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A road has been closed in south-west Scotland following a crash involving a bus and a car. Emergency services were called to the scene at Cairnryan at about 13:40. Police urged drivers to avoid the area if possible. Traffic Scotland warned that due to the accident access to the nearby …

Grace WoodBBC News, Yorkshire BBC Helen Bramley runs Chox, a luxury hand-made chocolate brand, in Wakefield Chocolatiers have said they are having to reduce the quantity of chocolate in their products and raise prices after a global hike in the price of cocoa and butter. Food inflation hit 4.2% in …

Are gel nails banned in the UK? Other Side of the Story contacted Dr Naila Dinani, a consultant dermatologist at the Royal United Hospital in Bath. Dr Dinani appeared on the BBC Sounds Sliced Bread podcast to discuss nail polish and gels in August. She explained further about the TPO …

The defence secretary has said the government is looking at moving asylum seekers onto military sites as an alternative to hotels. John Healey also confirmed officials are considering a range of “non-military” accommodation, although he did not offer further details. Labour has pledged to stop housing asylum seekers in hotels …

Tuchel gave a debut to Nottingham Forest’s Elliott Anderson, who was one of the brighter performers in this mediocre England effort. He also restored Marcus Rashford on the left flank but the forward, on loan at Barcelona from Manchester United, faded after the odd early flourish while captain Harry Kane …

Google has been fined €2.95bn (£2.5bn) by the EU for allegedly abusing its power in the ad tech sector – the technology which determines which adverts should be placed online and where. The European Commission said on Friday the tech giant had breached competition laws by favouring its own products …

If you want to stay alert while running or biking, the Nothing Ear Open are a worthwhile alternative to classic in-ear cans. That’s because the company’s first pair of open-style earbuds — which are now on sale at Nothing’s online storefront or Amazon for an all-time low $99 ($50 off) …

A Kent council has made a U-turn on its decision to implement a Public Spaces Protection Order (PSPO) which would have made swearing a fineable offence. In July, Labour-led Thanet District Council (TDC) announced plans to implement a PSPO as part of a crackdown on anti-social behaviour in the area. …

Timekettle has announced a new pair of real-time translation headphones called the W4 AI Interpreter Earbuds. They use bone conduction technology that helps improve accuracy in loud environments. Available now for $349 in navy blue and sandy gold color options, the earbuds are a more affordable alternative to the company’s …

Engineers at a number of Speyside distilleries are to be balloted on strike action. GMB Scotland said new shift patterns had been imposed on the workers without their agreement or proper consultation. The ballot involves about a dozen engineers who are based at Macallan Distillery in Craigellachie, but also cover …

Gloucestershire will be without red-ball captain Cameron Bancroft for the remainder of 2025 after he was granted an early release to return to his native Australia for the new season there. Bancroft will miss Gloucestershire’s three remaining County Championship Division Two matches, starting away to Leicestershire on 8 September, at …

Police are currently at the scene of a security alert in Brewery Lane in Newtownards, County Down. Cordons are in place in the area, and a number of houses are being evacuated. Members of the public and road users are being asked to avoid the area and seek an alternative …

NotebookLM, a Gemini-powered AI research assistant, will soon generate a debate or critique your research and notes in its Audio Overviews feature. Three new audio summary formats announced on Tuesday — called Brief, Critique and Debate — will give users more options and add more flavor to what is already one of …

The United Arab Emirates has warned Israel that annexing the occupied West Bank would cross a “red line” and undermine the spirit of the Abraham Accords that normalised relations between the two countries. A senior Emirati official, Lana Nusseibeh, said such a move would be the death knell of the …

Switzerland launched an open-source model called Apertus on Monday as an alternative to proprietary models like OpenAI’s ChatGPT or Anthropic’s Claude, reports SWI as spotted by Engadget. The model’s source code, training data, model weights, and detailed development process are available on the AI model platform HuggingFace. Apertus, which is …

I have a dead cockroach in my ceiling, and I only noticed it thanks to a Switch 2 screen protector that, ironically, is supposed to tame reflections. The protector in question is a pre-production sample of the Jsaux Obsidian AR screen protector, which is coming in October for $21.99. The …

Fiji is a far cry from Cunningham’s native west Wales and he admits going there was “definitely a culture change”. “It was great as well, learning a different way of coaching and a different approach towards the game,” he said. “Also coaching in extreme heat, I hadn’t done that before, …

Acer’s new Chromebook Plus Spin 514, announced at IFA 2025 in Berlin, is the company’s first laptop to use the Arm-based MediaTek Kompanio Ultra 910 processor. That chip was used in the Lenovo Chromebook Plus 14 that launched earlier this summer, and it was key to delivering excellent performance and …

Gemma SherlockBBC News, North East and Cumbria PA Media Metro operator Nexus is urging people to allow plenty of time for their journeys to the Great North Run start line Thousands of runners will descend on the streets of Newcastle and beyond this weekend for the annual Great North Run. …

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Gel manicures are a beauty staple for millions, lasting weeks without chips and staying glossy through work, workouts and everything in between.  But as of Sept. 1, 2025, the European Union has banned a chemical used in many gel polishes, sparking safety …