51 h. ago Hunt to find two rescued walkers 'who fled hotel that put them up late at night after seven

Wasdale Mountain Rescue Team said it was called to an 'avoidable' seven-hour rescue of two young men on Scafell Pike.

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57 h. ago Rescue team blasts hikers they saved who then didn't pay hotel bill and pinched gear

A pair of idiotic hikers had to be rescued from Lake District peak Scafell Pike in awful winter conditions in December - but then failed to pay their hotel bill and pinched gear

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57 h. ago Lake District mountain rescue team left to cover hotel bill owed by walkers rescued from Scafell Pike

"A thank you is all we ask"

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65 h. ago Rescued Scafell Pike hikers urged to pay hotel bill and return head torches

Wasdale mountain rescue team says ‘we struggle to understand when the rescued take advantage of hospitality’A mountain rescue team has appealed for two rescued walkers to pay a hotel bill they owe, return head torches they took and collect a hospital crutch one of them used to climb Scafell Pike in treacherous conditions.“We avoid judging those we rescue,” said Wasdale mountain rescue team in a statement. “But we struggle to understand when the rescued take advantage of hospitality provided by our supporters in the valley.” Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Lee Westwood picks sides after Rory McIlroy demanded Jon Rahm pay huge fine

Rory McIlroy has urged Jon Rahm to pay a £2.2m fine to the DP World Tour after playing under the LIV Golf banner and Lee Westwood - who also plays for the Saudi-backed breakaway circuit - has now weighed in on the matter

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6 d. ago Rory McIlroy tells Jon Rahm and Tyrrell Hatton to pay huge fines or forget Ryder Cup dreams

RORY McILROY delivered a Ryder Cup bombshell as he urged Jon Rahm and Tyrrell Hatton to prove they would pay to represent Europe. McIlroy said the LIV duo should pay off their fines for joining the rebel tour — and end the uncertainty over their Ryder Cup futures. Both Rahm and Hatton have issued a...

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2 w. ago Love Machines by James Muldoon review – the risks and rewards of getting intimate with AI

The sociology professor is suitably comfortable with AI helpers that he creates his own – it’s their inventors’ motives and unregulated environment he argues we should be concerned aboutIf much of the discussion of AI risk conjures doomsday scenarios of hyper-intelligent bots brandishing nuclear codes, perhaps we should be thinking closer to home. In his urgent, humane book, sociologist James Muldoon urges us to pay more attention to our deepening emotional entanglements with AI, and how profit-hungry tech companies might exploit them. A research associate at the Oxford Internet Institute who has previously written about the exploited workers whose labour makes AI possible, Muldoon now takes us into the uncanny terrain of human-AI relationships, meeting the people for whom chatbots aren’t merely assistants, but friends, romantic partners, therapists, even avatars of the dead.To some, the idea of falling in love with an AI chatbot, or confiding your deepest secrets to one, might...

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2 w. ago Love Machines by James Muldoon review – inside the uncanny world of AI relationships

A sociologist talks to the people putting their faith – and their hearts – in the hands of robotsIf much of the discussion of AI risk conjures doomsday scenarios of hyper-intelligent bots brandishing nuclear codes, perhaps we should be thinking closer to home. In his urgent, humane book, sociologist James Muldoon urges us to pay more attention to our deepening emotional entanglements with AI, and how profit-hungry tech companies might exploit them. A research associate at the Oxford Internet Institute who has previously written about the exploited workers whose labour makes AI possible, Muldoon now takes us into the uncanny terrain of human-AI relationships, meeting the people for whom chatbots aren’t merely assistants, but friends, romantic partners, therapists, even avatars of the dead.To some, the idea of falling in love with an AI chatbot, or confiding your deepest secrets to one, might seem mystifying and more than a little creepy. But Muldoon refuses to belittle...

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2 w. ago 'I was diagnosed with bowel cancer at 24 and you should never ignore 3 symptoms'

A woman who was diagnosed with stage three bowel cancer at the start of 2025 has urged people to pay attention to three key symptoms that led her to get a diagnosis

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2 w. ago Martin Lewis issues urgent warning to millions of people due to pay tax this month

The deadline to submit Self Assessment tax returns is January 31.

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3 w. ago I spent 4 days at 'haunted' hotel in an underrated seaside town — I vow not to return

Over the holiday period, I travelled to Kent to have a 'non-traditional' Christmas. But I didn't expect to be staying in an eerie old hotel that is said to be haunted.

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4 w. ago Michael van Gerwen crashes OUT of World Darts Championship as he blames himself

Michael van Gerwen has revealed he will return home immediately after crashing out of the World Darts Championship with a 4-1 defeat against old rival Gary Anderson.

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