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‘I love a bit of mischief!’ Liza Tarbuck on why she’s swapping her Radio 2 mic for a potter’s wheel
Liza Tarbuck has spoken about leaving her long-running Radio 2 Saturday evening show, joining a wave of high-profile presenters departing the BBC station. Her 14-year tenure had built a devoted following, and her exit prompted an outpouring of grief from listeners, making her the latest in a string of big names to leave Radio 2…
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Trump begins Ireland visit with government talks and golf
US President Donald Trump has arrived in Ireland for a two-day visit, one of the largest security operations in the country’s history. He will hold a courtesy call with Irish President Catherine Connolly and a bilateral meeting with Taoiseach Micheál Martin, before attending the Amgen Irish Open golf tournament at his own Doonbeg resort in…
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‘Immature playground boasting’: Mathematicians uneasy at OpenAI’s latest scalp
Mathematicians have reacted with unease after OpenAI announced that its latest AI model had solved a Millennium Prize Problem, a class of notoriously difficult mathematical puzzles that had resisted human effort for decades. The breakthrough came not from a flash of insight but from deploying vast computing resources at the problem, prompting concern about what…
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Naomi Klein: ‘Extreme wealth has a deranging effect. It turns you into a supremacist’
Author and activist Naomi Klein has released a new book, End Times Fascism, co-written with Astra Taylor, which argues that the world’s super-rich are exploiting climate breakdown and financial instability to entrench their own power in a “post-democratic” future. In an interview, Klein describes how extreme concentrations of wealth produce a “deranging” psychological effect that…
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Reform could be the biggest party if Burnham calls an early election, leading polling expert says
Sir John Curtice, the UK’s leading polling expert, has warned Andy Burnham that calling an early general election would be risky because Reform UK could still end up as the largest party in the House of Commons, despite recent turmoil within Farage’s party. Although Labour has surged since Burnham became prime minister, Curtice said current…
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Deportation-anniversary reflections, coal plant ruling, Trump dollar coin and Irish MRSA outbreak lead
Twenty-fifth anniversary tributes to 9/11 survivors feature alongside a court ruling against Trump’s Michigan coal plant order, brisk sales of the new Trump dollar coin, and an MRSA outbreak in Ireland traced to a bouncy castle; plus AI in courts and Irish civil service.
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Donald Trump lands in Dublin Airport at start of two-day trip to Ireland amid massive security operation
US President Donald Trump has landed at Dublin Airport at the start of a two-day visit to Ireland, prompting one of the largest security operations ever mounted by the Irish police service. The trip includes meetings with Irish President Catherine Connolly and Taoiseach Micheál Martin, alongside engagements in Dublin and at his Doonbeg golf resort,…
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10 NES Games That Are Still Worth Playing From Start to Finish
Polygon has published a list highlighting ten games for the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) that it argues remain worth completing today, nearly four decades after the console’s 1985 North American launch. The feature notes that while many early NES titles now feel dated compared to modern software, a select few still hold up as engaging,…
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The ancient woodland left untouched for 100 years
An area of Ecclesall Woods in Sheffield, unofficially known as “No Man’s Land”, has been left largely undisturbed by humans for almost a century, allowing local flora and fauna to flourish. The 42-acre patch was fenced off in 1927 shortly after the city council bought the wider 346-acre woodland to protect it from housing development,…
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Apocalypse: this end-of-days survival show is an absolute slam dunk
Channel 4’s new reality show Apocalypse, launching on Sunday 13 September, drops seven strangers into an abandoned town with no phones, electricity or infrastructure to see how they cope in a simulated societal collapse. The Guardian’s TV critic argues the premise is a “slam dunk” because it tests a scenario almost everyone has idly imagined,…