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Amber heat-health alerts in effect as UK set for one of longest-lasting heatwaves since 1976
Temperatures are set to rise as high as 36C (97F) for parts of southern England this week.
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Moment Ukrainian ‘car cannibal’ is caught at Dover: Border officers find van driver smuggling £100K worth of parts from eight high-end vehicles stolen off UK streets
Border officers at the Port of Dover intercepted a Ukrainian van driver attempting to smuggle around £100,000 worth of parts stripped from eight high-end stolen cars out of Britain for sale on the black market. The seizure, featured in the Channel 4 documentary Dover 24/7: Britain’s Busiest Port, highlights the trade in dismantled stolen vehicles…
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Researchers claim they’ve created healthier burgers that taste as good as a Big Mac
Researchers at Stanford University in California trained an AI tool to create burger recipes based on age, taste and nutritional needs. They claim it tastes better than a Big Mac.
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NASA transfers ownership of Maryland woodland to the US Fish and Wildlife Service
NASA has formally handed over Area 400, a 103-acre parcel of woodland near its Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland, to the US Fish and Wildlife Service. The land is now part of the Patuxent Research Refuge, a move welcomed as a rare conservation success and one that removes the risk of the site being…
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Gilla Band confirm new album Pugnello for September and share Placeholder
Dublin noise-rock band Gilla Band have announced their new album, Pugnello, which is set for release on 25 September 2026 via Rough Trade. It marks their first full-length record in four years, following 2022’s Most Normal, a period during which members pursued other projects such as guitarist Alan Duggan Borges’ electronic venture the Null Club.…
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This race car is made from plant fibers, volcanoes, … and seawater?
Lola Cars, the storied British constructor rebuilding itself after a 2022 bankruptcy, is producing a fresh run of 16 continuation examples of its 1965 T70S sports racer, and what makes them notable is not the retro styling but the sustainable materials used to build them. Executive innovation director Matt Faulks told Ars Technica that the…
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Slowcore Bands imy3 & towhead Announce New Split EP: Hear Two Tracks
Slowcore acts imy3, a Philadelphia-based duo, and towhead, a Bay Area trio, have announced a new untitled split EP, due out on 8 July via Cherub Dream. Both bands draw on 1990s slowcore sounds blended with the playful, home-recorded electronic textures common in DIY music, and the release marks a formal collaboration between two closely…
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The Mound: Omens of Cthulhu revives Left 4 Dead formula from Zeno Clash creators
Rock Paper Shotgun previews The Mound: Omen of Cthulhu, a Lovecraftian extraction game from Chilean studio Ace Team, the developers behind Zeno Clash, The Eternal Cylinder and Clash: Artefacts of Chaos. Set in the 17th century, it casts four crucifix-wielding, musket-armed Spanish explorers who venture into a monster-filled jungle in search of loot, with the…
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Anarchists United names inaugural writers discovery fellows under Lilly Wachowski
Lilly Wachowski’s Anarchists United Foundation has named the five recipients of its 2026 Writers Discovery Fellowship: Emma Bruno, Erin Deason, Sarah Granger, Coquie Hughes and Chelsea Javier. The foundation, which the Matrix co-director set up to tackle inequity across film and television, uses the six-month scheme to champion underrepresented voices, making the announcement a notable…
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Bari Weiss takeover fears grip CNN staff as Paramount-Warner Bros deal nears completion
CNN staff are reportedly anxious about their future as Paramount Skydance moves closer to completing its acquisition of parent company Warner Bros. Discovery, with many fearing the network will be handed to Bari Weiss, currently editor in chief of Paramount-owned CBS News. The concern matters because CNN remains a significant profit generator and a key…