76 m. 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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76 m. ago From living roofs to smashed peas on toast: What does it take to become a B Corp hotel?

Seven hotels in the UK earned themselves B Corp status between 2021 and 2024. Emma Henderson investigates what this actually means for an intrinsically energy intensive industry – and whether the status makes for a better overnight stay

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76 m. 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

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76 m. ago The humble Valleys girl with the missing tooth who achieved her dream

Gemma Evans has perhaps the most famous tooth in Welsh football right now

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2 h. ago Grace Slick on sex, drugs and Jefferson Airplane: ‘I was sober in the 80s. That was a mistake’

She topped the charts, dropped the F-bomb on US TV, was ghosted by Jim Morrison and planned to spike Richard Nixon’s tea with LSD. Now 85, the legendary singer tells allRock’n’roll might not be advertised as being good for your health, but it’s worked out all right for Grace Slick. The former Jefferson Airplane singer is talking me through a life story that spans psychedelic drugs, free love, alcoholism, house fires and a high speed car crash. And yet, even at the age of 85, she sounds as perky, full of mischief and hilariously coarse as any interviewee I can remember.“Rock’n’roll people are spoiled brats,” she says at one point with a throaty cackle. “We don’t know anything about anything except having fun, how much money we can spend and who we can screw.” Continue reading...

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2 h. ago Trump's 'unfireable' aide earns new nickname after awkward Melania encounter and decoy flight meltdown

Donald Trump's aides are known for their dedication to the boss - but one White House worker was so devoted that she started being compared to Glenn Close 's iconic Fatal Attraction character.

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2 h. ago For cities to stand tall there is a minimum standard of cleanliness that must be applied

Record View says Glasgow City’s Council’s plan to reverse the decline in cleaning its streets caused by spending cuts is welcome.

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3 h. ago Suit battles controversial state law that’s part of a ‘nationwide crackdown’ on pipeline protests

Louisiana argues infrastructure law is about trespassing, not about free speech

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3 h. ago Beatings, torture and electric shocks: freed scam compound workers allege horrific abuse

Lured by the promise of well-paying jobs in Southeast Asia, thousands instead allegedly end up enslaved in jail-like compounds and forced to carry out online scams“The Chinese would shock me with electric probes almost daily. I endured this continuously for nine months,” claims Seye, a 27-year-old woman who is one of hundreds of alleged trafficking victims who streamed across the Thai-Myanmar border this month.Seye was among 260 people, more than half of them Ethiopian, who were transferred across the border to Thailand this February by a rebel group. Several among the group agreed to be interviewed on the condition they use only their first name. Continue reading...

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4 h. ago US personnel office walks back email ultimatum from Musk to workers

OPM says failure to respond to email will not be considered resignation but Trump ally digs in and threatens job lossesThe US government’s human resources office has walked back an ultimatum issued by Elon Musk that would have forced its workers to resign if they did not submit a bullet-point list of their recent accomplishments, in one of the first signs of internal pushback to the Tesla billionaire’s campaign to downsize the federal workforce.The demand, made in an email sent to million of government employees over the weekend and quickly sued over by a coalition of labor and advocacy groups, represented the latest salvo by the “department of government efficiency” (Doge), the Trump-sanctioned cost-cutting initiative Musk chairs. Continue reading...

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4 h. ago Alleged UnitedHealthcare CEO killer Luigi Mangione makes surprising request from jail

Luigi Mangione, accused of killing UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, has amassed a devoted fanbase, with supporters raising over $610,000 for his defense and portraying him as a vigilante.

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5 h. ago Farmer Tony Martin who shot and killed a teenager burglar 'died a multi

Farmer Tony Martin (pictured), who was jailed for murder but released after three years, left behind an estate of around £5million. It remains unclear who will inherit the windfall.

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5 h. ago Migrant, 35, who 'used human rights law' to stay in the UK was later jailed for a string of offences

A migrant who was allowed to stay in the UK has been jailed for having sex with a teenager. Reform MP Rupert Lowe (pictured) said migrants who commit crimes should be sent home.

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5 h. ago Federal workers free to ignore Elon Musk email ultimatum, US personnel office says – as it happened

This blog is now closed. Here’s our latest politics storyHere’s a little more on Dan Bongino, the Maga podcaster Donald Trump has named as deputy director of the FBI and who will oversee the bureau alongside newly appointed director Kash Patel.The president announced the appointment on Sunday night in a post on his Truth Social platform, praising Bongino as “a man of incredible love and passion for our country”. He called the announcement “great news for law enforcement and American justice”.Kash Patel should have been a redline. Bongino is what you get when R Senators fail to do their jobs and say no to Patel. The Trump Admin is turning federal law enforcement over to unqualified, unprincipled, partisan henchmen. It’s unacceptable and conservatives need to say so. Continue reading...

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7 h. ago Crime Bill ‘stops short of protecting delivery riders from abuse’

Pizza Express, Dishoom and Morrisons are among the businesses to call for delivery riders to be included under a new offence to protect retail workers

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7 h. ago Scotland's '10 best luxury hotels' and how much it costs to stay in them

Travel specialists have shared a list of the best luxury hotels in Scotland, and the Daily Record has rounded up the top 10—including how much it costs to stay in each of them.

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7 h. ago Government urged to ‘do right thing’ over inheritance tax for reset with farmers

The National Farmers’ Union conference on Tuesday will hear from the organisation’s president Tom Bradshaw and Environment Secretary Steve Reed.

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7 h. ago Trump rescinds Biden policy meant to block U.S. arms from being used in war crimes

Biden policy required assurances U.S. allies using American weapons would follow humanitarian law and support U.S. aid shipments

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8 h. ago Federal workers free to ignore Elon Musk email ultimatum, US personnel office says – live

OPM says federal workers not obliged to respond despite Musk’s that ignoring email would be considered resignationHere’s a little more on Dan Bongino, the Maga podcaster Donald Trump has named as deputy director of the FBI and who will oversee the bureau alongside newly appointed director Kash Patel.The president announced the appointment on Sunday night in a post on his Truth Social platform, praising Bongino as “a man of incredible love and passion for our country”. He called the announcement “great news for law enforcement and American justice”.Kash Patel should have been a redline. Bongino is what you get when R Senators fail to do their jobs and say no to Patel. The Trump Admin is turning federal law enforcement over to unqualified, unprincipled, partisan henchmen. It’s unacceptable and conservatives need to say so. Continue reading...

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8 h. ago Leader of 'trans murder ring' linked to six deaths makes outrageous courtroom complaint

Jack 'Ziz' LaSota, 33, the leader of the Bay Area vegan trans 'death cult' known as the 'Zizans', made an outrageous demand in court just two days after she was arrested.

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