73 m. ago Charlie Kirk's heartbroken wife 'struggling to tell kids daddy isn't coming home'

Jack Posobiec, a controversial contributor to Kirk's Turning Point USA organisation, said on Thursday that the family have been struggling following his assassination.

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2 h. ago Secret Freddie Mercury recordings 'worth millions' detailed by Queen author

The beloved singer could one day rock us all over again with fresh tunes, according to writer Lesley-Ann Jones. as his supposed secret daughter is sitting on forgotten recordings

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2 h. ago Children are hacking their own schools' IT systems 'for fun'

The Information Commissioner's Office said teachers are failing to understand the 'insider threat' that students pose.

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3 h. ago Autistic teen who hacked Grand Theft Auto, Uber and EE to demand millions loses appeal against sentence

Arion Kurtaj was handed an indefinite hospital order for his involvement with a cyber-crime group, who blackmailed telecoms firm BT/EE as well as stealing code and video footage from developer GTA VI.

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4 h. ago Big Little Lies: third season of starry HBO drama series on the way

Mr and Mrs Smith writer Francesca Sloane reportedly tapped to bring back A-list cast of hit seriesA third season of the award-winning drama series Big Little Lies is now in development.According to Deadline, Francesca Sloane has been tapped to write the first episode and she will also act as executive producer alongside series creator David E Kelley. Sloane is best known for co-creating Amazon’s Mr and Mrs Smith series with Donald Glover. Her credits also include writing for Atlanta and Fargo. Continue reading...

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4 h. ago Leveson 2 could help UK move on from hacking scandal, says TV writer Jack Thorne

ITV’s The Hack follows Nick Davies, an investigative journalist who uncovered evidence of phone hacking at the News Of The World.

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4 h. ago 36 best beauty advent calendars for 2025, chosen by a beauty writer

The beauty calendar bonanza begins as advents launch for Christmas 2025

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5 h. ago Scots Crime writer Chris Brookmyre's son Jack makes it as a comedian

Rising comedy star Jack Brookmyre has admitted it can be a good ice-breaker if people know who his dad is.

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6 h. ago Voices: ‘Error of judgement’: Starmer’s backing of Mandelson draws fury from Independent readers

Our community has criticised Starmer’s initial defence of Mandelson, questioning the prime minister’s judgement, and calling for accountability over the Epstein-linked scandal

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6 h. ago NEWSMAKER Slick Mandelson consumed by glare of Epstein scandal

NEWSMAKER Slick Mandelson consumed by glare of Epstein scandal  Reuters

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7 h. ago I Love You, Byeee by Adam Buxton audiobook review – warm and witty whimsy

A chatty, self-deprecating memoir recalls the podcaster’s start in TV and his lifelong friendship with comedian and film-maker Joe CornishThe writer and comic Adam Buxton’s first memoir, Ramble Book, dug into his childhood and his relationship with his father, who featured as the cantankerous BaaadDad in Buxton’s 1990s pop culture series The Adam and Joe Show. I Love You, Byeee is the follow up in which he remembers his late mother, Valerie, and reflects on his TV career which began with him landing a job at Takeover TV, a showcase for new talent on Channel 4, where he brought in his childhood friend Joe Cornish.Fans of The Adam and Joe Show will find reminiscences about the pair’s toy movies, where they recreated films such as Titanic and Trainspotting, and their radio shows on XFM and 6Music. Buxton is candid about the strain of their working relationship and his feelings of insecurity when Cornish went off to direct his first film, Attack the Block, without him. Continue reading...

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8 h. ago Labour MP calls for ministers to apologise over historic forced adoption scandal

Around 185,000 children were given up by unmarried mothers between 1949 and 1976 who had been ‘railroaded’ into the decision

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8 h. ago Saoirse Ronan and Jack Lowden welcome first child together as they're spotted with pram in London

The Little Women star and her actor husband were spotted with a buggy in London after Ronan debuted pregnancy at Louise Vuitton’s Cruise collection

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8 h. ago Voices: The fatal flaw that made ‘Air Miles Mandelson’ crash and burn

The combination of money and immorality in Peter Mandelson's friendship with Jeffrey Epstein has created a stench for Starmer, writes Sean O’Grady. The question is how long it will hang around

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9 h. ago How thousands of ‘overworked, underpaid’ humans train Google’s AI to seem smart

Contracted AI raters describe grueling deadlines, poor pay and opacity around work to make chatbots intelligentIn the spring of 2024, when Rachael Sawyer, a technical writer from Texas, received a LinkedIn message from a recruiter hiring for a vague title of writing analyst, she assumed it would be similar to her previous gigs of content creation. On her first day a week later, however, her expectations went bust. Instead of writing words herself, Sawyer’s job was to rate and moderate the content created by artificial intelligence.The job initially involved a mix of parsing through meeting notes and chats summarized by Google’s Gemini, and, in some cases, reviewing short films made by the AI. Continue reading...

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9 h. ago ‘It Feels Like A Hug’ – India Amarteifio Reveals Her Must Have Fragrance Layering Hack

‘It Feels Like A Hug’ – India Amarteifio Reveals Her Must Have Fragrance Layering Hack  Grazia Daily UK

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10 h. ago Keep bins from blowing away this storm season with this simple and cheap hack

The UK could be set to face the first storm of the season, with strong winds and heavy rain forecast - but there's a simple and cheap hack to keep your bins safe in the bad weather

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11 h. ago Peter Mandelson sacked as UK ambassador to US over Jeffrey Epstein scandal

The Labour peer was dismissed amid growing alarm over his links to the late Epstein.

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11 h. ago 5 pieces from Olivia Attwood's River Island collection that look inspired by designer brands

Serving designer vibes at high street prices, Olivia Attwood's River Island edit is here, and our fashion writer predicts these 5 pieces will go fast

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11 h. ago Sophie Habboo shares £25 'lip job hack' that gives effect of fillers without needles

You can't have lip fillers done if you're pregnant, but podcaster Sophie Habboo thinks she's found a solution – a topical product that noticeably plumps and enhances your pout

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