20 m. ago Teen yobs set fire to cars, steal from tills and throw bricks at staff as car repair boss says police have left him feeling 'utterly helpless'

Neil Gibson has faced years of torment from youngster at his business, leaving him thousands of pounds out of pocket and fearing for the safety of his employees.

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30 m. ago These medications could save thousands of lives – but doctors aren’t prescribing them

While it was once hoped that cytisine would become the ‘aspirin of smoking cessation drugs’, it is shockingly underused

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35 m. ago Amazon cuts 33% off a dehumidifier recommended for 'battling condensation and damp'

A dehumidifier can help reduce condensation build-up during cold winter months

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35 m. ago Inside San Francisco’s new AI school: is this the future of US education?

The private Alpha School says its students can learn faster and better – but experts warn not all may benefit from an AI boom in schoolsIn the world’s tech innovation epicenter, an “AI-powered” private school has made headlines for unabashedly embracing the technology.Alpha School San Francisco, which opened its doors to K-8 students this fall, is the newest outpost of a network of 14 nationwide private schools. Its learning model entails just two hours of focused academic work per day, during which the school says students can learn twice as fast as their counterparts in traditional schools – with the help of artificial intelligence. Continue reading...

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46 m. ago Lady Annabel Goldsmith dead, aged 91, as tributes paid to friend of Princess Diana

A popular nightclub in Mayfair was named after Lady Annabel

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61 m. ago CCTV released after woman raped inside Stone Roses bar in 'shocking and horrific' attack

Police believe the individual pictured may be able to help their investigation

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65 m. ago Woman uses ChatGPT to pick winning lottery numbers as she bags £74k

Tammy Carvey reached out to artificial intelligence to help choose the numbers for her next lottery flutter, but little did she know she would be raking in the cash thanks to it

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74 m. ago Strictly Come Dancing's Dr Ranj credits show for helping him confront secret anxiety battle

EXCLUSIVE: Dr Ranj Singh has been a familiar face on our TV screens for years, but behind the smile, the former Strictly Come Dancing star has spent years quietly battling anxiety

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95 m. ago ‘There were stoats in kitchen cupboards’: AI deployed to help save Orkney’s birds

Stoats have been an existential threat to Orkney’s rare birds but technology is helping to eradicate themAt first, the stoat looks like a faint smudge in the distance. But, as it jumps closer, its sleek body is identified by a heat-detecting camera and, with it, an alert goes out to Orkney’s stoat hunters.Aided by an artificial intelligence programme trained to detect a stoat’s sinuous shape and movement, trapping teams are dispatched with the explicit aim of finding and killing it. It is the most sophisticated technology deployed in one of the world’s largest mammal eradication projects, which has the aim of detecting the few stoats left on Orkney. Continue reading...

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2 h. ago Lady Annabel Goldsmith dies: Matriarch who gave her name to famous London club passes away aged 91

Lady Annabel Goldsmith, the renowned society beauty whose name was immortalised when her husband named a Mayfair nightclub after her, has died at the age of 91.

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2 h. ago Lady Annabel Goldsmith, who had Mayfair nightclub named after her, dies aged 91

The heiress was the younger daughter of the 8th Marquess of Londonderry

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2 h. ago Major retailer slashes 'elegant' Calvin Klein perfume to its cheapest price

Shoppers won't find a better deal for this luxury perfume.

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2 h. ago BBC Saturday Kitchen chaos after Matt Tebbutt’s knife injury as crew rush in to help

Saturday Kitchen presenter Matt Tebbutt was left bleeding live on air after he cut himself with a knife

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2 h. ago ‘Indecency has become a new hallmark’: writer and historian Jelani Cobb on race in Donald Trump’s America

In a new essay collection, the dean of Columbia University’s graduate school of journalism makes a compelling argument that everything is connected and nothing is inevitable about racial justice or democracy“From the vantage point of the newsroom, the first story is almost never the full story,” writes Jelani Cobb. “You hear stray wisps of information, almost always the most inflammatory strands of a much bigger, more complicated set of circumstances.”The dean of Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism in New York could be reflecting on the recent killing of the racist provocateur Charlie Kirk. In fact, he is thinking back to Trayvon Martin, a 17-year-old African American student from Florida who was shot dead by a white Latino neighbourhood watch volunteer in 2012. Continue reading...

Politics

2 h. ago Man seeking asylum in Canada trapped at US Ice facility after he says he crossed border by mistake

Canada isn’t helping to repatriate refugee applicant Mahin Shahriar, a 28-year-old Bangladeshi man, his lawyer saysA refugee applicant living in Canada is trapped at a US immigration detention facility after he says he mistakenly crossed the border, but his lawyer says Canada isn’t helping to bring him back.Mahin Shahriar, 28, who came to Canada from Bangladesh in 2019, told the Canadian Press he accepted an invitation from a “friend” to visit a property near Montreal, which he now suspects was part of a broader human trafficking operation. Continue reading...

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2 h. ago Gaza’s children needed a ceasefire – now they desperately need the aid that will keep them alive | Alison Griffin

The youngest and most vulnerable have suffered extreme mental and physical trauma. We can help – but we must be granted immediate accessAlison Griffin is head of conflict and humanitarian campaigns at Save the Children UKIn the last few days, we have seen celebrations alongside cautious optimism about a future for Gaza without bombs and bullets. This much needed pause in hostilities is providing children with the chance to sleep without the fear of drones above their heads, airstrikes on nearby buildings or fires breaking out in their tents. Families in Gaza are slowly returning to their neighbourhoods and trying to salvage what they can of their lives from the rubble.But crucially, what they are still not currently getting is full and sustainable access to aid supplies and vital services. This is about fundamental basic rights for children in the occupied Palestinian territory, which we have been demanding and advocating for since 1953.Alison Griffin is head of conflict and humanit...

Society

2 h. ago Pride of Britain’s Carol Vorderman's fresh health scare as she admits to being 'very poorly'

Carol Vorderman left her radio presenting job at LBC last year, and 12 months later she opens up about how she's been feeling, and why the world needs to 'watch out'

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2 h. ago Pride of Britain host Carol Vorderman's health scare as she issues warning to 'watch out'

EXCLUSIVE: Carol Vorderman left her radio presenting job at LBC last year, and 12 months later she's exclusively opened up about how she's been feeling, and why the world needs to 'watch out'

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2 h. ago Lady Annabel Goldsmith dead: Princess Diana's pal with Mayfair nightclub named after her dies

Lady Annabel Goldsmith has died at the age of 91. The socialite's husband named popular Mayfair nightclub after her. The news has been announced today

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2 h. ago Stictly's Chris McCausland says he wasn't 'fake' and 'always suffered' from one thing

Comedian Chris McCausland has spoken about the one thing he 'always suffered' from before starring in Stictly Come Dancing and how the show helped unlock something in him

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