7 h. ago Elections watchdog condemns Starmer's delays to council votes amid fury at desperate Labour bid to dodge bloodbath

The Electoral Commission has taken the rare step of rebuking the government after 63 local authorities were invited to postpone contests from May.

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3 d. ago Health board's position 'deteriorates rapidly' as Welsh Government step in

The Welsh Government has escalated intervention at the Welsh health board

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8 d. ago Blackburn MP raises St Kentigern's Academy question in parliament

The Blackburn and Linlithgow MP called on the Prime Minister to join her demand for the Scottish Government to step up to meet the funding gap in light of the £10 billion extra in funding received since July 2024.

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1 week ago SNP health secretary told to sack NHS Fife chief executive over Sandie Peggie ruling

Carol Potter is due to take early retirement next summer - but MSPs say government ministers should step in and sack her.

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2 w. ago ‘It was about degrading someone completely’: the story of Mr DeepFakes – the world’s most notorious AI porn site

The hobbyists who helped build this site created technology that has been used to humiliate countless women. Why didn’t governments step in and stop them?For Patrizia Schlosser, it started with an apologetic call from a colleague. “I’m sorry but I found this. Are you aware of it?” He sent over a link, which took her to a site called Mr DeepFakes. There, she found fake images of herself, naked, squatting, chained, performing sex acts with various animals. They were tagged “Patrizia Schlosser sluty FUNK whore” (sic).“They were very graphic, very humiliating,” says Schlosser, a German journalist for Norddeutscher Rundfunk (NDR) and Funk. “They were also very badly done, which made it easier to distance myself, and tell myself they were obviously fake. But it was very disturbing to imagine somebody somewhere spending hours on the internet searching for pictures of me, putting all this together.” Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Thousands of US trucking schools risk closure over noncompliance with government rules

This marks the latest step in the government's effort to ensure truck drivers are qualified for commercial licenses

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3 w. ago West Lothian Council leads application to secure funding for new railway station at Winchburgh

The bid to the Scottish Government is a crucial step in the development of a new station for West Lothian. Train operator ScotRail welcomed the bid.

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