Automatic voter registration is set to change the UK political landscape, potentially benefiting Labour as millions of currently unregistered voters could be added to the electoral roll. The government’s new Representation of the People Bill introduces an opt-out system aimed at simplifying registration and capturing about seven million missing voters. How the System Will Work […]
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A popular Norwich rooftop bar and restaurant, Rooftop Gardens, continues to welcome guests despite its parent company entering liquidation and owing creditors more than £1.2 million. According to its website, Rooftop Gardens is operated by Oceanfront GOS Ltd, which appointed liquidators on 27 January 2026. The company was due in court the following day after
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Two prominent AI researchers from OpenAI and Anthropic have resigned this week, issuing public warnings about the direction of major AI companies and raising concerns over ethical and safety practices in the fast-growing industry. Mrinank Sharma, former head of Anthropic’s safeguards research team, quit on Monday, describing the global situation as alarming. Sharma, who studied
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The Probation Service is reportedly struggling to manage offenders safely, with staff underestimating the risk posed by criminals in more than two-thirds of cases, according to a damning report by the House of Commons Public Accounts Committee (PAC). The inquiry revealed that probation officers adequately assessed the risk of harm in only 28 per cent
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The Met Office has published updated weather maps showing exactly where a 10-hour yellow warning for ice will be in force on Wednesday with roughly half of the country avoiding the alert altogether. The warning, which comes into effect in the early hours of Wednesday morning, stretches in a narrow band from Worcestershire across the
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Britain’s fastest-growing privately owned tech companies are driving economic growth and creating thousands of well-paid jobs, according to the Sunday Times 100 Tech 2026 ranking. The annual list highlights 100 tech firms founded in the past decade that are growing at extraordinary rates. Over the past three years alone, these companies have created 11,600 new
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Almost all parents allow their two-year-olds to watch screens every day, despite World Health Organisation (WHO) guidance recommending strict limits for under-fives, according to new government research. The study found that 98 per cent of two-year-olds in England watch television, videos or digital content daily, with average screen time reaching 127 minutes a day more
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The UK government is urging pub-goers to avoid drinking any alcohol if they plan to drive, as part of a new road safety strategy aimed at cutting road deaths and serious injuries by 65% by 2035. The strategy, the first in more than a decade, proposes lowering the drink-drive limit in England and Wales from
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Premium dog food, particularly wet, raw and meat-rich products, can have a significantly worse impact on the environment than the diets of their owners, researchers have warned. In the largest study yet to examine the environmental footprint of dog food, scientists found that certain pet diets were linked to far higher greenhouse gas emissions than
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Britain is scaling up action against President Vladimir Putin’s so-called shadow fleet after helping the United States seize an oil tanker suspected of evading international sanctions following a weeks-long pursuit across the Atlantic. The vessel, Marinera, previously known as Bella 1, was intercepted by US forces in the North Atlantic on Wednesday during an operation
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