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Charter Closes Acquisition Of Rival Cox, Expanding Spectrum Pay-TV And Broadband To 45 States
Charter Communications has completed its $34.5 billion acquisition of rival Cox Enterprises, forming a combined cable and broadband giant with 38 million subscribers across video, internet and wireless services. The Spectrum brand will extend to 45 US states from September, strengthening Charter’s position against national and global competitors such as Elon Musk’s Starlink and streaming…
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Westbourne pupils in Sheffielf celebrate GCSE successes
“I am particularly proud of the successes of those pupils who changed schools to join Westbourne midway through their GCSE courses”
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White House congressional affairs chief leaves before midterm elections
The White House’s chief of legislative affairs has departed the role as President Trump’s administration heads into the midterm election campaign. The position is responsible for managing the administration’s relations with Congress and shepherding its legislative agenda, making the exit notable at a time when maintaining working relationships with lawmakers is politically sensitive. Available reporting…
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How to start STALKER 2 Cost of Hope DLC
STALKER 2’s “Back to the Zone” update has gone live alongside the paid Cost of Hope DLC, and Destructoid has published a guide explaining how players can jump straight into the new campaign. The expansion is aimed at both newcomers and series veterans, and the site notes that access doesn’t require a long wait once…
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Brand Marketing Veteran Justin Breton Joins Gap to Drive Original Content
Gap Inc. has hired Justin Breton, a former Walmart marketing executive, as its new vice president of development to lead original content creation across its brand portfolio. He starts on 31 August and will report to Pam Kaufman, the former Nickelodeon and Viacom executive who became Gap’s first chief entertainment officer in February, as part…
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Fortnite Chapter 7 Season 4 NPC locations and services
Destructoid has compiled a running guide to the non-player characters (NPCs) scattered across the map in Fortnite Chapter 7, Season 4, listing where players can find them and the services each one offers. These characters allow players to progress quests, restock ammunition, heal up, spawn a rift for a quick escape, or hire specialists to…
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NASA gives up on trying to rescue the Swift telescope
NASA and Katalyst Space have abandoned plans to rescue the Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory, a satellite whose orbit has been dropping due to increased solar activity, meaning it is now expected to burn up in Earth’s atmosphere later this year. The two organisations announced that Katalyst’s Link spacecraft, hampered by its own “attitude control issue”,…
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NEIL PEART Documentary Maker Hopes Film Will Reveal Iconic RUSH Drummer Was ‘A Very Loyal And Loving Friend’
A new documentary titled “Neil Peart: No One’s Disciple” will have its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival on 16 September 2026, with a public screening set for 19 September and a broadcast on Canada’s CBC network on 23 September. Directed by Scot McFadyen and Sam Dunn, who previously made the 2010 RUSH…
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Abigail’s Party review – Tamzin Outhwaite’s Bev is Madame Bovary with a Cinzano
Tamzin Outhwaite is winning praise for her performance as Beverly in a revival of Mike Leigh’s Abigail’s Party at the Harold Pinter theatre in London, with the Guardian’s review declaring that she supersedes Alison Steadman’s long-definitive original portrayal of the character. Directed by Nadia Fall, this production of the 1970s suburban satire is judged to…