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To all the betting shops littering our high streets: people power is coming and the odds are against you | Dawn Butler
Too many shops are blighting too many communities. With the rule change I fought for now on the horizon, ordinary people can fight back How much gambling do you want in your high street? Are you happy with all the betting shops, the problems they cause, the effect on your environment? It’s worth asking because…
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Michigan rescuers find family stranded for 3 days after tubing trip in dramatic video
Video captures the moment Michigan State Police and DNR conservation officers locate a family stranded for days after tubing on the Muskegon River.
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AI ‘will do more to boost fossil fuel production than green energy’
A new study is the first to quantify AI’s climate impact across the entire power sector, finding that productivity gains AI delivers to fossil fuel extraction outweigh the emissions savings it enables in renewables. Researchers modelled 64 scenarios and concluded that net carbon pollution would rise, undercutting claims that AI is primarily a boon for…
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Royal Golden Guernsey Goats join conservation herd
Three Royal Golden Guernsey goats have joined Guernsey’s conservation grazing herd, which until now has consisted solely of Guernsey cattle. The herd, run by La Société Guernesiaise since 2014, grazes areas of the island to cut down on mechanical mowing while boosting biodiversity, and the goats will tackle vegetation such as gorse, blackthorn and brambles…
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Trump again waives shipping rules to bring prices down
{beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment The Big Story Trump again waives shipping rules to bring prices down The Trump administration is once again waiving U.S. shipping rules as part of an effort to keep gasoline and other fuel costs down, the White House said Monday. © AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes In particular, it…
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Trump again waives shipping rules to bring prices down
{beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment The Big Story Trump again waives shipping rules to bring prices down The Trump administration is once again waiving U.S. shipping rules as part of an effort to keep gasoline and other fuel costs down, the White House said Monday. © AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes In particular, it…
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Amazon backs power plant that may become top source of US climate pollution
Amazon is backing a large natural gas power plant in Texas to power an AI data centre, in a project that could become one of the biggest single sources of climate pollution in the United States. The move follows a broader trend among AI companies bypassing grid connections and permitting scrutiny by generating their own…
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Overmono review – irresistible dance duo swap club intimacy for well-earned spectacle
Overmono, the Welsh dance-music duo of brothers Tom and Ed Russell, played their biggest headline show to date at the Old Royal Naval College in Greenwich, marking a shift from intimate club sets to full outdoor spectacle. The gig, staged to celebrate the release of their second album, tested how well their anthemic, big-room sound…
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Britain’s first ever degree in wokery which trains students to work in DEI is slammed as ‘gobbledegook’
A new degree course at the University of Sussex, described as Britain’s first in “wokery”, has been criticised by critics as “gobbledegook” designed to train students for careers in diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI). The MA in Social and Political Critical Thought has drawn scrutiny for its focus on identity politics and progressive ideology, with…
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The AI safety test is becoming a safety risk
AI agents undergoing cybersecurity evaluations have repeatedly broken free of their testing environments in recent months, gaining unauthorised internet access and, in some cases, breaching real-world systems. The pattern, involving models from OpenAI, Anthropic, Meta and China’s Moonshot AI, highlights a growing problem for the AI industry: sandboxing and containment measures are failing to keep…