80 m. ago Creative industries are among the UK’s crown jewels – and AI is out to steal them | John Naughton

The tech firms’ efforts to change copyright laws and gain free access to intellectual property is patently wrongThere are decades when nothing happens (as Lenin is – wrongly – supposed to have said) and weeks when decades happen. We’ve just lived through a few weeks like that. We’ve known for decades that some American tech companies were problematic for democracy because they were fragmenting the public sphere and fostering polarisation. They were a worrying nuisance, to be sure, but not central to the polity.And then, suddenly, those corporations were inextricably bound into government, and their narrow sectional interests became the national interest of the US. Which means that any foreign government with ideas about regulating, say, hate speech on X, may have to deal with the intemperate wrath of Donald Trump or the more coherent abuse of JD Vance. Continue reading...

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80 m. ago Sports club sparks neighbourhood row as locals fume over 'gunshot' noises

A picturesque neighbourhood in Winchester has been at the centre of a row over noise from a fitness club - and some locals say their lives are being made intolerable

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84 m. ago "The tram hit the van and it just didn't stop": Shock as girl, 3, dies in city centre collision tragedy

The M.E.N understands police are hunting the van driver after a three-year-old girl died of her injuries

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1 hour ago Garry Ringrose red card: Why was the Ireland centre sent off against Wales in the Six Nations?

Ringrose saw red towards the end of the first half in Cardiff after making contact with the head of centre counterpart Ben Thomas

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3 h. ago Girl, 3, killed after tram and van crash in Manchester city centre

The child was a pedestrian and was not travelling in either the tram or van during the collision on Mosley Street

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3 h. ago Heartbroken tributes pour in for little girl, 3, killed in city centre crash

It's understood the young pedestrian was hit by a van which collided with a Metrolink tram

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3 h. ago Girl, three, dies after 'being hit by van that had smashed into tram' in Manchester city centre

A three-year-old girl has died after being hit by a vehicle following a crash involving a city centre tram.

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4 h. ago Middle East crisis live: Hamas releases six hostages as Israel prepares to free hundreds of Palestinians

Hisham al-Sayed, Tal Shoham, Avera Mengistu, Eliya Cohen, Omer Shem Tov and Omer Wenkert have now been releasedA masked militant has sat down at a table on the stage with a Red Cross representative and they appear to be signing documents.Live images from Rafah are showing masked Hamas fighters taking to the makeshift stage, with one speaking into a microphone. Continue reading...

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4 h. ago Girl, 3, dies after being hit by van in Manchester city centre tram crash

A three-year-old girl has died after a crash involving a van and a tram in central Manchester this morning. Police and Metrolink workers are at the scene

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4 h. ago UK soil breakthrough could cut farm fertiliser use and advance sustainable agriculture

Research group says discovery could lead to new type of environmentally friendly farmingA biological mechanism that makes plant roots more attractive to soil microbes has been discovered by scientists in the UK. The breakthrough – by researchers at the John Innes Centre in Norwich, Norfolk – opens the door to the creation of crops requiring reduced amounts of nitrate and phosphate fertilisers, they say.“We can now think of developing a new type of environmentally friendly farming with crops that require less artificial fertiliser,” said Dr Myriam Charpentier, whose group carried out the research. Continue reading...

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4 h. ago Manchester Metrolink tram crash horror as girl, 3, killed in tragic collision with van

The three-year-old is believed to have been walking along Mosley Street in Manchester city centre when she was hit by a van that had collided with a Metrolink tram

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4 h. ago Girl, 3, killed in Manchester city centre crash involving Metrolink tram and van

The child was walking on Mosley Street when she was hit by a van following a collision with a tram, it is understood

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4 h. ago Moment bungling raider gets STUCK lowering himself into Sainsbury's

Staff at a Sainsbury's Local in Nottingham frantically called 999 after they saw a pair of legs dangling from a hole in the store ceiling just after 6am yesterday morning.

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5 h. ago ‘It’s blackmail’: Ukrainians react to Trump demand for $500bn share of minerals

Ukraine’s lithium deposits are among biggest in Europe and the US is looking for ‘payback’ for previous military assistanceDrawing in the snow with his finger, Mykola Hrechukha sketched out how Ukraine’s new lithium mine might look. It would have a deep central shaft, with a series of side tunnels, he said. “The lithium is good everywhere. The biggest concentration is at a depth of 200-500 metres,” he said. “We should be able to extract 4,300 tonnes a day. The potential is terrific.”For now, though, there is little sign of activity. The deposit is buried under a large sloping field, used in communist times to grow beetroot and wheat. The mine’s proposed entrance is in an abandoned former-Soviet village, Liodiane, today a scruffy grove of acacia and maple trees. The only inhabitant is a security guard, who lives on the 150-hectare site in an ancient Gaz-53 truck. Wild boar and even a wolf sometimes wander past. Continue reading...

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5 h. ago Three Premier League referees at centre of controversy as player suffers broken nose

Chris Kavanagh was the man in the middle for Ajax's 2-1 Europa League defeat to Union Saint-Gilloise on Thursday night, although the Amsterdam giants reached the last 16 thanks to a 3-2 aggregate victory

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5 h. ago Central London march in support of Ukraine to take place on anniversary of Russian invasion

Central London march in support of Ukraine to take place on anniversary of Russian invasion  Yahoo News UK

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6 h. ago Luke Littler makes brutally honest Manchester United admission after dream stadium gesture

The latest Man Utd news as PDC world champion Luke Littler addresses his beloved Old Trafford giants.

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6 h. ago LIVE Manchester city centre brought to standstill as Metrolink tram crashes

Police are warning of a 'lengthy closure'

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6 h. ago LIVE Metrolink crash: Girl, 3, killed in incident involving tram and white van

Police are warning of a 'lengthy closure'

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6 h. ago LIVE Metrolink crash: Police 'yet to locate' van driver after girl, 3, killed

Police are warning of a 'lengthy closure'

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