Hospitals facing unprecedented flu season, say NHS bosses
Record number of patients in hospital in England with flu for this time of year, figures show. ⌘ Read more

Root’s first ton in Australia keeps England afloat
Joe Root finally makes a century in Australia to keep England afloat on a riveting first day of the second Ashes Test in Brisbane. ⌘ Read more

Crypto investor donates record £9m to Reform UK
The sum from Christopher Harborne is the largest ever single donation by a living person to a British political party. ⌘ Read more

Five quick hits: Root hits landmark ton despite horror run-out as Starc shines again
Joe Root overcomes a horror mix-up to notch a long-awaited first Test century in Australia, while Australia’s seamers largely struggle without the dropped Nathan Lyon. Here are the quick hits from the first day of the pink-ball Ashes Test in Brisbane. ⌘ Read more

New mayoral elections to be delayed in four areas of England until 2028
The new mayoralties in Greater Essex, Norfolk and Suffolk, Hampshire and the Solent, and Sussex and Brighton will now be contested in 2028. ⌘ Read more

New mayoral elections to be delayed in four areas of England until 2028
The new mayoralties in Greater Essex, Norfolk and Suffolk, Hampshire and the Solent, and Sussex and Brighton will now be contested in 2028. ⌘ Read more

**‘Australia will have to admit he’s a great’ - Root hits elusive century **
Joe Root ends his long wait for a Test century in Australia by reaching three figures on day one of the second Ashes Test in Brisbane. ⌘ Read more

Zlib-rs 0.5.3 Expands AVX-512 Usage For Faster Performance
The Trifecta Tech Foundation today released zlib-rs 0.5.3 as the newest version of this Zlib implementation written in the Rust programming language for better memory safety. Zlib-rs is advertised as “a safer Zlib” for use by both C and Rust projects while delivering competitive performance to the C-based zlib-ng… ⌘ Read more

Crypto investor donates record £9m to Reform UK
The sum from Christopher Harborne is the largest ever single donation by a living person to a British political party. ⌘ Read more

Porn site fined £1m over age checks has never responded to Ofcom
The regulator tells the BBC it has been emailing AVS Group Ltd without reply since July. ⌘ Read more

New mayoral elections to be delayed in four areas of England until 2028
The new mayoralties in Greater Essex, Norfolk and Suffolk, Hampshire and the Solent, and Sussex and Brighton will now be contested in 2028. ⌘ Read more

Linux 6.19 Will Allow Enforcing IPE Security Checks On Indirectly Executed Scripts
Linux’s Integrity Policy Enforcement “IPE” module is gaining a useful addition with the in-development Linux 6.19 kernel… ⌘ Read more

Mesa 25.3.1 Released With Initial Set Of Fixes, Mesa 25.2 Comes To An End
Mesa 25.3.1 was released overnight as the first point release of the Mesa 25.3 series. The Mesa point releases are typically bi-weekly but this one dragged out to nearly three weeks. In turn this also marks an end to the Mesa 25.2 series… ⌘ Read more

Root ends long wait for century in Australia
Joe Root ends his long wait for a Test century in Australia by reaching three figures on day one of the second Ashes Test in Brisbane. ⌘ Read more

Streeting orders review into rising demand for mental health and ADHD services
The review will look at increased pressure on the NHS and whether there is any evidence of over-diagnosis. ⌘ Read more

Ukraine and US negotiators to meet in Florida after Moscow talks, White House says
US special envoy Steve Witkoff will meet senior Ukrainian negotiator, Rustem Umerov, for talks in Miami on Thursday. ⌘ Read more

EXT4 Optimizes Online Defragmentation, Improves Performance & Larger Block Sizes
The merged EXT4 changes for Linux 6.19 bring some of the most prominent feature changes in recent times for this mature and widely-used Linux file-system… ⌘ Read more

New mayoral elections to be delayed in four areas of England until 2028
The new mayoralties in Greater Essex, Norfolk and Suffolk, Hampshire and the Solent, and Sussex and Brighton will now be contested in 2028. ⌘ Read more

Household bills will rise to fund £28bn investment in energy network
Ofgem says the investment will help lower reliance on imported gas and make wholesale energy cheaper. ⌘ Read more

Henry Zeffman: Less than meets the eye to Starmer’s words on Brexit
This week, the PM was trying to set the scene for what is to come on the UK-EU relationship, sources say. ⌘ Read more

Top Journal Retracts Study Predicting Catastrophic Climate Toll
Nature has retracted a headline-grabbing climate-economics study after critics found flawed data that massively inflated its predicted global economic collapse. The New York Times reports: The decision came after a team of economists noticed problems with the data for one country, Uzbekistan, that significantly skewed the results. If Uzbekistan wer … ⌘ Read more

Facial recognition could be used more widely by police
The Home Office hopes a new public consultation will lead to new laws expanding the use of the technology by more police forces. ⌘ Read more

Streeting orders review into rising demand for mental health and ADHD services
The review will look at increased pressure on the NHS and whether there is any evidence of over-diagnosis. ⌘ Read more

New mayoral elections to be delayed in four areas of England until 2028
The new mayoralties in Greater Essex, Norfolk and Suffolk, Hampshire and the Solent, and Sussex and Brighton will now be contested in 2028. ⌘ Read more

Man accused of partner’s murder granted bail one day after extradition
Peter Scammell, who is facing a murder charge over the death of his partner Katrina Hawker five years ago, was granted bail just over 24 hours after being extradited from Victoria. ⌘ Read more

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Porn company fined £1m over inadequate age checks
The penalty imposed on AVS Group Ltd is the biggest handed out so far under the Online Safety Act. ⌘ Read more

New mayoral elections to be delayed in four areas of England until 2028
The new mayoralties in Greater Essex, Norfolk and Suffolk, Hampshire and the Solent, and Sussex and Brighton will now be contested in 2028. ⌘ Read more

Aussie greats question ‘strange’ decision to axe Lyon for Gabba Test
Australia leaves Nathan Lyon out of its XI for the second Ashes Test at the Gabba, marking an almost 14-year first. ⌘ Read more

New mayoral elections to be delayed in four areas of England until 2028
The new mayoralties in Greater Essex, Norfolk and Suffolk, Hampshire and the Solent, and Sussex and Brighton will now be contested in 2028. ⌘ Read more

Streeting orders review of mental health and ADHD services as welfare bills rise
The health secretary said the aim was to tackle a rising demand for services and the increased pressure on the NHS. ⌘ Read more

New mayoral elections to be delayed in four areas of England until 2028
The new mayoralties in Greater Essex, Norfolk and Suffolk, Hampshire and the Solent, and Sussex and Brighton will now be contested in 2028. ⌘ Read more

Energy grid investment of £28bn to push up household bills
Ofgem says the investment will help lower reliance on imported gas and make wholesale energy cheaper. ⌘ Read more

Earthquake ‘felt like someone driving into house’
Lancashire residents say the 3.3-magnitude tremor felt like “an underground explosion”, but there are no reports of damage. ⌘ Read more

Breaking: Woman dies after dog attack in regional South Australia
South Australian police say a woman has died after a dog attack at Whyalla in South Australia’s upper Spencer Gulf region this afternoon. ⌘ Read more

New mayoral elections to be delayed in four areas of England until 2028
The new mayoralties in Greater Essex, Norfolk and Suffolk, Hampshire and the Solent, and Sussex and Brighton will now be contested in 2028. ⌘ Read more

Energy grid investment of £28bn to push up household bills
Ofgem says the investment will help lower reliance on imported gas and make wholesale energy cheaper. ⌘ Read more

High Court agrees to hear teens’ challenge to social media ban
The High Court of Australia agrees to hear a special case brought by two teenagers challenging the federal government’s upcoming social media ban for Australians under 16. ⌘ Read more

Alleged manslaughter victim told classmate she was ‘treated like a slave’, court hears
A girl who was allegedly criminally neglected at the hands of her mother before she died told a friend she was “treated like a slave” and was “scared to go back home”, a court has heard. ⌘ Read more

**Team GB athletes given AI-based online abuse help **
Team GB Olympic and Paralympic athletes are to be offered a new form of artificial intelligence-based protection from online abuse. ⌘ Read more

Energy grid investment of £28bn to push up household bills
Ofgem says the investment will help lower reliance on imported gas and make wholesale energy cheaper. ⌘ Read more

Ex-surf coach jailed for sexually abusing children
Connor John Christopher Lyons will be eligible for parole in six months after pleading guilty to 31 child sex offences. ⌘ Read more

Energy grid investment to push up household bills
Ofgem says the investment will help lower reliance on imported gas and make wholesale energy cheaper. ⌘ Read more

International student’s killer sentenced to life behind bars
A Tiwi Islands man who murdered a 23-year-old Bangladeshi student during a Darwin home invasion in 2023 has been sentenced to life behind bars. ⌘ Read more

Jewish leaders attend Melbourne synagogue for anniversary of firebombing
Leaders of international Jewish communities have walked through the debris of an Melbourne synagogue a year after it was firebombed as two accused men faced court. ⌘ Read more

Energy investment of £28bn approved by regulator
Ofgem says the investment will help lower reliance on imported gas and make wholesale energy cheaper. ⌘ Read more

Major incident causes Perth traffic chaos ahead of AC/DC concert
A serious crash on one of Perth’s major freeway’s brings train services to a halt and is causing traffic chaos in the city’s south. ⌘ Read more

Russian Astronaut Kicked Out of the US For Stealing Proprietary SpaceX Designs
Slashdot readers jmurtari and schwit1 shares news that a Russian astronaut slated for the next Dragon mission to the ISS has been removed after being caught photographing proprietary SpaceX hardware. UNITED24 reports: Russian cosmonaut Oleg Artemyev has been removed from the prime crew of SpaceX’s Crew-12 mission to the Int … ⌘ Read more

Calls to reinstate organ donation driver’s licence scheme
As the Victorian government moves to bring back the driver’s licence donor registration scheme, DonateLife wants it to be nationwide, saying there is clear evidence it leads to an increase in organ donors. ⌘ Read more

Investigation into pre-Budget leaks is under way, MPs told
Chancellor Rachel Reeves has given her “full support” to a review of security processes around the lead-up to the Budget. ⌘ Read more