UK rivers are ‘now filthier than in the Industrial Revolution’, research suggests Water in rivers downstream of urban centres has improved in sanitary terms River quality in catchments with intensive agriculture is likely to remain worse Many of Britain’s rivers are now filthier than they were during the height of the Industrial Revolution, research suggests. […]

Geriatric penguins’ new lease of life is clear to see after birds receive ground-breaking cataract surgery  Six senior birds had the surgery two months ago and have made a full recovery Includes three King penguins aged over 20 and three old Humboldt penguins  Elderly penguins suffering with cataracts have undergone successful surgery and received new […]

BBC journalist John Simpson says Gary Lineker is ‘a bit to blame for mess’ after the Match Of The Day host’s anti-Tory tweets caused crisis John Simpson Lineker ‘must have known’ the situation was going to be ‘tricky’ The-78-year-old said he would not have done it in the same way as Lineker Veteran BBC journalist John […]

ChatGPT bypassed a security check… by pretending to be a blind person and hiring someone online to complete the form Latest version of ChatGPT, GPT-4, pretended to be blind person to pass Captcha It told a human it had ‘vision impairment’ and hired them to complete the test   An Artificial Intelligence chatbot pretended to be […]

Putin’s ‘martyr complex’ is so out of control there is a real risk he will make ‘the most fateful decision of the century’ and unleash nuclear weapons, think-tank warns New report has highlighted growing risk of Putin turning to nuclear weapons It also outlines how the Kremlin has worked itself ‘into a state of near […]

‘There’s an ambition there, clearly’: Succession star Brian Cox says Meghan Markle ‘knew what she was getting into’ when she married into the ‘system’ as he repeats call for the monarchy to be abolished Brian Cox says Meghan ‘knew what she was getting into’ when she married Harry He said she ‘clearly’ had ‘ambition’ when […]

Washington: Russian hackers appear to be preparing a renewed wave of cyberattacks against Ukraine, including a “ransomware-style” threat to organisations serving Ukraine’s supply lines, a research report by Microsoft said on Wednesday. The report, authored by the tech giant’s cybersecurity research and analysis team, outlines a series of new discoveries about how Russian hackers have […]

‘Extremely bright’ Cambridge University mature student, 34, killed herself after struggling with mental health for years, inquest finds Yasmin Lajoie, 34, was found dead in her accommodation on May 25 Inquest heard Ms Lajoie had previously been sectioned and had personality disorder An ‘extremely bright’ Cambridge University student died by suicide after struggling with her […]

How Netflix’s woke reversal saved it from going broke: Streaming giant stopped the rot by dumping right-on shows about male pregnancy and backing Dave Chappelle’s confrontational comedy Subscription numbers took a hit in the first half of 2022, losing about 1,170 million, but then added about 7.6 million subscribers in the fourth quarter  Netflix saw […]

Key posts 6.50amAustralians drained $38 billion of their super in the pandemic 6.40amStorm with power of entire hurricane season kills 308 in Africa 6.30amUS says drone hit shows Russia’s aggression 6.15amThis morning’s headlines at a glance 1 of 1 Australians drained $38 billion of their super in the pandemic More than 2.6 million Australians raced […]