Plans to make UK world leader in AI sector include opening access to NHS and other public data Artificial intelligence will be “mainlined into the veins” of the nation, ministers have announced, with a multibillion-pound investment in the UK’s computing capacity despite widespread public fear about the technology’s effects. Keir […]
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Exclusive: Voters overall are downbeat about politics and almost two-thirds think ‘the UK’s best years are behind us’ One in five generation Z and millennial Britons prefer strong leaders without elections to democracy, and voters overall are feeling downbeat about politics, a report has found. The polling, due to be […]
Cash profit on a sale falls for second year in a row, to below £100,000, finds Hamptons Sellers in England and Wales made less than £100,000 profit on the sale of their home last year, or just over 40% – the lowest return in a decade – according to the […]
Senior cabinet minister promises not to dilute new measures despite Zuckerberg’s attacks on countries ‘censoring’ content Britain’s new laws to boost safety and tackle hate speech online are “not up for negotiation”, a senior government minister has warned, after Meta founder Mark Zuckerberg vowed to join Donald Trump to pressure […]
Dan Carden says government must heed calls for justice and show ‘whose side it on’ A Labour MP has become the first to break ranks and publicly call for a national inquiry into grooming gangs and has urged the prime minister to “use the full power of the state to […]
Retail assistants on low pay using YoungOnes platform docked cash or told to wait up to 30 days for earnings Retail assistants have accused a gig economy firm of “holding them to ransom” by making them pay a fee if they want to receive their wages within a month. A […]
Neighborhoods under orders now include Encino and Brentwood, with the Getty Center and its art collection Thousands of firefighters labored to contain the four wildfires raging across the Los Angeles area Saturday before evening winds forecasted to fan additional flames. In the Pacific Palisades, incarcerated firefighters dug wide trenches across […]
Critics flag ‘worrying trend’ of keeping royal files under lock and key as thousands set for release to public Researchers fear that thousands of government documents about the late queen and Prince Philip due for release in the next two years could be censored. The files are scheduled to be […]
Azov, a volunteer brigade, plans to form international battalion to boost numbers as Ukraine heads into fourth year of war The Britons killed fighting for Ukraine against Russia Ukraine’s highest profile combat unit is seeking English-speaking recruits at a time when the impending presidency of Donald Trump means that Kyiv […]
President-elect, who was found guilty of committing 34 felonies, sentenced to unconditional discharge in New York Trump hush-money sentencing – latest updates Donald Trump will avoid jail time for his felony conviction in the New York hush-money case, a judge determined on Friday, marking both a dramatic and anti-climactic development […]