It’s obvious that Mark Zuckerberg, the founder and chief executive of Meta, the parent company of Instagram, Facebook and WhatsApp, would be a pioneer of emerging tech — no matter how dubious the rest of us might be. Perhaps most notably, he turned into a Sims-like avatar of himself and entered a virtual reality world […]
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Scott Drewitt-Barlow and Barrie Drewitt-Barlow are co-owners of Maldon & Tiptree FC Getty Barrie Drewitt-Barlow, 57, was charged with multiple offences on Friday alongside Scott Drewitt-Barlow, 32. Both men, of Southwood Chase, Danbury, Essex, will appear at Chelmsford Magistrates’ Court later. The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said the men have been charged with arranging or […]
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John Dunne Published May 7, 2026 11:42am Updated May 7, 2026 1:35pm Pupils from a Jewish school were reportedly seen running for their lives after a car allegedly mounted a pavement and sped towards them. Met Police are probing a suspected antisemitic attack after a ‘black saloon-type vehicle’ reportedly ‘drove towards the students whilst they […]
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Minor delays on the Jubilee line Minor delays are currently impacting the Jubilee line due to an earlier defective train at Westminster. Bakerloo line is part-suspended due to a faulty train There is currently no service on the Bakerloo line between Elephant & Castle and Lambeth North while engineers fix a faulty train at Elephant […]
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A Shell petrol station (PA) PA Wire Shell has become the latest oil giant to face criticism over mammoth profits after it revealed a bumper earnings haul thanks to rocketing oil prices caused by the Iran war. The FTSE 100 firm reported underlying earnings of 6.92 billion US dollars (£5.09 billion), more than double the […]
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Labour MP Ed Miliband makes air quality a key election issue Net Zero Secretary Ed Miliband is making air quality in London a key borough election issue. The north Londoner said: “It’s polling day, and I’m asking you to vote for your brilliant local Labour candidates in this election. “£11 billion for social and affordable […]
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Polling stations across Scotland have opened as the country elects a new batch of MSPs to Holyrood. Voters have until 10pm on Thursday to cast their ballot in a contest that will decide who Scotland’s MSPs will be – as well as determining who will be first minister. A total of 129 seats in the Scottish […]
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British passengers on board a hantavirus-hit cruise ship will be asked to self-isolate in the UK for 45 days, a health official has suggested, as two Britons who already returned from the vessel continue to isolate at home. Professor Robin May, chief scientific officer at the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA), said “for the broader […]
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We’re fully in the swing of spring, but many of us are already thinking ahead to summer. More specifically, we’re trying to work out which of London’s outdoor terraces we need to book now, to make the most of the sunshine when it finally hits. But finding the perfect spot to enjoy a spritz is […]
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03:14 A significantly increased police presence accompanied Lag BaOmer celebrations in Stamford Hill, east London, on Tuesday (5 May), with officer numbers around five times higher than in 2025, according to the Metropolitan Police. It comes after the terror threat level for the UK was raised from “substantial” to “severe” for the first time in […]
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