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AMON AMARTH’s JOHAN HEGG: ‘We Never Really Write Music That We Don’t Feel Is Gonna End Up On The Album’
AMON AMARTH vocalist Johan Hegg says releasing new music brings both excitement and nervousness, because the band cannot know whether listeners will respond to the songs as strongly as they do. He emphasised that the group writes music for itself, while accepting that musical preferences are subjective and not everyone will like every track. Hegg…
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Professor launches seminar encouraging students to build friendships through everyday encounters
Professor Justin Vaughn of Coastal Carolina University has launched a seminar aimed at addressing loneliness among young people and helping students form lasting friendships. He says students now often sit silently on their phones rather than speaking to classmates, highlighting how weakened everyday social interaction may be contributing to isolation. Vaughn argues that friendships are…
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Scotland’s £17m NHS app reaches just 0.5% of adults despite 20% target
Scotland’s £17 million MyCare.Scot NHS app has attracted just over 22,000 downloads, equivalent to about 0.5% of the country’s adult population, despite a government target of 20%. Critics have described the project as an expensive failure and urged ministers to adopt England’s NHS app, which reportedly has much higher usage. The app, launched nationally in…
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Trump’s home county hits pause on data centers over environment and electric bill concerns
Palm Beach County, home to President Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort, has passed a one-year moratorium on planning and construction of new data centres following a unanimous 6-0 vote by commissioners. This decision comes just weeks after Trump warned that communities rejecting data centres would “end up being backwards and poor”, making it a significant local pushback…
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Householders need not rinse cans and jars before recycling
Richard Kirkman, the UK chief executive of waste management company Veolia, has declared that householders do not need to wash out cans and jars before recycling. Industrial washing machines handle the removal of any residual grime during the recycling process, making pre-rinsing unnecessary and potentially wasteful of household water. This guidance resolves decades of uncertainty…
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Video Game Menu: The Game is all about everyone’s favourite gaming pastime: pressing random buttons in the menus and seeing what they change
Video Game Menu: The Game is a comedy title built entirely around navigating video-game settings menus and experimenting with their controls. It satirises players’ often overlooked fascination with customisation options, replacing conventional challenges such as combat, platforming and puzzles with the supposedly simple pleasure of clicking through menus. Alongside familiar settings for graphics, brightness, frame…
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Your favorite grocery and snack items may have disappeared from store shelves in 2026
Major grocery retailers are seeing numerous beloved products disappear from shelves in 2026 as large food manufacturers restructure their offerings. Coca-Cola has ended Minute Maid frozen juice concentrates after 80 years, citing shifting consumer preferences, whilst PepsiCo announced plans to reduce nearly 20 per cent of its U.S. product range to focus on simpler ingredients…
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SNP government faces renewed scrutiny over ministers’ competence and decisions
A critical assessment of the Scottish National Party’s recent record in government, highlighting several incidents involving ministerial performance and policy decisions. The article raises concerns about competence and governance under First Minister John Swinney, citing examples of ministers’ conduct during parliamentary proceedings and policy decisions affecting education, transport, and healthcare. The specific incidents include Transport…
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Luxury log cabin near Inverness seeks offers over £900,000
A property in Scotland named Fasgadh could become the nation’s first million-pound log cabin, currently on the market for offers over £900,000. Built entirely from sustainably sourced Douglas Fir timber, the six-bedroom home sits in extensive grounds near Inverness and combines the rustic character of a log cabin with luxury design and environmental standards. The…
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Facebook owner has a surprise megahit with new app everyone is talking about… but beware what could come next
Meta has launched Muse, an AI personal agent that quickly became the number one app on Apple’s App Store following the company’s dramatic AI restructuring. The launch comes after Mark Zuckerberg’s frustration with Meta’s failed Llama 4 model prompted him to overhaul the AI division, hire top talent including Scale AI founder Alexandr Wang, and…