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Pete SaullPolitical editor, BBC East Midlands and Ian SkyeBBC News, Derby PA Media Dame Margaret Beckett was deputy leader of the Labour party from 1992 to 1994 The first-ever woman to become deputy leader of the Labour party has said “nobody in their right mind would want” the position, which …

Tessa WongAsia Digital Reporter AFP via Getty Images Lawmaker Maggie Chan spoke in the LegCo chamber with a sign that said she “resolutely opposed” the bill Lawmakers in Hong Kong have rejected a controversial bill that would have granted limited rights to same-sex couples, in a blow to the city’s …

Eric JohnsonBBC News, Bedfordshire Govia Thameslink Railway Farhanah Emrith said suicide prevention training at work helped boost her confidence when it came to making life-saving interventions A railway worker who underwent suicide prevention training said it gave her the confidence to identify a man in crisis and intervene – ultimately …

A legaltech firm backed by Google’s venture capital arm will this week stake a claim to an industry first when it swoops on Woodstock Legal Services, a bricks-and-mortar law firm. Sky News has learnt that Lawhive, which is run by co-founder and chief executive Pierre Proner, will on Thursday announce …

The Dragons’ Den judge Touker Suleyman has tabled a bid to rescue Claire’s, the ailing accessories retailer, with a pledge to retain its head office and a significant chunk of its British store portfolio. Sky News can exclusively reveal that Mr Suleyman is a serious contender to buy Claire’s UK …

Officials in western Germany have sought to calm online speculation following the deaths of 16 candidates, including seven from a far-right party, in the run-up to a local election. Voters will go to the polls on 14 September in North Rhine-Westphalia, the country’s most populous state. However, online conspiracy theories …

Jonny HumphriesBBC News, Manchester EPA Reform UK’s deputy leader Richard Tice said committing to further high-speed rail links would be “insanity” A Reform UK government would scrap plans to build the Northern Powerhouse Rail (NPR) link, its deputy leader has said. In a report to the right-leaning Policy Exchange think …

Animals giving birth is not usually shocking for staff at Telford’s Exotic Zoo, but a lizard in their care recently left them stunned after giving birth without mating. A female casque-headed iguana produced eight hatchlings during the last week of August in a so-called “virgin birth”. It is due to …

Nintendo has settled the lawsuit it filed against accessory maker Genki over the Switch 2 mockup it showcased at CES before the console was officially revealed, and accessories it promoted using the Switch 2 name. Genki’s parent company, Human Things, will pay Nintendo an undisclosed amount of money in damages …

The deal that finally settles the real-life succession drama of the Murdoch family was driven by a desire to preserve the animating forces of the media mogul’s remarkable career; power and money. Rupert Murdoch‘s empire was built on the foundations of a news business that astutely served right-of-centre audiences on …

Crawford and Alvarez have two of the best records in boxing. Crawford, 37, is a two-weight undisputed champion and is unbeaten in 41 professional fights. He has held world titles in four weight classes from lightweight to light-middleweight and was undisputed at light-middlweight and welterweight. The Nebraska native has 31 …

AMD’s FSR 4 AI upscaling and frame-generation technology can now be enabled for “most games that support FSR 3.1 with DirectX 12,” the company says in the patch notes for its newest 25.9.1 driver. This support has been a big promise from AMD, but it’s taken awhile to come to …

Leigh BoobyerBBC News, West of England Getty Images North Somerset Council has proposed to axe its Birnbeck Pier restoration project A council’s project to restore a crumbling Grade II-listed pier could be scrapped months after the Royal National Lifeboat Institute (RNLI) – a key backer – pulled out. North Somerset …

[ Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain When it comes to their survival, cancer cells have a host of backup plans. This is especially true of the nutrients that cancers use to grow and spread. In addition to relying on sugars like glucose to power their proliferation, some cancer cells also use …

Google The facility on Wright Avenue in Dundee remains closed until further notice Firefighters are still at the scene of a blaze at a Dundee recycling centre four days after it broke out. Crews began tackling the “deep-seated fire” in the garden waste area at the Riverside Reycling Centre’s composting …

OpenAI is on a mission to show Hollywood that generative artificial intelligence can deliver results and is throwing its weight behind an animated feature film it hopes will stand toe-to-toe with much costlier productions, according to the Wall Street Journal. The film, called “Critterz,” is expected to hit theaters worldwide …

Strabane Drama Festival organisers have said they are “gutted” after a water leak at a theatre forced them to cancel their event, which would have marked its 40th anniversary. The decision follows confirmation that the Alley Theatre, which is the traditional home of the festival, will close from 25 September …

AFPTV/AFP via Getty Images This screengrab taken from AFPTV shows Ryan Wesley Routh at a protest supporting Ukraine in April 2022. This week, a man accused in an alleged plot to assassinate President Donald Trump last September will stand trial in Florida. The incident, which occurred just weeks after a …

[ Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain A first-in-human Phase I study of SHR-4849 (IDE849), a Delta-like ligand 3 (DLL3)-directed antibody-drug conjugate (ADC), demonstrated manageable safety and early signs of anti-tumor activity in patients with relapsed small cell lung cancer (SCLC). The results were presented at the International Association for the Study …

Seven crayfish traps have been found on a river, prompting an appeal for the public to stay on the lookout for poachers. The Environment Agency (EA) said the traps were discovered on the River Tees near Barnard Castle on 6 August. Mark Rumble from the EA said an investigation into …