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Kevin PeacheyCost of living correspondent Getty Images The UK’s biggest building society, the Nationwide, has pledged to keep all of its 696 branches open until at least 2030. This is a two-year extension to the promise it had already made not to close branches, after it reported a rise in …

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Nicki Minaj marked Veterans Day with a short message that drew big engagement on social media, thanking America’s service members in a post that continues a recent patriotic trend for the rapper. “Dear Veterans, Thank you. Happy Veterans Day,” the rapper wrote …

Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy has defended the BBC as a crisis initiated by an edit of a Donald Trump speech engulfs the corporation. The organisation apologised on Monday after two of its top figures, including director-general Tim Davie, resigned amid concerns about impartiality – notably the editing of a Panorama …

However, the 48-year-old said cricket still needs a “co-ordinated and aligned conversation” between the government, England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB), charities such as Chance to Shine, MCC, and the schools themselves. “There’s a whole series of things that have to come together, ultimately, to really shift the dial hugely …

ElevenLabs is launching an online marketplace that allows companies to license AI-replicated voices of famous figures for their content and advertisements. The AI audio startup says its new Iconic Voice Marketplace resolves some of the ethical concerns around using AI-generated celebrity voices by providing brands with the “consent-based, performer-first approach …

East Lothian Council’s entire education online network has been shut down over virus fears. An investigation has been launched after internet access had to be frozen for 16,000 pupils and teaching staff in the area. The decision to take seven secondary schools and 36 primary schools offline was made on …

Guy LynnBBC Investigations, London BBC Cornelius Agoye has apologised, saying he intended no harm A pharmacist filmed selling Botox without seeing patients has been suspended from practice for 18 months after a BBC undercover investigation exposed a dangerous black market in injectable cosmetic drugs. Cornelius Agoye, who ran Pharma Aesthetics …

If you were confused about Apple releasing a crossbody iPhone strap, then you’re going to find its new iPhone Pocket even more perplexing. The Pocket is actually a knitted bag, though it might be more apt to describe it as a sock designed to snugly encase your iPhone, instead of …

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Amie Johnson A pub quizmaster sparked a “massive whodunnit” after he outed a team for cheating on social media but refused to name them. Mark Rackham, who owns the Barking Dog in Urmston, Greater Manchester, said he and colleagues solved “the crime of a century” when they caught the team …

Lyndsey TelfordBBC News NI BBC Sara Morrison has brought a case against Belfast Film Festival where she worked as an inclusion and audience development coordinator A woman who claims she was unlawfully discriminated against for her beliefs by her former employer has told a tribunal she was not opposed to …

The Wikimedia Foundation, the nonprofit organization that hosts Wikipedia, wants AI companies to stop scraping its data to train AI models and to begin paying to use its Application Programming Interface instead, the foundation said in a blog post on Monday. Wikimedia says AI companies need high-quality human-curated information to keep …

BBC chair Samir Shah has written a detailed letter to MPs following controversy over the editing of a speech by Donald Trump. Following a backlash, both BBC director-general Tim Davie and BBC News chief executive Deborah Turness have both stepped down from their roles. Mr Trump is also understood to …

Scotland’s first commercial windfarm will be able to deliver five times more clean power than before after being upgraded. The ScottishPower Renewables site at Hagshaw Hill – near the village of Douglas in South Lanarkshire – removed 26 turbines in 2023 and replaced them with 14 larger installations. ScottishPower said …

Gordon Brown has said he is “confident” the two-child benefit cap will change at the budget, as he ramped up pressure on Rachel Reeves to impose a gambling tax to pay for it. The former Labour prime minister, and chancellor for 10 years, has been advocating to scrap the cap, …

Indonesia has named former president Suharto a national hero, even as his controversial legacy as a dictator has sparked heated protests against the move. During Suharto’s New Order regime in the 1960s to 1990s, Indonesia saw an era of rapid economic growth but also violent political repression. Hundreds of thousands …

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Cleveland Guardians pitchers Emmanuel Clase and Luis Ortiz were indicted in Brooklyn on charges that they conspired to illegally rig bets on pitches thrown during games. The two were charged with wire fraud conspiracy, conspiracy to influence sporting contests by bribery, and money laundering conspiracy, among other things. According to …

Getty Images Emmanuel Clase of the Cleveland Guardians is one of two pitchers charged in connection to an alleged sports betting scheme Two pitchers for the Cleveland Guardians have been accused of taking bribes to rig pitches they threw at Major League Baseball games. The pitchers, Emmanuel Clase de la …

Tim Davie’s resignation as the BBC’s top boss brings to an end his 20-year career at the corporation. He stepped down on Sunday after saying “mistakes were made” following criticism a Panorama documentary misled viewers by editing a speech by US President Donald Trump. The 58-year-old reached the top of …