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Give Xfce a Mac or Unity-style makeover
The Register’s second instalment of its Xfce panel customisation guide addresses lingering flaws in the desktop environment’s Panel Profiles tool, which lets users mimic the look of macOS, Unity, MATE, GNOME 2 and various Windows layouts. While Part 1 covered installing the tool and its plugins, this follow-up tackles cosmetic and functional issues left behind,…
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On patrol with Britain’s first security guards hired to monitor migrants in county they’ve made a ‘no-go’ zone by harassing women
Private security guards began their first patrols in Essex on Monday, hired by the Reform-led county council to monitor migrants in Colchester, Braintree and Chelmsford. The move follows complaints from local women and girls about being harassed, filmed and intimidated by groups of male migrants brought into the towns from MDP Wethersfield, a former RAF…
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Parents seek out school uniform deals, cutting average spend to £54.53
Parents and carers in Great Britain spent 12.5% less on school uniform ahead of this academic year, as households squeezed by the cost of living crisis turned to promotions and secondhand items to cut costs. The average uniform spend fell to £54.53 in the four weeks to 6 September, down from £62.29 a year earlier,…
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How Promise David emerged from Maltese shadows into the Premier League
Brighton’s summer signing Promise David has gone from playing in Estonia’s little-watched top division to becoming a Canada World Cup goalscorer and Premier League forward in the space of a few years, a rise that has stunned even those who coached him from the start. His loan move from Royale Union Saint-Gilloise to Brighton, if…
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Microsoft issues emergency Windows 11 update to fix its record-breaking patch
Microsoft has released an emergency out-of-band update to fix bugs introduced by its record-breaking September Patch Tuesday release, which had patched nearly 1,000 vulnerabilities in the company’s largest update to date. The fixes address issues affecting businesses, developers and gamers, underlining how increasingly frequent these emergency patches have become as Microsoft grapples with quality problems…
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Harry and Meghan’s bodyguards only tested route to Archie and Lilibet’s new school in summer holidays – before pulling them out of class when convoy ‘split up’ in heavy traffic on first day of term
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle withdrew Archie and Lilibet from their new UK private school after just two days, following a security incident in which the family’s protective convoy became separated in heavy term-time traffic. Security experts have questioned why the couple’s bodyguards only tested the hour-long school route during the summer holidays, when traffic…
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Reform ‘already spending’ £72m super-donations’ despite risk they are blocked – as party warns of tit-for-tat ban on Labour’s union cash if it wins next election
Reform UK has begun spending £72million in donations from crypto-billionaires Ben Delo and Christopher Harborne, despite the risk that the money may have to be returned under proposed foreign-donor rules. The funds are already being used to hire additional staff and launch Reform TV online, even as Labour signals it could tighten the law in…
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No one could stand in the way of this juggernaut! The biggest shocks from the Emmy awards
Hollywood’s Emmy awards produced a string of surprises, with the comedy Hacks suffering a stark reversal of fortune despite entering the ceremony with a record 24 nominations. Jean Smart won lead actress in a comedy for the fourth consecutive season of the show, making her the first woman to win an Emmy for every season…
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US confirms for first time it has deployed a space weapon in orbit
The US Air Force has confirmed for the first time that it has deployed a weapon in Earth’s orbit, with Secretary of the Air Force Troy Meink saying the move was necessary to protect American forces from “evolving threats”. Speaking at the Air, Space and Cyber Conference, Meink gave no details on the weapon’s capabilities…
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Make NHS and MoD uniforms in UK, fashion firms urge Burnham
The thinktank Fashion Roundtable is delivering a letter to Downing Street urging the housing secretary Andy Burnham to commit to manufacturing NHS and Ministry of Defence uniforms in the UK, arguing that domestic public procurement contracts would help preserve Britain’s manufacturing industry. The letter, signed by more than 1,200 people including adventurer Ben Fogle and…