9 h. ago Person falls from Scots ferry as frantic rescue mission launched

A multi-agency response is attending the urgent search.

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9 h. ago Person seriously injured after ‘car falls’ from Luton Airport’s multi

Police say one person has been rushed to hospital in a serious condition

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14 h. ago Person plummets eight storeys to their death in freak accident at popular Adelaide city bar

A person has died after falling from a building onto the pavement outside a popular Adelaide hospitality venue.

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42 h. ago Scottish island with endless shingle beaches, own ferry and herd of Highland cows for sale

‘Private islands of this scale and calibre almost never come up for sale’

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1 week ago CalMac announces date veteran Arran ferry will return after unprecedented repairs

Caledonian Isles has been out of action for significant repairs since start of last year

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2 w. ago Renfrew Ferry, which has crossed the Clyde for more than 200 years, closes with immediate effect

It is the end of a long era on the River Clyde.

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2 w. ago Famous River Clyde ferry service stops sailing 'with immediate effect'

The Renfrew to Yoker Ferry has announced its closure “with immediate effect”.

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3 w. ago ‘Every person that clashed with him has left’: the rise, fall and spectacular comeback of Sam Altman

From Elon Musk to his own board, anyone who has come up against the OpenAI CEO has lost. In a gripping new account of the battle for AI supremacy, writer Karen Hao says we should all be wary of the power he now wieldsThe short-lived firing of Sam Altman, the CEO of possibly the world’s most important AI company, was sensational. When he was sacked by OpenAI’s board members, some of them believed the stakes could not have been higher – the future of humanity – if the organisation continued under Altman. Imagine Succession, with added apocalypse vibes. In early November 2023, after three weeks of secret calls and varying degrees of paranoia, the OpenAI board agreed: Altman had to go.The drama didn’t stop there. After his removal, Altman’s most loyal staff resigned, and others signed an open letter calling for his reinstatement. Investors, including its biggest, Microsoft, got spooked. Without talent or funding, OpenAI – which developed ChatGPT and was worth billions – wouldn’t even ex...

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4 w. ago Indian space agency's satellite mission fails due to technical issue in launch vehicle

The Indian space agency’s mission to launch into orbit a new Earth observation satellite has failed after the launch vehicle encountered a technical issue during the third stage of flight

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4 w. ago DAVE BURKE: I spent a wild week with Keir Starmer as he got tough on immigration in Albania

On Monday Keir Starmer launched a five-day mission to hammer home the message that Labour is getting tough on migration with a new strategy and a high-profile trip to Albania

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