31 m. ago University Hospital of Wales: Shock report reveals pigeons 'found in trauma theatre'

A shocking report into the University Hospital of Wales in Cardiff revealed pigeons were found in trauma theatres among a raft of other serious concerns at the NHS facility

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37 m. ago Forensics and search dogs scour home after man rushed to hospital in early hours house fire

The man, aged in his 80s, is in a stable condition

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48 m. ago Hospital staff 'left operating theatres during surgery to watch Netflix'

The report revealed an 'atmosphere of fear' in the hospital's surgical department - after staff were caught leaving operating theatres to watch Netflix and pigeons were spotted in the corridors

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70 m. ago ‘It cannot provide nuance’: UK experts warn AI therapy chatbots are not safe

Experts say such tools may give dangerous advice and more oversight is needed, as Mark Zuckerberg says AI can plug gapHaving an issue with your romantic relationship? Need to talk through something? Mark Zuckerberg has a solution for that: a chatbot. Meta’s chief executive believes everyone should have a therapist and if they don’t – artificial intelligence can do that job.“I personally have the belief that everyone should probably have a therapist,” he said last week. “It’s like someone they can just talk to throughout the day, or not necessarily throughout the day, but about whatever issues they’re worried about and for people who don’t have a person who’s a therapist, I think everyone will have an AI.” Continue reading...

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86 m. ago Police launch search for woman, 21, after she vanished from seaside resort seven days ago

Concerns are growing for June, 21, who vanished from Bournemouth, Dorset, on April 30, as police say her disappearance is 'out of character' and released a CCTV image.

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1 hour ago Less farmland is going for organic crops as costs and other issues take root

An increasing number of American farmers are turning away from growing organic

Politics

1 hour ago US renewable energy has tripled in a decade – but Trump cancels almost $8bn in projects

Political uncertainty under Trump has dampened the market, even as red states see a boom in renewable energyRenewable energy in the US has surged to unprecedented levels, with the combined power generated by solar, wind and geothermal more than tripling over the past decade, according to a new report by a network of state environmental groups.The growth has slashed harmful greenhouse gas emissions, made the nation’s energy system more resilient and prevented thousands of premature deaths from power plant pollution, according to the report by Environment America.The amount of solar energy produced in 2024 – enough to power 28m homes – was nearly eight times higher than a decade earlier. Solar power production increased 27% from 2023 to 2024.Wind produced even more energy – enough to power 42m homes in 2024. The amount of power from wind has more than doubled over the past decade.Wind, solar and geothermal energy accounted for 19% of all retail sales of electricity last year, accordin...

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1 hour ago US renewable energy has tripled in a decade – but Trump cuts almost $8bn in projects

Political uncertainty under Trump has dampened the market, even as red states see a boom in renewable energyRenewable energy in the US has surged to unprecedented levels, with the combined power generated by solar, wind and geothermal more than tripling over the past decade, according to a new report by a network of state environmental groups.The growth has slashed harmful greenhouse gas emissions, made the nation’s energy system more resilient and prevented thousands of premature deaths from power plant pollution, according to the report by Environment America.The amount of solar energy produced in 2024 – enough to power 28m homes – was nearly eight times higher than a decade earlier. Solar power production increased 27% from 2023 to 2024.Wind produced even more energy – enough to power 42m homes in 2024. The amount of power from wind has more than doubled over the past decade.Wind, solar and geothermal energy accounted for 19% of all retail sales of electricity last year, accordin...

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2 h. ago Satchwell became suspect in missing wife’s case in August 2022, court told

Ann Marie Twomey she could not comment on the previous investigating team’s 2017 search of the Satchwell home.

Events

2 h. ago Estelle reflects on Kanye West hit ‘American Boy’ amid controversy

‘There was no sign of what was to come,’ said the musician

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2 h. ago Israel is starving Gaza. It’s a cheap, silent and brutal way to kill | Ahmed Moor

Starvation is a slow, painful way to die. And unlike bombs and tanks, it’s easy for western leaders to ignoreI recently looked up a biography of Rudolf Höss. The Kommandant who led the Auschwitz prison camp in Poland during the second world war was fastidious in his duties. He successfully oversaw the extermination of millions of people from 1940 to 1943, and, according to accounts, seems to have been a father who cared for his five children. His home life was imagined, and captured, by the film-maker Jonathan Glazer in his 2023 movie The Zone of Interest.John Primomo recounts, in his biography, how the Nazi would randomly select groups of prisoners and sentence them to die by starvation. Höss was eventually captured by Nazi hunters and hanged for his crimes, in his case a slow death on a short gallows.Ahmed Moor is a Palestinian American writer and recipient of the Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans Continue reading...

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3 h. ago The UK regions where almost 50% of people could be ‘unable to afford basic needs in retirement’

Pension savings levels have failed to keep pace with the rising cost of living, according to a new report

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3 h. ago Drugs, sabotage, stealing and racism exposed in shocking report into Wales' biggest hospital

A damning report has revealed major issues at Cardiff's University Hospital of Wales

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3 h. ago Rangers takeover latest as Dave King airs major update and reveals the date 49ers and Cavenagh will seize power

The former Ibrox chairman revealed he was initially speaking Saudi investors before the Americans entered the fray

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3 h. ago British 'stalker' followed American influencer to Bali with rope in suitcase after bombarding her with messages about his sexual fantasies, court told

Rob Keating, 39, allegedly sent 'incessant and constant' emails and video messages to influencer Alexandra Saper, including a threat to abduct her from her Indonesian tropical island home.

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3 h. ago American wives v British husbands: I know the real reasons for the Beckham and Sussex family rifts

Of course our two ‘first families’ are feuding, says Suzanne Duckett. It’s the classic stiff upper lip battling against therapy-forward cultures

Politics

4 h. ago Edmunds: Five great budget performance cars for under $35,000

Sure, being on a budget limits your performance-car options

Economics

4 h. ago Psychologist reveals the single 'toxic' phrase that could ruin your relationship

American psychologist Dr Mark Travers says it's the number one phrase that breaks up couples. And if you hear it coming from your partner's mouth, it may be a sign to get out of that relationship fast.

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4 h. ago Stirling Albion boss reveals hope for next season after dull Forfar curtain call

The Binos rounded off their season with a goalless draw in Angus against a home side fighting the drop - with a section of the away support in fancy dress even offering a party vibe to the final game.

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4 h. ago Huma Bhabha review – ‘Giacometti is a foil to her flamboyance. She is today’s Picasso’

Barbican, LondonThe Pakistani-American sculptor’s traumatised patchwork people more than hold their own against the great Swiss artist’s striding, emaciated statues in this thrilling clashAn artist has to ask big questions and have intense thoughts to get away with exhibiting among the profound masterpieces of Alberto Giacometti. I didn’t give much for Huma Bhabha’s chances. But she takes the Barbican’s new daylit art gallery by storm.Grey morning light from windows that look across the brutalist ponds at St Giles Cripplegate pours through big holes in her 2019 sculpture Mask of Dimitrios. This roughly assembled human figure has plastic bags for breasts – not inflated but sagging pieces of dirty polythene – a metal chair for a skeleton enhanced by blackened dog bones, plaster arms and legs, a battered tray for a face, all tacked together over an inner emptiness. Continue reading...

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