1 week ago Microsoft outage LIVE: Millions without internet as Xbox, Outlook, and Asda crash

Millions of people have been left without access to the internet and are facing issues with major websites amid another major cloud server outage this evening

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1 week ago Israeli military launches fresh strikes on ‘terrorist infrastructure’ in Gaza as ceasefire continues to falter

Latest attacks will put further pressure on a two week ‘ceasefire’ that has already seen scores of deaths

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1 week ago Israeli military launches fresh strikes on ‘terrorist infrastructure’ in Gaza

Latest attacks will put further pressure on a two week ‘ceasefire’ that has already seen scores of deaths

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2 w. ago Prince Andrew under pressure to vacate Royal Lodge as negotiations ramp up, say reports

King Charles’ aides reportedly in daily talks over prince’s home which has come under increased scrutiny this weekPrince Andrew is reportedly in advanced talks with King Charles’s senior aides over moving out of his Royal Lodge home after a week in which his “peppercorn” rent tenancy has come under scrutiny.Pressure has mounted on the royal family for Andrew to vacate the 30-room mansion in Windsor Great Park amid the continuing controversy over his links to sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, and the posthumous publication of the memoirs of the prince’s sexual assault accuser Virginia Giuffre. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Prince Andrew in advanced talks about moving out of Royal Lodge, reports say

Buckingham Palace trying to increase pressure on prince to give up home for which he pays ‘peppercorn’ rentPrince Andrew is reportedly in advanced talks with King Charles’s senior aides about moving out of his Royal Lodge home after a week in which his “peppercorn” rent tenancy has come under scrutiny.Pressure has mounted on the royal family for Andrew to vacate the 30-room mansion in Windsor Great Park amid the continuing controversy over his links to the sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, and the posthumous publication of the memoirs of the prince’s sexual assault accuser Virginia Giuffre. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Morrisons customers urged to check batch codes of one item amid 'health risk' fears

Supermarket shoppers are being urged to return affected batches to their nearest stores

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2 w. ago Amazon says Web Services are recovering after outage hits millions of users – business live

Fortnite, Roblox, SnapChat, Lloyds Bank, Ring doorbells and Amazon’s own shopping site among services hit by online outageFull story: Amazon Web Services outage hits dozens of websites and appsHeads-up: UBS have upgraded their view on global equities to ‘attractive’, a sign that they think investors should be putting more money into shares.Despite the angst in parts of the market that valuations have risen too high, UBS reckon share prices have further to climb.“We think investors should review current allocations to equities and ensure they are at least consistent with, or modestly higher than, their long-term strategic asset allocation targets. If investors are currently under allocated to equities, we believe they should reallocate excess cash, bond, or high yield credit holdings toward stocks.”“We prefer areas that are exposed to secu­lar growth, like the US, China, (particularly China’s tech sector, which we rate among the Most Attractive sectors globally), as well as global te...

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2 w. ago Amazon battles to fix Web Services outage after millions of users report disruption to websites and apps – business live

Fortnite, Roblox, SnapChat, Lloyds Bank and Ring doorbells among services hit by online outageFull story: Amazon Web Services outage hits dozens of websites and appsHeads-up: UBS have upgraded their view on global equities to ‘attractive’, a sign that they think investors should be putting more money into shares.Despite the angst in parts of the market that valuations have risen too high, UBS reckon share prices have further to climb.“We think investors should review current allocations to equities and ensure they are at least consistent with, or modestly higher than, their long-term strategic asset allocation targets. If investors are currently under allocated to equities, we believe they should reallocate excess cash, bond, or high yield credit holdings toward stocks.”“We prefer areas that are exposed to secu­lar growth, like the US, China, (particularly China’s tech sector, which we rate among the Most Attractive sectors globally), as well as global technology, transformational i...

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2 w. ago AWS outage: All the services affected as Amazon Web Services disruption sparks global chaos

The cloud computing platform that powers millions of websites and apps, is experiencing a major outage affecting a wide range of services, including online banking, social media, gaming, and smart home devices

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2 w. ago 'Half the internet' goes down after Amazon cloud outage leaving millions unable to use Ring, Alexa, and banking apps

An outage has taken down hundreds of popular websites including Snapchat, gaming platform Fortnite and languages app Duolingo.

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2 w. ago Aldi issues 'health risk' alert to customers for popular snack

The supermarket is urging customers not to eat the product which contains allergens not previously listed

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3 w. ago Pushy parents are ‘biggest problem in sports performance’, say psychologists

Unsportsmanlike conduct in grassroots football and on the sidelines at school events is on the rise. How can parents support their child in the right way?Pushy and shouty parents are the “biggest problem in sports performance”, sports psychologists have said, amid growing concern that pressure and abuse is hampering competitive sport in the UK.This week parents were banned from attending sports events at a number of south London primary schools due to “concerning behaviours”, including abuse towards officials and children and creating “too much pressure around performance and winning at all costs”. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago 'Do not consume': Warning issued after M&S chocolate product recalled over health risk to some customers

The Food Standards Agency has issued an allergy alert 🚨

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3 w. ago British supermarket's chocolate poses health risk as customers told 'do not eat'

Marks and Spencer is recalling M&S Milk Chocolate Honeycomb because it may contain peanuts which are not mentioned on the label. This means the product is a possible health risk for anyone with an allergy to peanuts.

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3 w. ago Alyssa Thompson adds sparkle to Chelsea’s WCL cruise against Paris FC

Chelsea kickstarted their European campaign with a comfortable victory over Paris FC. Alyssa Thompson scored her first goal in west London as Sonia Bompastor’s side dominated proceedings. Sandy Baltimore opened the scoring from the penalty spot while Johanna Rytting Kaneryd and Erin Cuthbert also got on the scoresheet.Chelsea had endured a frustrating start to their Champions League challenge, the only trophy to elude their grasp. A 1-1 draw against Twente last week in Enschede had added a bit of pressure on this encounter at Stamford Bridge with sterner opposition to come. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Met Office explains why UK weather is so grey and gloomy at the moment

The weather in the UK has been gloomier than usual this week despite high pressure

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3 w. ago Millions face TV outages this week due to ‘pressure’ – customers at risk of blackouts revealed

MILLIONS of Brits could face TV blackouts this week as “pressure” on the network threatens to knock out services. Freeview fans could face days of TV chaos as high pressure wreaks havoc with signals across the UK. Viewers are being warned of possible blackouts from today right through to Wednesday, with some channels vanishing completely...

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3 w. ago Urgent warning to millions of Microsoft customers as support for Windows 10 ends TOMORROW

As of tomorrow, Microsoft will officially end support for the Windows 10 operating system - potentially putting millions of customers at risk of being hacked.

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4 w. ago Spain is at risk of fresh net zero blackouts, its electricity grid operator warns months after huge outage left five dead and millions without power

The country's electricity grid operator Red Eléctrica issued the warning as it said urgent changes are needed to change how it deals with sudden fluctuations in solar energy.

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