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This season more than any other, one learns not to make predictions - or make them and be prepared to look daft. A helicopter Saturday is far from an outlandish thought and the more the cut and thrust

On the latest Last Week Tonight, John Oliver looked into AI chatbots, the new toys that “save significant time writing emails, and all it costs us is everything else on Earth”. These chatbots have flo

And in Life on Earth, a series with a serious scientific purpose, this playful and unexpected encounter in the undergrowth became a key message. Instead of us looking at nature, the friendly gorilla f

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The archbishop of Canterbury has praised Pope Leo for speaking “powerfully about the many injustices” in the world, in an apparent reference to the pontiff becoming more outspoken in recent weeks, par

Humans have been jotting down their feelings and experiences for millennia. The earliest example of a diary is over 4,500 years old, written on papyrus by a mid-level official who helped in constructi

Campbell Scott, from Dunfermline, Fife, was visiting the Kenyan capital Nairobi for a conference last February when he disappeared from his hotel. The 58-year-old's body was found days later in a sack

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Bodycam footage shows the moment a cop broke down a locked door with a single kick as fire spread through a property in Centennial, Colorado. Video shared by Arapahoe Sheriff’s Office shows Deputy Li

Ben Jennings on political violence in the US – cartoon

John Swinney will call a vote seeking independence powers on the first day of the next Scottish parliament even if he fails to win an overall majority, his aides have said. The Scottish National Part

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Mass kidnappings in schools are not uncommon in Nigeria, especially in the country's northern region which is currently plagued by insecurity. This is the first time an orphanage has been targeted.

"I guess we always use bad metaphors for running and challenges in life, but it did make me reflect how much easier it is to deal with any challenge when you've got someone literally by your side will

"I want people to be informed about Huntington's, and what it does, and I want the families and friends of those impacted by this disease to have support to help them."

"It's knowing that you can still do something and stick it out, and also it's being in something that's so iconic as the London Marathon, being part of that, that's really special as well."

"The marathon is the biggest example of exactly how humans should be, random people who don't kind of know each other, but on that day they get together to help others that they don't know either," Ka

But she said, in general terms before installing CCTV: "Organisations must first establish whether there is a lawful reason for processing those images and, secondly, determine whether the activity is

James said that he got about "four or five calls a year" from Gatwick due to bees, adding that he was "like a little child in a sweet shop" when he was called to the airport.

The agency plans to make greater use of powers that can shut down an illegal waste operation immediately, with up to 51 weeks in prison for an operator who ignores the restriction.

Bankhardt also denies three counts of causing serious injury by dangerous driving, two in respect of two of the three children, the third count in respect of another man.

At an inquest hearing last month, it was revealed carbon dating estimated he most likely lived between 1726 and 1812, which only deepened the mystery further as that meant he pre-dated the paper he wa

In a post on X on Monday, Melania Trump called Kimmel's remarks "hateful and violent" and said they were "intended to divide our country". She urged ABC to take action against him.

Jewellery chain Claire’s is closing its final UK stores on Tuesday, cutting about 1,000 jobs months after falling into administration. Sources said staff at Claire’s, which collapsed in January, had

A baby boy whose skeletal remains were found wrapped in a 1910 newspaper and with twine around his neck has, finally, been laid to rest. The child has become known as Baby Auckland after he was found

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I was interested to read that Peter Mandelson was seen going to the park to walk his dog “like a weekending solicitor on his way to an egg and spoon race” (Walking the dog and braving the paps, 25 Apr

Reading Alexander Hurst’s column on the frictionless experience of life promised – or threatened – by AI algorithms, I was struck by how little I recognised the picture he painted of daily experience

Regarding Gaby Hinsliff’s article (Two men made mistakes over Mandelson – only one has lost his job. That should haunt Starmer, 24 April), most would concur that the prime minister has the most import

George Monbiot (A catastrophic climate event is upon us. Here is why you’ve heard so little about it, 23 April) notes that, according to a recent paper, some scientists believe that the Atlantic merid

"It was just an idea he had to dig the car up because [Parry-Thomas] didn't have the same recognition as Malcolm Campbell and my father wanted to change that," he added.

THE ROAD, ER, BACK TO WEMBLEY Given that the two teams contesting this season’s FA Cup final face more than 200 outstanding counts of financial chicanery between them, the atmosphere at Wembley will