by AIInternet safety campaigners have urged the UK’s communications watchdog to limit the use of artificial intelligence in crucial risk assessments after a report that Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta was planning to automate checks.Ofcom said it was “considering the concerns” raised by the campaigners’ letter, after a report last month that up to 90% of all risk assessments at the owner of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp would soon be carried out by AI. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Police launch probe into 11 heart operation deaths at NHS hospital

A BBC report raised concerns that death certificates may have failed to disclose that surgery contributed to the deaths

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8 d. ago UK firms taking early action as they brace for hits from tariffs – survey

The latest Barclays business prosperity report found 79% of firms are concerned about the global trade war sparked by US President Donald Trump.

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2 w. ago Investigation launched and street taped off after body of man found

Police and paramedics attended a concern for welfare report on Churchgate

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2 w. ago RFK Jr.'s MAHA report raises concerns about vaccines, American foods and prescription drugs

A new government-issued report reflects some of the most controversial views on vaccines, the nation’s food supply, pesticides and prescription drugs held by U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F

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3 w. ago ‘That damned night’: Porticello awaits the truth about Bayesian sinking

The Sicilian fishing village is watching the salvage of Mike Lynch’s superyacht for answers to the causes of the tragedy Some say that the late tech tycoon Mike Lynch’s superyacht, Bayesian, sank because it was vulnerable to high winds that drove the vessel past its point of stability. Others insist that a chain of human errors led to the incident that claimed seven lives, including Lynch and his 18-year-old daughter, Hannah.But in the quiet Sicilian fishing village of Porticello – where on 19 August 2024 the Bayesian was caught shortly before dawn in a violent storm while anchored off coast – everyone knows the truth lies 50 metres below the surface, in the wreckage of a yacht that divers, floating cranes and underwater drones are still struggling to bring back from the depths of the ocean. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago First images of Mike Lynch's sunken superyacht brought to surface as investigation continues

The main boom from the 56-metre superyacht Bayesian was recovered from the sea bed along with its anchor following the tragic sinking of the vessel off the coast of Sicily, Italy

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3 w. ago Mike Lynch's superyacht 'Bayesian' dredged from sea nine months after tragedy

The billionaire businessman and his daughter were among seven people who died when the vessel sunk off the coast of Sicily

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3 w. ago Bayesian superyacht wreck pulled from sea as Mike Lynch's ship brought to surface

Salvage operations to retreive the superyacht Bayesian have continued - the vessel belonging to billionaire tech tycoon Mike Lynch sank near Sicily in August last year

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3 w. ago First major pieces of Mike Lynch’s superyacht Bayesian recovered from seabed

One of Europe’s strongest floating cranes is being used to recover the sunken yacht which killed seven onboard

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3 w. ago First pieces of Mike Lynch’s sunken superyacht brought to surface

Bayesian’s main boom, a pole which holds the bottom of the sail, and its anchor, have been recovered from the seabed.

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3 w. ago First major piece of the Bayesian superyacht is raised from the seabed after it sank last summer, killing British billionaire Mike Lynch

Footage posted on specialist marine websites show a section of the Bayesian's boom being hauled aboard one of the salvage vessels that is currently above the yacht.

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3 w. ago Family of chef who died alongside six others on the doomed Bayesian superyacht could be in line for massive £40MILLION compensation

Recaldo Thomas was among seven people who drowned when the yacht owned by British tech billionaire Mike Lynch went down in a violent storm off the coast of Sicily last summer.

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3 w. ago Grim report raises concerns over Labour's vow to cut violence against women and girls

The Commons’ Public Accounts Committee (PAC) cast doubt over Labour’s ability to achieve its pledge to halve violence against women and girls (VAWG) in a decade

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3 w. ago Family of chef who died on Mike Lynch’s superyacht have ‘concerns’ after report

Marine Accident Investigation Branch investigators said that the 56-metre (184ft) Bayesian was knocked over by ‘extreme wind’.

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3 w. ago Extreme wind blamed for sinking of superyacht off Sicily last year, British probe says

British investigators say the superyacht of British tech magnate Mike Lynch, which capsized last August off the coast of Sicily at the cost of seven lives, was knocked over by “extreme wind” and could not recover

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3 w. ago Mike Lynch's superyacht sank in 'extreme winds', says report

The Bayesian sank off the coast of Sicily on August 19 last year

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