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Devolution powers, Arriva bus strike returns, Zelensky corruption questions
Burnham pushes new mayoral powers over housing; Arriva North London drivers to strike again next week; Fedorov says Zelensky faces corruption questions; plus OpenAI’s cyber-attack warning and the Swans’ return.
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These modern smartwatches are in their last year of updates
Several popular smartwatches from Apple, Google and Samsung will lose software support during 2026, marking the end of new features and, in some cases, security updates for these devices. The watches will keep working for basic tasks like step tracking and notifications, but the loss of security patches raises concerns for anyone using them for…
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Brighton thrash Aston Villa as João Gomes sees red
Aston Villa’s turbulent summer culminated in a chastening 4-0 defeat to Brighton at the Amex Stadium, with new signing João Gomes sent off on his debut for a high boot on Georginio Rutter as Unai Emery’s side capitulated. Both clubs had been weakened by off-season upheaval, but only Fabian Hürzeler’s Brighton coped, easing to victory…
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Newcastle surf club stalwart groped local female surgeon while posing for a group photo – before volunteering to become the club’s ‘complaints officer’
A senior Newcastle lifesaver and former police detective has pleaded guilty to sexually touching a local surgeon at a community event in the NSW Hunter Valley last year. Scott Cook, 57, known as “Cookie”, had been honoured for long service to Newcastle Surf Life Saving Club and held roles including treasurer and lifesaving award assessor.…
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Onshore Windfarm Applications Hit Decade High Following Labour’s Renewable Energy Policy Shift
England’s onshore windfarm sector is experiencing a significant expansion, with applications reaching their highest levels in over a decade following the Labour government’s reversal of the Conservative-era de facto ban
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Chineke!/ Heyward/ Angel Blue review – belated premiere for forgotten Black composer
A Chineke! Prom at the Royal Albert Hall gave the belated premiere of Ballet, a 1918 three-movement work by Edmund Thornton Jenkins, a Black composer from Charleston, South Carolina, who died in Paris aged 32. The performance formed part of the orchestra’s ongoing effort to rediscover music by forgotten Black composers, reconstructed from incomplete manuscript…
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Onshore windfarms surge as North Sea oil woes and bus strikes hit Britain
Windfarm applications hit a ten-year high while North Sea decline tests the PM, Arriva bus drivers plan a strike, First Bus curbs under-16 travel, Nevada’s Hawk Fire prompts a state of emergency, and Lincoln City lose on their Championship return.
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The PM is promising to fix our everyday annoyances – and I have a list to get him started | Emma Beddington
In this comment piece, Guardian writer Emma Beddington reflects on Andy Burnham’s push to tackle everyday “annoyances” – such as auto-renewed subscriptions, misleading sale prices, and capped bus fares – as a way of building public goodwill, drawing a parallel with New York mayor Zohran Mamdani’s popular online campaign against the “annoyance economy”. She argues…
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What to try when an Android app keeps crashing
The article offers troubleshooting advice for Android users whose apps repeatedly crash, drawing on the author’s long experience with the operating system. It notes that crashes are more often caused by buggy app updates than by hardware problems, so the first port of call should be the Google Play Store rather than the phone itself,…
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Grand Theft Auto VI exists in its own universe
Grand Theft Auto VI has become one of the most hyped video game releases ever, and Rockstar Games appears able to weather any controversy along the way without denting public enthusiasm. Despite a huge 2022 hack that leaked 90 videos of the game, multiple release delays, union-busting accusations and the absence of a physical disc…